Who is Nick Supreme & How did he get where he currently is?

"I'M A YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN, BORN AND RAISED IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. MY JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF ART BEGAN JUST WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I OFTEN FOUND MYSELF GETTING INTO TROUBLE BECAUSE I COULDN'T RESIST DRAWING, EVEN WHEN MY TEACHERS WERE INSTRUCTING THE CLASS. MY GO-TO DRAWINGS BACK THEN WERE CHARACTERS FROM DRAGON BALL Z; THEY MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. I WOULD SKETCH THEM ON ANY AND EVERYTHING I COULD FIND – BINDERS, TEXTBOOKS, DESKS, INSIDE LOCKERS – YOU NAME IT.

AS TIME PASSED, MY ARTISTIC INTERESTS EXPANDED TO VARIOUS MEDIUMS, INCLUDING BASIC ART, FASHION DESIGN, SCULPTING, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND NOW PHOTOGRAPHY. IN 2016, JUST BEFORE HEADING OFF TO COLLEGE, I STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH GRAPHIC DESIGN. MY VERY FIRST DESIGN WAS A CUSTOM BMW LOGO FEATURING MY INITIALS INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD LETTERING. FROM THERE, I CONTINUED TO TINKER WITH PHOTOSHOP, CREATING A WIDE RANGE OF DESIGNS. I EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN A TATTOO FOR ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS.

A YEAR LATER, I WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE TROJAN ACTIVITIES BOARD AT MY SCHOOL AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND PHOTOGRAPHER. I TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DESIGNING ALL CAMPUS FLYERS AND CAPTURING MOMENTS AT CAMPUS EVENTS. I HELD THE POSITION OF MEDIA CHAIR FROM 2017 UNTIL MY GRADUATION IN 2021.

DURING THE CHALLENGING YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC, I DEDICATED MYSELF TO REFINING MY PERSONAL STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY. IT WAS A PERIOD OF TRIAL AND ERROR, BUT I DEVELOPED MY OWN STYLE AND FOUND WHAT TRULY INSPIRED ME. MUCH OF MY INSPIRATION STEMS FROM FILM PHOTOGRAPHY AND MINIMALISTIC DESIGNS. THIS JOURNEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SHOOT FOR NUMEROUS ARTISTS, INCLUDING DABABY, A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE, MEEK MILL, PARTYNEXTDOOR, TOOSII, K CAMP, ZYAA, NIE, ZAI B., AND MANY OTHERS.

TODAY, MY WORK HAS GAINED RECOGNITION AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SEVERAL ARTICLES AND BLOGS, SUCH AS LYRICAL LEMONADE, BLUCLOUDRADIO, THE VIRGINIA PILOT, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND MANY MORE."