Elle Nicolaï is a Los Angeles based transcendental artist, and philanthropist, dedicated to her visionary art as well as philanthropic activities in natural health & healing, art and consciousness, and rainforest preservation.

She has been mentioned to be creating dream art that is also environmental art (sometimes called green art, or eco-art).

Born in France, she displayed a keen attraction to indigenous, tribal, shamanic cultures, and energy healing from an early age.

She lives in California and Central America, where she continues her interest in Native Indian, African, Tibetan, Hindu, Balinese, Aboriginal, as well as Japanese & Chinese “ancient” teachings.

Her predilection for such non-Western, non-contemporary philosophies, for indigenous sound & music, nature conservation, and energy healing methodologies, permeates her work as an artist.

Some of her travels have brought her to rainforest villages of the Ihla Grande archipelago in Brazil, to indio families on the Bocas del Toro islands off the coast of Panama, and to interior lands of Bali.

Elle Nicolaï’s spiritual art has been exhibited at galleries throughout North America - from Los Angeles, and Northern California to New York and Boston, from Florida to Canada – as well as Europe and Asia..

She creates original paintings on canvas, digital photography, ink & pencil drawings on paper, and mixed media work.

The ongoing appearance of her visions during hypnagogic states, dream states, or through meditation, and the content of her paintings, have helped categorize her style in such closely related genres of visual art as dream art, visionary art, spiritual art, transcendental art, transpersonal art, integral art, esoteric art, healing art, shamanic art, tribal art, symbolic art, meditation art, mandala art, or contemplative art..

Elle Nicolai studied Natural Health and Nutrition with Sel Ripert, a known nutritionist, biologist, and natural supplement expert in Los Angeles. Elle also learned REIKI with Joyce J. Morris, founder of the Reiki Center of Los Angeles. Joyce was the 44th Reiki Master in the True Usui Lineage, and had been taught by Virginia Samdahl, who was the first Occidental Reiki Master trained by Hawayo Takata. Elle practices Chi-Gong (Chi-Kung) and medical Ki-Gung, applying the techniques personally taught by Master Wang (Wang Yu) of the famous Beijing Martial Arts Academy. Master Wang began his study of Tai-chi, Kung Fu and Chi Gong at the age of nine; he has now about 50 years of practice. After years of in depth learning from several Grand Masters in China, he himself became the teacher of well-known, accomplished martial arts champions, and served as judge in international competitions.

She is the founder of the Salamander Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in California, and EOLU, a rainforest conservation project in Central America.