Born and raised in Rome, Nicola Vigini has become a well respected decorative artist in the United States. During high school, he attended the specialized Liceo Artistitico which focuses on perspective, architectural rendering, still life and figure drawing, and sculpture. "From about the age of five, I was always drawing and painting things and I was good at it. My Father was an architect and he encouraged me at every opportunity." He continued his studies at the University of Rome in Art-History and Philosophy and completed internships in restoration in Assisi and in other historical locations in Umbria. Nicola transferred to the University of Paris and began his career in decorative painting at the Institute Superieure de Peintre Decorative in Paris where he studied under two of the most respected names in the industry, Yannick Guegan and Christian Martincourt. In March of 1987, Nicola moved to Seattle, Washington where he worked for a furniture manufacturer and took on a few jobs with decorative painters, broadening his skills. After a short time, he was working for himself.

"One of my first major jobs was a 35,000 square foot home which kept me going for a year and a half. This job allowed me to create one of my icons that I call The Cellar, a trompe l'oeil piece done on a wall of an actual cellar which gave the illusion of another cellar leading away from the one you were actually standing in."

Nicola eventually began working for Vandelae Studios as the head instructor for advanced workshops. Nicola and his wife Leslie began Vigini Studios, Inc. 1998 and both continue contracting and teaching in the US and abroad.