Nikolina earned an M.A. in 2018 from the Art Academy in Split, Croatia, specializing in digital graphics - 3D modelling. During her studies in Split, she held children’s workshops and participated in international and local exhibitions. In 2018, she enrolled in a B.A. programme in archaeology at the University of Zadar. She spent the summer of 2019 at Gnalić island, working on a maritime archaeological site of a 16th-century shipwreck. She participates in workshops and lectures closely related to maritime themes, and uses her M.A. degree in 3D modelling as a basis for works in archaeological reconstruction.