Born in Ukraine and educated at UCLA in Cultural Anthropology, Film, and Art, Angelica brings a unique lens shaped by her global upbringing and spiritual pilgrimage. Her path has led her from ancient temples to the avant-garde film salons of Paris, where she studied filmmaking and psycho-magic with legendary director Alejandro Jodorowsky. For over a decade, she served as the official photographer of Rinzai-ji Zen Center under the guidance of Joshu Sasaki Roshi, integrating meditative clarity into her visual practice.

Her work has been officially recognized by 29 Native American tribes and was central to The Bridge Project, a cultural preservation initiative that documented oral traditions, rituals, and sacred songs—some on the brink of extinction. Her film Cahuenga: Place of the Hill won Best Film and Best Original Score at the Project Access Hollywood Film Festival, championed by Christopher Coppola. She helped facilitate the preservation of Tataviam oral history and was instrumental in recovering the only known recordings of their Shamanic traditions.

Angelica's work extends beyond the frame. She co-led efforts to build 24 schools in Kenya with the Baby Girl Project and contributed to shutting down a multi-billion-dollar coal-burning power plant on sacred Navajo and Hopi lands. Whether working with nonprofits, indigenous communities, or cultural icons like Leonard Cohen, her projects embody deep reverence for human dignity and environmental justice.

Through services in cinematography, immersive web design, AI-powered content, 2D/3D animation, and photography, Nirvana Vision transforms stories into sacred visuals. Each project is a spiritual archive—a reclamation of voice, vision, and visibility. Angelica’s films and photography have been showcased at the Egyptian Theatre, Steve Allen Theater, and throughout North America, while her fine art work has appeared in Photography Forum, Magnum Magazine, Coil, and Porter Gulch Review. Her surreal short film The Dreams of the Hydra won Flicker LA’s Super 8 film festival and toured widely, including a feature in The Secret World of Human Science.

Today, Angelica continues to collaborate as a director of photography, creative consultant, and contributor to the Hollywood Film Academy.

⭐ FOUNDER’S NOTE

I created Nirvana Vision because I believe stories are medicine. They shape how we see the world, how we see each other, and how we see ourselves. I’ve always been pulled toward the invisible threads, the memories we carry, the wisdom we inherit, the futures we’re building every day.

My work lives in that space between the ancient and the emerging. I’m interested in narratives that transform: stories that peel back layers, open something inside us, and linger long after the final frame.

Through Nirvana Vision, my mission is simple:
to make films and experiences that matter.
To honor where we come from.
To imagine where we can go.
And to create art that helps us feel more alive.

Thank you for being here.
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- Angelica