Portfolio Works
The Seed in the Swamp Comic
After the World Ends Visual Development
Clothing Line Development
Various Works
About the Artist
Nepsilon (Neps) Piercey is a Minnesotan artist. Born and raised in the wintery state of Minnesota in the USA, they spent much of their early life with illustrated fairy tale books and fantasy stories. By the time they were in their teens, anime and manga began to spur on their fascinations with fiction. Their nonbinary and queer identity often inform their work to blend gender and sex together. While mostly working with digital mediums with textured line work and limited color pallets, they also work traditionally. Their comic work tends to take on a story-like quality and deals with hard topics like neurodivergency, C-PTSD, and social commentary. Their writing is exact, with flourish and flowers to fluff their meaning, often writing about Queerness, Fantasy, and Identity.They are currently attending Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Majoring in Comic Arts and Minoring in Creative Writing and Curation.
Awards and Merit
EXHIBITIONS
Love in the Time of Resistance
MCAD, Minneapolis MN, February 2026
Co-Prosperity, Chicago IL, April - May 2026Art for All: Art Glow
Northrup King Building, Minneapolis MN, December 4th - December 20th, 2025Habits of Seeing (Curator)
Wesley Andrews, Minneapolis MN
Co-Curators: Ellie Needham, Paulina Solkahava, November 2025Shape of Absence, Memories and Metamorphosis
Jackson Flats, Minneapolis MN, November 2025Made at Mcad
Juror’s Choice Award Recipient
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, 2025Off the Shelf: Non-Traditional Comics
(Curator)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design Library, Minneapolis, MN, 2024Breaking Ground
Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN, 2024Deep Listening
Eagan Art House, Eagan, MN, 2024MCAD Zine Fest
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, 2023-2025 (Admin in 2024/2025)No Strings on Me
Northside Artspace Lofts Main Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2023Material and Media Exploration
Homewood Studio, Minneapolis, MN, 2023PUBLICATIONS
MCAD Comics Club Anthology: What Goes Bump in the Night
Editor and Organizer
2025
MCAD OC Club Zine
No.1 & No. 2, 2023-2024
MCAD Furry Zine: Horror
No. 2, 2024
MCAD Health and Wellness Zine
No. 1, 2023AWARDS
MCAD Portfolio Scholarship Award 2022-2026
Fourth place in Phantomacy 1st Art contest
MCAD Merit Comic Art Scholarship 2025
Please Email Neps at [email protected] for any questions
Comics
The Seed in the Swamp
2025
The Seed in The Swamp is a body horror fairytale wrapped in an eerie black and white, traditionally inked package. This story tackles the effects of teen pregnancy and generational abuse through the use of metaphor and illustration.The story follows the characters Dmitar, the Travelearn, and Misa the Elk-fox, a small god of safety, as they traverse a swamp in a storm. When they encounter a hut, they meet a hag and her young daughter, the latter of who is chained to the former. Can Dmitar and Misa survive the night in the canabalistic hag’s home? Or will Dmitar’s appetite for story put them in danger?
The Price of Stars
2022
The Price of Stars is a short story following a villainess and her realization upon getting the ultimate weapon she could want to destroy the world. When confronted by the heroes, asking what she could possibly want, she looks insider herself to realize she may not be able to be redeemed. Using experimental, non-linear story telling techniques, the reader goes over the many different parts of her life that lead her to this moment.
Instincts
202310 page comic about a personal reaction to stress and trusting people. Originally on tiktok, it gained 40k views.
Desert Sunset
2023
Awarded Juror's Choice at Made at MCAD exhibition 2025
I Am Fine
2023UV reactive Acrylic paint and Ink Marker on four Canson papers, 14 x 22 inch
Experimental Comics
I Am Alive
2024Apart of Off the Shelves: Non-traditional Comics Exhibtions.
Four panel comic done in acrylic paint on canvas, where every canvas was a snapshot of a point in one's life, representing an experience and feeling. The captions are along the outside of the painting, requiring one to view it from multiple angles.
Alien Rodeo Zine
2025Collaboration with Felix OdenExperimental comic in the style of cards, where every card is a panel and connects to the next. 28 cards in total with 14 illustrations.
Nancy Remix
2025A remix taking a Nancy panel and Junji Ito's Uzamaki work and combining the two.
