​NICO ANTUNA COOPER
​DJ / ARTIST / SOMMELIER
El Paso, Texas

MUSIC

Nico Antuna thrives in luxury rooftop and lounge settings, where he delivers smooth, melodic progressive house and Balearic-leaning chillout that complements the atmosphere without dominating it. He builds long, flowing sets with warm basslines and clear melodic arcs, tailored for hotel terraces, high-end bars, and guests who expect elegance and consistency. At the same time, he is fully at home in the underground, using techno, trip hop, and industrial-tinged sounds to drive late-night floors with weight, grit, and hypnotic repetition rather than spectacle. Across both worlds, his approach is precise, confident, and focused on mood and movement first. As founder of Xenoglossy Records, he supports a growing catalog of melodic and underground electronic music, with listeners across key markets including Mexico, Germany, and Argentina. Across all formats and scenes, his approach remains precise, confident, and focused on mood and movement first.
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His tracks have been supported by influential DJs including Sven Vath and Widerberg, and he has received over 100,000 streams on streaming platforms.


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​VISUAL ART

As a visual artist, Nico Antuna works from the ground of his Mexican American border identity, translating the tensions and textures of he border in a post‑Informalist, abstract expressionist language. His large‑scale paintings and mixed‑media works often incorporate restrained symbolism, layered surfaces, and subtle references to roadside shrines, milagros, and Catholic iconography, without relying on literal imagery. A quiet, mystical Catholic sensibility runs beneath the work, not as dogma, but as a way of thinking about ritual, repetition, and the space between the sacred and the profane. The result is a cohesive body of abstract art that feels at once personal and expansive, grounded in the borderlands yet suitable for contemporary collections and design‑forward spaces.

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Certified Sommelier,
Court of Master Sommeliers
2026

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing,
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas
2020

Bachelor of Arts in International
Studies and Spanish,
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2014