Teresa Nicolao (born February 8, 1928) is a Brazilian artist, designer and film maker.
Nicalao studied graphic arts and design with Axel Leskoscheck at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
In 1949, she went to Paris, where she studied with Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Árpád Szenes.
Later the following year, she moved to São Paulo, where she worked as a set designer for Multifilmes [pt].
In 1954, Nicolao returned to Rio de Janeiro, where she resumed painting, working in the studio of Candido Portinari.