Caroline Nicod studied art history at the University of Lausanne. After fifteen years of activity as a curator for modern and contemporary art in musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne then in Art Center CentrePasquart in Biel, she worked for a decade at the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia. She was responsible for the promotion of photography: she evaluated hundreds of national and international projects, conceived and implemented specific funding instruments for the production and distribution of photobooks and for the launch of projects by emerging photographers. She also developed a modular photobook exhibition concept that was presented in institutions and festivals around the world. In collaboration with various partners, such as the Fotomuseum Winterthur or the Rencontres d'Arles for instance, she organised exchanges of knowledge in the form of panel discussions, workshops and visiting programmes.

Since 2022, she has been working on mandates: teaching the History of Photography at the F+F Schule für Kunst und Design in Zurich; coaching Pro Helvetia’s Research Residencies of international photographers, curators and publishers; working as responsible for the Transformation Projects in the context of the Covid 19 crisis at the cultural division of Basel-Stadt; etc.