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Born in Athens, Greece, Nikki spent her childhood and adolescence often moving to different locations in her native land. This life on the move - that has fueled her art practice - continued when she called England her home for more than a decade, before eventually settling in California.

Navigating the interplay between abstraction and realism, Nikki weaves multiple layers and textures into her work - a nod to the fusion of cultures that she has lived among and the synergies found in nature. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she is using a variety of art media including oil, cold wax, charcoal, acrylics, collage and photography to convey a sense of peaceful coexistence between perception and reality.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Creating art is a compelling need that quietens my mind and helps me embrace the ephemeral. I work both intuitively and realistically - depending on mood, time and place - and I do not consider my artworks finished. I find open-ended inspiration in motion and in stillness, in my experiences as a two times immigrant and in the restorative powers of music, poetry and nature. Art, to me, is a constant conversation between seemingly unrelated elements and an unconstrained reorganizing of reality to symbolize states of mind.

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

. 2024 : Members’ exhibition, online, Azgour Art Group

. 2023 : Members’ exhibition, online, Azgour Art Group

. 2019 : Abstraction and Watercolor, juried exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Karen Imperial

. 2018 : Abstraction, juried exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Michael Azgour

. 2017 : Abstraction,  juried exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Juror: Chris Winfield

AWARD

. April 2017 : Honorable Mention for “Echoes”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA

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EDUCATION

. Studied abstract painting with Michael Azgour, 2022 - present

. Studied classical figure and portrait drawing with John Peck, 2019 - present

. Studied watercolor and expressive drawing with Eric St Georges, 2017-2019

. Attended intensive Oil and Cold Wax workshop with Jerry McLaughlin, 2017

. Attended painting and drawing classes at Stanford Continuing Studies and the Pacific Art League and participated in

student exhibitions and critiques, 2004-2017

. Master’s in Economics - University of Essex, England

. Bachelor’s in Economics (Distinction) - The American College of Greece

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