ABOUT
Nika is a classical artist-illustrator who explores contemporary issues by merging Old Masters aesthetics and techniques with symbolism and magical realism. In her work Nika uses watercolor, oil, and printmaking, as well as develops and models characters in clay. Nika practiced classical art techniques at the City of St.Petersburg Art School as well as studied art history at the Hermitage Museum and was involved in filmmaking and acting with Ronald Chase. Nika holds BfA from California College of Arts and Crafts where she worked as an assistant to Professor Robert Hunt. Subsequently she earned an MFA from the Universität der Künste Berlin. Nika has produced illustrations for a variety of publications ranging from work for American Girl® to CD cover art as well as commissioned portraits. Nika has worked as a creative director of the San Francisco early music ensemble Magnificat, designing websites, programs, brochures, and CDs. In addition to her published illustrations, Nika’s artwork is in private collections and has been exhibited in Venice, Osaka, Washington DC, Berlin, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the DeYoung Museum.
WORK
THE PROJECTS THAT WE`RE MOST PROUD OF
Medusa
Gold Leaf, Mixed Media, OilSan Giovanni Battista
CD Cover, Illustration, Oil, PortraitCozzolani – “Salmi a otto voci” (1650)
CD Cover, Illustration, WatercolorYour Piercing Light
Drawing, Illustration, Portrait, WatercolorGenesis
Illustration, Mixed Media, Oil, PrintmakingPigeon Catch
Drawing, Illustration, Portrait, WatercolorKnowledge
Illustration, WatercolorRembrandt and James
Drawing, IllustrationMinotauros
Illustration, PrintmakingTransfiguration
Mixed Media, Oil, PortraitIphigenia – Lithograph in Process
Printmaking“Out of the corner of my eye…”
Drawing, Illustration, Portrait, WatercolorEncaenia Musices
CD Cover, Gold Leaf, OilGoose Music
Illustration, OilActaeon
PrintmakingPortrait of Jonathan
Gold Leaf, Oil, PortraitLaurel: lost in thought
Illustration, Oil, PortraitAristaeus: the Bee
Illustration, PrintmakingCharacter Study
3d Modeling, IllustrationReflection
Gold Leaf, Portrait