Cindy Nikolic

Born: 1983 in Paris, France
Lives and Works: Dourdan, France

Born in 1983 in Paris, lives works in Savigny sur Orge in Essonne.
Her favorite subjects are facial expressions - which she has studied a lot - including the anatomy of the muscles and the different movements they allow to make. An expression is only a moment, it is also a vector of emotions, and that is what has always fascinated him. She found in painting, a way not to freeze, but to amplify an emotion to communicate it
In 2020 its creation process was shaken by the widespread port of the mask which makes more than half of the face of its dear strangers disappear. Confined and private of his models, the artist immerses himself in his imagination by starting a new series entitled "The Museum of Dreams".
His paintings tell stories, sometimes by a suspension look that invites you to guess the subject's thoughts, sometimes by dreamlike scenes to contemplate.
She works by series of paintings or drawings. In general, everything starts from a meeting. It can also be very inspired by music and live performance. When she explores a subject, she likes to look at it from a rational point of view and feel it to experience its pure emotion. She very often starts from the definitions of the dictionary to refer to a sure source, and superimposes her feelings, this is what begins the reflection: it feeds on the discrepancies that can result from it. She takes drawn, written or photographic notes that serve her material to go to painting.

Education

  • 2003
    BTS Design Graphique, Lycée Jean-Pierre Vernant, Sèvres, France
  • 2001
    Bac AA, école Boulle, Paris, France

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2017
    Hommes sculptures, Le Kibélé Paris
  • 2017
    Le Cirque des Mirages, Le Kibélé Paris
  • 2017
    Hommes sculptures, Centre LGBTQI Paris
  • 2017
    Hommes sculptures, Mairie du 3e Paris
  • 2016
    Deutéranopie, Hair Wave Vincennes
  • 2016
    Deutéranopie, Centre de santé au Maire-Volta Paris
  • 2015
    Deutéranopie, Le Kibélé Paris
  • 2013
    Freaks, Espace Improbable Paris
  • 2012
    Rencontres, My Sacha Paris
  • 2012
    Rencontres, Le Kibélé Paris
  • 2011
    Rencontres, Hair Waves Vincennes
  • 2009
    Le Cirque des Mirages, Living b'Art, Paris
  • 2009
    Le Cirque des Mirages, Le Kibélé, Paris
  • 2002
    Première exposition, bar/restaurant Le Sofa, Paris

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2023
    Deutéranopie, Centre Culturel de Dourdan
  • 2023
    Dessin en direct conférences S. Bernhardt, Musée Jean-Jacques Henner PARIS
  • 2018
    Queer Bovarys, Abracadabar Paris
  • 2018
    Dessin en direct concert, Mairie du 12e Paris
  • 2011
    Rencontres, Art Shopping Paris
  • 2011
    Rencontres, ArtExpo New York
  • 2010
    Autoportraits, Paris
  • 2010
    Rencontres, Art Shopping Paris
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