Sensibility and honesty.
“There is actually no word for this certain ‘something’ that is important to me, so I had to allow myself to at least use two words. I think what is inside of me or anyone is fragile and very specific, and to choose words to express that is very restricting and often the sensibility and honesty of that certain emotion gets lost along the way. There are so many communication tools nowadays, but I think a lot of them are fake and sad. I believe that for us humans, hands are the most honest, direct and universal communication tools and no technology can replace that. Hands are able to maintain the sensibility, which for me is the beauty of what makes us human.”
I always loved the human gesture as a way of communication. When I have met Niky’s works, the hand motif attracted my attention.
For me as for Niky, hands are very important. Hands ‘act’ our authentic thoughts, emotions and feelings…that is why “hands remain the most powerful and honest, sometimes magical way to communicate”.
Niky likes to use colour combined with collage and pensile drawings, techniques where her hands have a leading role also in her art. Hands cannot lay, you can immediately see ‘what kind of person you have in front’ by observing his/her hands! So…watch out! In her creative process she never makes drafts! She let herself go into the inspiration of the moment.
Quite difficult for a contemporary artist…
Niky promotes the importance of the instant. She directly draws her ideas on paper, without worrying too much about how it should look like.
She is challenging the rational brain to do not control in advance the final result.
Niky also told how creative she was without the use of the –stolen-in front of her eyes- computer.
Sensitivity and genuine creativity, this is what I think makes her artworks authentic.
Niky is a German/Japanese freelance illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York.
Since her graduation in 2008 from the Central Saint Martins Graphic Design in London, (almost) every day she creates something new! A doodle, a drawing or a collage, for fashion, magazines, musicians and good causes…or just for herself.Sensibility and honesty.
“There is actually no word for this certain ‘something’ that is important to me, so I had to allow myself to at least use two words. I think what is inside of me or anyone is fragile and very specific, and to choose words to express that is very restricting and often the sensibility and honesty of that certain emotion gets lost along the way. There are so many communication tools nowadays, but I think a lot of them are fake and sad. I believe that for us humans, hands are the most honest, direct and universal communication tools and no technology can replace that. Hands are able to maintain the sensibility, which for me is the beauty of what makes us human.”
I always loved the human gesture as a way of communication. When I have met Niky’s works, the hand motif attracted my attention.
For me as for Niky, hands are very important. Hands ‘act’ our authentic thoughts, emotions and feelings…that is why “hands remain the most powerful and honest, sometimes magical way to communicate”.
Niky likes to use colour combined with collage and pensile drawings, techniques where her hands have a leading role also in her art. Hands cannot lay, you can immediately see ‘what kind of person you have in front’ by observing his/her hands! So…watch out! In her creative process she never makes drafts! She let herself go into the inspiration of the moment.
Quite difficult for a contemporary artist…
Niky promotes the importance of the instant. She directly draws her ideas on paper, without worrying too much about how it should look like.
She is challenging the rational brain to do not control in advance the final result.
Niky also told how creative she was without the use of the –stolen-in front of her eyes- computer.
Sensitivity and genuine creativity, this is what I think makes her artworks authentic.
Niky is a German/Japanese freelance illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York.
Since her graduation in 2008 from the Central Saint Martins Graphic Design in London, (almost) every day she creates something new! A doodle, a drawing or a collage, for fashion, magazines, musicians and good causes…or just for herself.
