Mapping Sculptor
Artist Background
- Earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh
- Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including at the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire
- She has received multiple awards including a 2014 Blanche E. Colman Award
- Native of New York City but currently works and lives in Washington DC
Cut Road Maps
Drawings & Paintings
Listen to Nikki talk about her cut road map work:
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
As a recent transplant to Washington, DC, with a view of the White House from the front of my apartment building, I find myself continuously inundated by the current political climate. While I can turn off the TV to come up for air, I cannot escape the overwhelming feeling that our individuality has been lost. Humanity is being removed from the conversation, and we are instead being treated as objects in a game that is spiraling out of control. As a woman, I am directly impacted by how those in power regard women and how their ideologies trickle down into society. My work focuses on the individual and emerges from an obsession with the human body: the vessel that provides life and encapsulates our personal story. I find many parallels between map and body, both visual and symbolic. The land is just as alive as we are—map lines are unique imprints, signifying movement and life flowing across the earth.