Hi! I’m Nikki (she/they)

I have been making art for as long as I can remember. From scribbling with markers and crayons, to painting, sewing, knitting; photography, digital art, DJing, and embroidery. I am, and have always been, a multi-passionate and multi-disciplinary artist. 

I am queer and disabled, and my identity and life experiences greatly impact my art, including what I choose to create and how I do so. I like to create slowly, making time to enjoy the process. 

I am also a naturalist and graduate of the Ontario Master Naturalist program. I believe that we all have a responsibility to learn more about the world around us, with curiosity as our guide. This is imperative in our journey to rebuild our relationship with the Earth, which many of us have become so disconnected from.

I am inspired by the small moments that make up our day-to-day lives; by nature (which we, as humans, are not separate from); and by the magic that is conjured when we all take care of each other. My aim is to share the way I see the world – the beauty, softness, and interconnectedness of it all.

I gratefully live on the land that is known today as Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, situated along the Grand River. This beautiful river is known to the Kanien’kehake (Mohawk) as O:se Kenhionhata:tie, meaning “Willow River” or “the place where the willows are” – named for the many willow trees living in the river’s watershed. Kitchener is located within the Haldimand Treaty and the Simcoe Patent, and is the traditional territory of the Chonnonton/Attiwonderonk (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Today, this land is home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people. {To learn more about the land you live on, I recommend exploring Native-Land.ca & Whose.Land.}

I do not, have not, and will not use any form of artificial intelligence (including generative AI, “GenAI”) in my creative practice.