Maria Nikl
Growing up under a political system where reality was hidden, Maria Nikl developed an unusual sensory ability to see the truth for herself very early. Her overall inspiration and vision is drawn from this inner source consistently till present day.
After obtaining an excellent academic foundation at the Hungarian Fine Arts Academy, in 1986 she immigrated to the USA, where she gained entrance to the San Francisco Art Institute in California. Her talent was recognized immediately, earning her the Merit Scholarship in 1989 and the First Prize at the Spring Show in 1990. She received her MFA in 1995. Such masters as Sam Tchakalian, Franklin Williams, and Fred Martin, as well as her Japanese husband greatly influenced her work.
She further transcended cultural boundaries while living in Australia and Peru—her work was represented at the Adela Vega Escuela Particular del Artes, in Lima, Peru, and within the United States at the New Jersey Center for the Arts, Summit, New Jersey, --where she won the Honorary Mention Prize, --as well as at the SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, Ca, the Marin Society of Artists’ Gallery, Ross, Ca, the Frank-Bette Art Center, Alameda, Ca. She has exhibited her work at the Artisans Art Gallery, San Rafael, Ca, and at The Sloan Law Offices, San Francisco, Ca.
Working primarily with dynamic abstract imagery in acrylic, collage and resin on wood panels and tarpaper, Maria introduced alternative methods of printing and painting, such as plastic wraps and newspaper relieves. In her paintings she challenges false securities; the prefabricated and controlled—while demonstrating the organic, dangerous world of imagination and integrity.
Teaching art as an agent to the human ability of envisioning and displaying the truth plays a passionate part in Maria’s life. She had been actively involved in the Art Education of the local community in North Beach, San Francisco, where she curated and hosted art exhibits as well as weekly Figure Drawing sessions. She was a member of the College Art Association, and taught privately at her studio in San Rafael, as well as the College of Marin at Kentfield, California. Her School of Consciousness and Creativity was exceedingly popular in Europe.
Maria’s greatest fascinations are animals and nature, extra sensory perceptions, and Human Consciousness.
Maria’s work has been pursued by prestigious homeowners of California and Hungary.
Artists website: https://sensitist.wixsite.com/marianikl-intuititve
sensitist@gmail.com