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NIKO
: Print biography
Nicole Mathieu, known as well as Niko, was born in Montreal among an artist family. She worked in the fashion industry for several years in California and New York City, but always knew she would eventually become an artist. Her nomadic tendency brought her to travel in Europe where she worked in different spheres of activities until 1988. Upon her return to Montreal, she studied Therapeutic Art with Nicole Bolduc, and it is then that her passion for painting took place. At that period, Niko started to devote every minute of her life to painting, which gives her an artistic equilibrium, stability and a discipline.
Spontaneity is extremely important in Niko’s paintings. This reflects well her personality that doesn’t accept any constraining structure. Moreover, the artist gives a wide place to imagination and play with illusions and non-verbal expressions.
Her subjects are very expressive, complex and sensual. Niko’s contrasts, her colors and her painting technique reveal masterpieces where visual kinetics mask the identity of the subject. Niko loves to deconstruct precision with her brushes to expose the vitality and the energy that abide within us. That is what she offers us on canvas. It is yours to discover...
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