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Nicki Adani

  • 480 Gate 5 Rd, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
  • 128

About The Artist

Artist Statement

My mission is to inspire individuals to connect with their essence, the part of the authentic self that holds unique purpose, clarity, and strength, and to live life to their fullest expression. Through my art, I intend to evoke feelings of joy, serenity, and empowerment, inviting viewers to look inward and realize the freedom gained by fully being ourselves. Drawing inspiration from vast landscapes and the majestic flight of birds of prey, my paintings and sculptures reflect the beauty and freedom found in nature. The interplay of light and shadow, the dynamic interaction between my sculptural works and their surrounding environments, is integral to my artistic expression.

 

Biography

Nicki Adani (b. 1975, Munich, Germany) is a Bay Area–based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sculpture, painting, mixed media, and site-responsive public art. Originally trained in fashion design at ESMOD Munich, she worked internationally in Europe, New York, and California before establishing her art practice, bringing a distinctive understanding of form, structure, and movement to works ranging from intimate studio pieces to large-scale public installations.

Inspired by expansive landscapes and birds of prey, Adani creates sculptural works that explore perspective, light, shadow, and spatial experience. Through dynamic forms that shift with changing viewpoints and natural conditions, her work expands perspective and inspires a vaster sense of possibility, inviting viewers to recognize the potential within themselves.

Her public artworks include Bird’s Eye View, commissioned for BottleRock Napa, and Taking Flight, an Honoraria-funded installation for Burning Man. Her work has been featured at Silicon Valley Sculpture, Petaluma Arts Center, and galleries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and is held in private collections. She was selected for a Sonoma ReOpening Grant collaboration funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Committed to collaborative and community-centered projects, Adani has contributed to David Best Temple installations presented at the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery and the Oakland Museum of California. She frequently collaborates with engineers, fabricators, and project teams to realize ambitious site-responsive works from concept through installation.

Art Medium(s)

Acrylic Paint, Photography, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Wood

Group Studio Details

ICB – Industrial Center Building Sausalito

Studio 128

Studio Information

Building Name

ICB Building

Studio Or Unit Number

128

Studio Address
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Exhibitions & Press

Group Exhibitions

Carl Hansen & Son Showroom, SF Design Center,  San Francisco, CA

Triton Art Salon, Triton Museum of Fine Art, Santa Clara, CA

Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Offices of the San Francisco District Attorney, San Francisco, CA

Marin Community Foundation Art Showcase, Novato, CA

Julie Zener Gallery, San Anselmo

Gallery One, Petaluma

Bodega Gallery, Bodega Bay

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol

Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma

Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg

Art Ventures Gallery, Menlo Park

Silicon Valley Sculpture 2022

Silicon Valley Sculpture 2021

Silicon Valley Sculpture 2020

Petaluma to the Playa, Petaluma Arts Center 2019

Burning Man 2019

 

 

Awards

Honoraria Grant Recipient 2019, Burning Man Project

Selected for Artist Collaboration, Sonoma ReOpening Grant Program

 

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