About The Artist
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.
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.
Acrylic Paint, Photography, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Wood
ICB – Industrial Center Building Sausalito
Studio 128
Studio Information
ICB Building
128
Contact Information
Exhibitions & Press
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
Honoraria Grant Recipient 2019, Burning Man Project
Selected for Artist Collaboration, Sonoma ReOpening Grant Program
The Ark Newspaper, Tiburon
Architectural Digest, AD Italia
https://www.ad-italia.it/gallery/casa-san-francisco-oceano-artigianato/
Marin Living Magazine
https://marinlivingmagazine.com/meet-the-artist-who-helped-start-marin-open-studios/
Marin IJ, Where to see artworks in Marin
https://www.marinij.com/2024/12/04/where-to-see-artworks-in-marin-64/
SF Arts, Magnified perceptions: Sculpture at Menlo College
https://www.sfarts.org/story/magnified-perceptions-sculpture-at-menlo-college-2TKkMtMY1QCdtwkY6kpuA2
Petaluma Parklets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EykClaX_Bk&t=5s
Marin IJ, Burning Man exhibit brings playa to Petaluma
https://www.marinij.com/2020/01/01/burning-man-exhibit-brings-playa-to-petaluma-no-dust-necessary/
USA Today, Burning Man 2019 – 10 incredible Burning Man art installations to remember