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Niki Singleton
Canada
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Artist highlights
- Residency Participant
- Covered by the Press
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Collage on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 24x30in
About this artwork
Two large heads—possibly TSA agents—loom in an airport-like space, their expressions locked in anguish as an “alien” Canadian approaches. Inside their minds, fear spirals into fantasy: Canadians arriving en masse, an imagined invasion shaped by paranoia rather than reality. Glitter fills their interiors, mapping a psychological landscape where anxiety, propaganda, and misinformation collide.
The work satirizes U.S. paranoia around immigration through… a Canadian lens. Despite close histories and cultures, familiarity can give way to suspicion, and neighbors can become imagined threats. Born from rising U.S. authoritarianism and reports of Canadians detained inhumanely by ICE, the painting captures the quiet terror of systems that wield power through fear. Greens and blues evoke bureaucratic authority, while ongoing raids push the work beyond satire into urgent commentary.
The work satirizes U.S. paranoia around immigration through… a Canadian lens. Despite close histories and cultures, familiarity can give way to suspicion, and neighbors can become imagined threats. Born from rising U.S. authoritarianism and reports of Canadians detained inhumanely by ICE, the painting captures the quiet terror of systems that wield power through fear. Greens and blues evoke bureaucratic authority, while ongoing raids push the work beyond satire into urgent commentary.
Niki Singleton
Canada
Credentials
- Residency Participant
- Covered by the Press
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« I'm a passionate, messy, emotional artist concerned about our present and future who's often battling to silence my head. »
Niki Singleton is an artist based in Vancouver, CAN and Brooklyn, NY, whose paintings have been exhibited in Canada, the US, the Netherlands and the UK. Exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Biennial, Betty Campbell Gallery, Spring/Break Art Show-New York City, Paul Thiebaud Gallery-San Francisco, Holocaust Museum-Texas, Imagine IC-Amsterdam and Pendulum Gallery-Vancouver. Her art has been featured in publications such as Wowwart Magazine, Hudson Art Review, Hyperallergic, Forbes, Queer City Journal, ARTFUSE, Creative Time Reports. Singleton's work is rooted in cultural histories and mythologies, with a focus on queer and female/feminist identity and culture. Her practice is an exercise in provocative storytelling, with a focus on highlighting the stark contradictions and intersecting inequities that govern our lives. She combines traditional and nontraditional media and juxtaposes disparate artistic and historical references in the service of richly layered narratives.
Niki Singleton
Here Come The Canadians!
$6,680
