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Niki Singleton
Canada
Artist highlights
- Residency Participant
- Covered by the Press
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Oil Pastel on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 50x29.5in
About this artwork
Full of mystery and magic, this painting draws on dream imagery such as Henri Fuseli’s The Nightmare, evoking an uncanny nocturnal encounter. A luminous presence appears in the upper-left window, glowing enough to make the blinds seem transparent, as if a spirit or fairy queen watches over her sprite-like extensions as they explore the reclining woman below. Riffing on “Kiss Me I’m Irish” T-shirts, the work playfully explores questions of identity…
and gender. Perhaps the woman was scrolling Tinder for a date, only to stumble into something far stranger.
Rendered in acrylic ink, oil pastel, spray paint, and glitter, the painting inhabits a symbolic space where human yearning meets digital isolation. Reality slips into dream, presence into absence, creating tension between vulnerability and defiance—an intriguingly beautiful unconscious encounter.
Rendered in acrylic ink, oil pastel, spray paint, and glitter, the painting inhabits a symbolic space where human yearning meets digital isolation. Reality slips into dream, presence into absence, creating tension between vulnerability and defiance—an intriguingly beautiful unconscious encounter.
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
The Visit
$9,500
