Niko Marina
Niko Marina is the pseudonym of the artist Marina Nikonova.
She works in the genre of modern realism, mostly in the classical technique of oil painting, but sometimes the choice of medium may depend on the task, and in order to emphasize it, she may choose a more appropriate material.
The artist is a graduate of the K.S. Petrov-Vodkin Samara Art School and a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
EDUCATION:
- 2015 — Samara Art School named after K.S. Petrov-Vodkin
EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 5, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CCA Winzavod, Moscow
- 2024 — Group exhibition “Flicker” with the work “Olympus”, ART&BRUT Gallery, Moscow
- 2024 — Group exhibition “Am I Home?”, SPACE13 Gallery, Samara
- 2023 — Project “Forever”, solo exhibition, SPACE13 Gallery, Samara
- 2023 — Regional art exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Samara branch of the All-Russian creative public organization “Union of Artists of Russia”, Samara Regional History and Local History Museum named after P.V. Alabin, Samara. P.V. Alabin Museum of Local History, Samara
- 2023 — Project “FAKE NEWS”, solo exhibition, SPACE13 Gallery, Samara.
- 2022 — Seventh Interregional Academic Project “Red Gates / Against the Current”, Museum of Actual Realism, Togliatti.
- 2022 — Exhibition “Crossroads” in cooperation with the Union of Journalists of Russia, Exhibition Hall of the Samara Branch of the Russian Union of Journalists of Russia, Samara.
- 2022 — Regional spring exhibition “Blooming Land”, Exhibition hall of Samara branch of the All-Russian Union of Artists of Russia, Samara
- 2021 — Regional exhibition of the Union of Artists of Russia, Exhibition hall of the Samara branch of the All-Russian Artists Union, Samara
- 2019 — Regional Exhibition of the Union of Artists of Russia, Exhibition Hall of the Samara Branch of the Samara Branch of the All-Russian Union of Artists, Samara
- 2018 — Fifth Interregional Academic Exhibition-Competition, “Red Gates / Against the Current” (Togliatti State University, Togliatti, Togliatti)
- 2018 — Regional art exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Samara branch of the All-Russian creative public organization “Union of Artists of Russia”, Exhibition hall of the Samara branch of the All-Russian creative public organization “Union of Artists of Russia”, Samara
- 2018 — “Big Volga XII”, Nizhny Novgorod State Exhibition Center
- 2017 —Regional Spring Art Exhibition, Exhibition Hall of the Samara Branch of the Samara Branch of the All-Russian Society of Artists, Samara
- 2016 — Autumn Dialogue Exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod State Exhibition Complex
- 2016 — Regional Autumn Exhibition “Autumn Dialogue”, Exhibition Hall of the Samara Branch of the Samara Branch of the All-Russian Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, Samara.
- 2016 — Exhibition of works by young artists of Samara, Exhibition hall of Samara branch of the Samara branch of the All-Russian Union of Artists, Samara.
- 2016 — Exhibition project “Labyrinth of Symbols”, New Space Gallery, Samara, Samara
- 2015 — Retrospective exhibition of book graphics “Word in the Image”, New Space Gallery, Samara
- 2015 — Autumn regional exhibition of Samara artists “Palette of Samara Luka”, Samara Regional Museum of History and Local Lore named after P.V. Alabin, Samara, Russia. P.V. Alabin Museum, Samara
“I believe that an artist is an instrument that responds to any change in the 'collective unconscious'. For me, the source of inspiration is the rapid transformation of the technogenic world and its impact on modern man.
It is important for me to convey the feeling of dissolution of personality in the information flow, and I build my aesthetics under the impression of the era of virtual reality. I am interested in the emotional content of the drama of our time: high technology, the defenselessness of man “on the net”, socio-cultural and internal contradictions. The internal conflict of the individual and the external when we are faced with the need to interact with society.”
Marina Niko, artist
