Nikita Anaïs Récamier
Nikita Anaïs Récamier graduated from Webster University with a Fine Art degree in 2006 and received an Advanced Art Certificate from Washington University in St. Louis while still in high school. Born in 1965 and raised in the American Midwest. She spent many years living in and travelling the USA, Canada, Western and Eastern Europe and was a professional actress and dancer for over 45 years.
Nikita acquired a Traumatic Brain Injury in the summer of 2018. She had to relearn how to draw and see, move and hold things. Her world disappeared and different challenges with her eyesight and coordination have given her a new perspective and way of being.
Through therapy and years of recovery she became a professional artist in 2023. Since 2018 She has been in 13 group exhibitions and 4 solo exhibitions in Missouri and has won several awards.
All of her pieces contain torn Diary pages from 3rd grade to 60 years of age. She has a numerous commissioned pieces in private collection in St. Louis and Fulton, Missouri, Marin County and San Francisco, California as well as Prescott, Arizona. She paints shoes, boots, hats, clothing and Jewelry on the side and enjoys collecting17 th Century French original memoires.
She currently lives in St. Louis, MO
Available for commissions.
Website: nikitaanaisrecamier.com
Instagram:@nikitaanaisrecamier
Email:Nikitaanaisrecamier@gmail.com
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I love my life and you
I created this work at the 7th year mark in my recovery of my brain injury. I have learned that this injury that I could not bare, has become the best blessing of my life.
This art was created in dim light with:
Torn diary pages, acrylic paint, water color, duct tape, stickers, glitter, Artist tape, collage paper, fingernail polish, ink, markers, ribbon, wax paper, tracing paper and a pair of earrings on gallery wrapped canvas.
36”x36”
