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Artworks
Nic Elisa Hampton
Through Every Beginning, 2024Acrylic and oil pastel on panel18" x 24"A painting of a bald figure with exaggerated features and swirling anatomical forms. The figure is curled inward with one arm wrapped across the chest and the other resting on the shoulder. The body is rendered in purples, pinks, and greens with transparent layers revealing musculature and spiraling patterns. The background features dark, energetic strokes in red, blue, black, and gray.https://www.instagram.com/nichampton Artist Statement When I create is when I feel most alive and connected to myself. It’s how I reflect and respond to experiences, alchemizing anxiety and grief into...https://www.instagram.com/nichampton
Artist Statement
When I create is when I feel most alive and connected to myself. It’s how I reflect and respond to experiences, alchemizing anxiety and grief into something beautiful and healing.
Through my work I emphasize the power of vulnerability, and strength in gentleness. Those messages are woven within the piece, as well as through the process. Studio sessions for me are very sacred – moments range from immense joy and play, to twisting heartache and tears. There is room for both, and I hope to share that with others through my art: a safe space to feel all emotions that demand to be felt.
Biography
Nic (they/them) is a queer, mixed Filipino-American, interdisciplinary artist and musician based in San Francisco. Their practice ranges from visual arts, including painting, drawing, and printmaking, to literary and audio works to complement visual installations.
