Born in 1969, Nik Huesman’s art practice is defined by her distinct artistic style and adeptness across mediums. Her portraiture is marked by subtle line work and shading on figures that are offset by backgrounds that pulsate with energetic color patterns. Heusman draws inspiration from a variety of sources: classic paintings, contemporary works of art and pop culture. Regardless of origin, the resulting works maintain subjects rendered with a whimsical hand. Each piece is crafted through a methodical process, involving careful composition, sketching and transferring. Heusman’s work has been included in Spirit Spirits guest curated by Eli Greene and Devin T. Mays and Hand Drawn Circle at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. She has also shown internationally at Art Collaboration Kyoto with Sho + 1 gallery and recently performed at Thalia Hall as a singer for the studio band, Van Go Go.
"My art has changed over the years. I'm working in different mediums like color pencil and doing landscapes and learning how to do different techniques of drawing and big scale. I have grown over the years and I'm learning how to express myself more through art. "