NIKKI PARKER
Artist. Illustrator.
ABOUT
Nikki Parker, aka Absconditus Creations, was destined to live amongst the weird and wonderful after falling into the world on a Friday 13th back in 1983. Growing up with a pencil in hand and fueled by a bizarre imagination, creating became a necessity to stay sane, or close to.
She enjoys experimenting and pushing the boundaries with her artwork. Her work ranges from often dark, always quirky characters to abstract, and whatever sparks her interest in between. She is currently on an illustration journey, for the young, young at heart, and the slightly twisted.
Nikki has been exhibiting sporadically for a number of years both locally within Canterbury and at group shows throughout New Zealand and has acquired a dedicated following of likeminded art enthusiasts, with her art in private and public collections nationally and further afield.
Commissions welcome, studio visits by appointment.
Located in the Canterbury, New Zealand.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO
2021
Oh, Such Foolishness!, Chamber Gallery Rangiora
GROUP
2022
Miscellaneous 3.0 – Yet another art exhibition, group show, The Mill, Waikuku
Body Language, Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi
2021
Arts Canterbury Juried Exhibition, selected group show, The Mill, Waikuku
Miscellaneous 2.0 – Another art exhibition, group show, The Mill, Waikuku
Meow, Otago Art Society, Dunedin
2020
Miscellaneous – An art exhibition, group show, The Mill, Waikuku
Arts Canterbury Juried Exhibition, selected group show, The Mill, Waikuku
Uno Square, Art on Tyne, Oamaru
Otago Art Society Hope and Sons Art Awards, Dunedin
Christchurch Art Show
Christchurch Pride Art Exhibition, Windsor Gallery, Christchurch
Blank 2.0, art on skate decks, Art on Tyne, Oamaru
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2019
Reverie, group show, Christchurch as part of the art week Winter Wander
Blank, art on skate decks, Art on Tyne, Oamaru
The Pride Art Show, Windsor Gallery, Christchurch
2018
Forest Floor, art on coasters, group show, Deciduus, Tirau
Eclectic Art, selected group show, Windsor Gallery, Christchurch
2016
Skulltopia, Christchurch and Nelson
2006
A Body of Work, group show of figurative works, Chamber Gallery Rangiora
EXPO
2022
The Christchurch Art Show
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2021
The Christchurch Art Show
The Dunedin Art Show
Castle Hill Creative Easter Art Show, Castle Hill, Canterbury
Kaiapoi Art Expo
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2020
The Christchurch Art Show
Darfield Art Week
North Canterbury Art Collective
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2019
Pegasus Bay Art Show
St Bedes College Art Show
Kaiapoi Art Expo
North Canterbury Art Collective
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2018
Pegasus Bay Art Show
Kaiapoi Art Expo
Rangiora High School Art Expo
North Canterbury Art Collective
Rangiora Art Society Exhibition
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2017
Darfield Art Week
Pegasus Bay Art Show
Kaiapoi Art Expo
Rangiora Art Society Exhibition
Multiple group shows with Arts Canterbury
2016
Rangiora Art Society Exhibition
Pegasus Bay Art Show
2015
Kaiapoi Art Expo
Rangiora Art Society Exhibition
2014 – 2011
Kaiapoi Art Expo
AWARDS
2018
Best in Show, Pegasus Bay Art Show
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