About
Nicolette Nijensohn lives with her family and her two dogs in Chicago. She is originally from the South of France. She enjoys traveling, exercising, cultural events, music, local history and science. Most of all she loves to laugh, children and art!
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work is an invitation to a dialogue with the viewer. It shares my deep interest as an artist with science and the process that leads to natural pigments creation from raw minerals and plant based materials.
Conceptually, I want to emphasize the connections between our natural environment and ourselves with a focus on geometry, frequency waves, and phyllotaxis or the mathematical arrangement of leaves on a stem. I paint to explore my interpretation of the visual geometric expressions within a potential structure of chaos.
The world we live in surrounds us with visible entanglements which are complex and dynamic. From very tangible urban architecture, roads, streets, or paths to nature’s forests branchings, tree barks, flowers and leaves to less visible ones such as sound and light waves.
A creative process which investigates the aesthetic beauty of randomness.
EDUCATION
2022 Center For The Creative Arts Therapy - Expressive Arts Therapy Certification
2021 School of The Art Institute - Master of Art in Art Education, M.A.A.E
2016 University of Chicago - Business for Visual Artists with artist Rebecca George
2000 University of Wisconsin-Madison - B.A. in Political Science and Child Development
Member of the Illinois Art Education Association
Member of the Illinois History Collaborative
Member of the National Organization for Arts in Health
