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ABOUT

Niky Roehreke is a German/Japanese artist born and raised in Tokyo.
She graduated from the Central Saint Martins College of Art&Design in London in 2008, lived and worked in New York from 2009-14 and moved to Orcas Island in 2015 to live in a small airstream in the forest and now lives her nomad life between Europe, Tokyo and the US west coast.
In this current digital world where there are so many new ways to communicate, Niky believes that hands remain a powerful method of expression. Her work is hand-made, as hands reveal the beauty of imperfection and coincidence. Hands are a recurring motif in her work..
There is an immediacy in her work that urges the viewer to engage with art as a process, not just a product.

Along with her work in commercial illustration and animation, Niky is cultivating more personal projects and fosters a growing interest in art as a tool for social change and peaceful activism. Art, she believes, is the most compelling means to address the urgency of our time and to engage in thoughtful reflection of the growing need for a healthy planet.

Current exhibition and news: facebook
日本語のプロフィールはこちらまたは REDonePRESS

東京出身。ドイツ人と日本人の間に生まれる。東京、ロンドン、ニューヨーク生活を経て、ワシントン州にある小さな島に拠点を移す。森の中で自給自足の生活を経験し、アートを通して現代の高まる環境保全に取り組もうと決意する。島生活後、世界中を旅し、2020年から日本に拠点を置く。
心がワクワクする事、直感に従って生きる事、絵を描く事が、人と自然が繋がれる方法だと信じて、
国内外のクライアントワークの他、アートは社会変革や平和的な活動のためのツールであると考え活動中。

Profile in ENGLISH: HERE

AWARDS

'Best of Show' 1st prize at film festival Digital Graffiti 2011

INTERVIEWS

ASICS
ar interview
DIGITAL GRAFFITI 'Best of Show Winner 2011'
PECHAKUCHA presentation
MIXED TAPE Interview sponsored
by Mercedes Benz

PRESS

Equaland Interview:
自然が教えてくれた循環するライフワーク
Slushpile magazine:
Issue 21 Interview
NeoL Interview:
Niky Roehreke x Wagashiasobi
JUXTAPOZ Interview:
BACKTALK
Eimons Interview:
人とつながり、自由に表現する
one small seed Interview:
The hands of an Illustrator
INSIGHT Interview:
STUDIO VISIT
DAZED DIGITAL Interview:
INTERVIEW
OCCUPY Blog:
BLOG
TRENDLAND
MAY 2012
JUNE TRENDMIX
JULY 2012
MERCEDES BENZ:
TALKING HANDS
URBAN OUTFITTERS:
UO BLOG

SOME PEOPLE I WORKED FOR

MAGAZINES

Vogue, Japan
Numero, Japan
FRau, Japan
SOEN, Japan
InRed, Japan
Spring, Japan
sweet, Japan
ar magazine, Japan
NYLON JAPAN, Japan
ELLE girl, Japan
RUBY PAPER, Japan
UNION, Japan
commons&sense, Japan
NYLON, Japan
NYLON, USA
BUST, USA
TOKION/Factory, USA
WILD magazine, USA
Armoire magazine, USA
FLARE, Canada
OCW magazine, Canada
Lone Wolf, UK
Mollie Makes, UK
DASH magazine, UK
IDOL magazine, UK
Jalouse, France
kinki magazine, Switzerland
The National m magazine, Abu Dhabi
FASHION

Asics, Japan/ USA
D'BLANC, USA
Converse, USA
Urban Outfitters, USA
SEIBU Department store, Japan
Ginza Six, Japan
Kipling, BELGIUM
Insight, Australia
Baby-G, China
United Arrows, Japan
JEANASIS, Japan
SHIPS, Japan
Wacoal/ une nana cool, Japan
JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, Japan
Samantha Thavasa, Japan
Joutie, Japan
Furisode Mode, Japan
FAUX/real, USA
Published, Korea

MUSIC

STONES THROW RECORDS, USA
This Soft Machine, Germany
Blue Balls Festival, Switzerland
Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape, Germany
The Stepkids, USA
Aikawa Nanase, Japan
Towa Tei, Japan
Osawa Shinichi, Japan
Pianist/ Composer Sayo Kosugi, Japan
Mia Maestro, USA
Nosoyo, Netherlands
The Hype Machine, USA
OTHER

Google, Japan
Millennials Hotel, Japan
SPACE SHOWER TV, Japan
MARK'S, Japan
Apple, USA
Medium sponsored by Bose, USA
American Greetings, USA
UNITED airlines, USA
BANDAI, Japan
rooms-LINK, Japan
ISETAN, Japan
Flags, Japan
Marunouchi House, Japan
Cellso Candela, Japan
Le Baron de Paris, Japan
German Embassy, Japan
Brooklyn Museum, USA
REFINERY29, USA
COSMETICS

Shiseido, Japan
BIOTHERM, France
LION, Japan
ALBION cosmetic, Japan
Cosme Kitchen, Japan
FOOD

Rise&Win Brewery, Japan
Sunshine Juice, Japan
Restaurant Royale, California, USA
Hoegarden, Belgium
nibblr, USA

CONTACT