NIK WINGHART is a multidisciplinary artist with a primary focus of abstract and impressionist painting. Within his research, he considers the past, present, and future of a human experience while expanding on the imagery of self-portraiture and self re-discovery. Nik’s work is a process of self healing, stemming from his trauma and journey of self acceptance as a queer human with a religious upbringing. He works through the effect of a variety of mental disorders, gender identity, and sexual orientation. This subject matter intuitively leads to works that are colorful, crude, and tinged with darkness.
Nik paints to release the complex emotions that are being held within himself, a process that allows him to navigate obstacles in life that at times have felt unbearable. His work intensely focuses on color, movement, and texture to illustrate the elevated connections between him, his emotions and the way he expresses them. Nik hopes that the use of color and movement in his art practice resonates with people of all walks of life, illustrating a moment of reflection and feeling a sense of humanity.
