Hello, I'm Niki Zahava.

My art is inspired by music​,​ nature​,​ dreams and random shapes on the wall. I am a professional actress and self-taught visual artist. My mom studied art and when I was 4 years old and living in Brighton Beach​,​ Brooklyn​,​ NY; I found a box of her oil pastels and outlined the various shapes within the plaster on the walls through out the apartment. Although my mother appreciated my choice in colors and creativity​,​ she did not appreciate this exploration on the apartment walls and thus my career as a muralist ended. My adult art journey began with digital pastels and digital blending stumps on an iPad. I began to incorporate a few drawing techniques I had learned as an undergraduate student and began creating art digitally. Meditating once again on shapes​,​ art is a form of expression that I have found incredibly healing especially during the worldwide pandemic. It is a way to express the bubbling inside me and a tool that helps me stay present and focused only on shapes​,​ color​,​ sound and the tactile sensation of the creaminess of the acrylics on my hands and on the pallet knife. Education B.A. in Speech and Drama and a Minor in Media Communications from Our Lady of the Lake University​,​ San Antonio​,​ Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classical Theatre Performance from The National Shakespeare Conservatory​,​ NYC CTEFL​,​ Boston Academy of English​/​Stafford House​,​ Boston​,​ MA Exhibitions Winner: OUT OF THE ASHES Contemporary Art Gallery Online - “All Women Artist Theme 2021” Competition and Exhibition​,​ February 24th - March 24th 2021 Participant: UNDERWATER CASTLES FOR YOU Fusion Art’s “6th Annual Landscapes Exhibition” Virtual Exhibit - January 5th - February 4th 2021 Group Show: SWIRLING INTO MYSELF “Reclaim” Awakenings Gallery​,​ Chicago​,​ Illinois October 2019 - January 2020 Memberships Contemporary Art Gallery Online; Concord Art Association; Plogix Gallery Art ; SAATCHI ART Actors’ Equity Association