Nikita Andester

artist, author, host in Toulouse, France

ANDESTER Nikita

Born 1991 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Lives and works in Toulouse, France.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

2025-present, art instructor, Mon’ Studio Toulouse, France

2020-2023, oil painting and charcoal intensives, High Low Art Space, Portland, OR, USA

2013-2023, figure modeling weekly for art studios, Russia and United States

2017-2019, Master of Arts in Creative Writing, University of Denver, United States

2013-2014, private oil painting study under Davina de Garrido Miguel, Moscow, Russia

EXHIBITIONS

2026 Les Infiltrés, Toulouse, France - watercolor cityscapes and oil portraits

2025 L’Évasion, Toulouse, France - oil portraits

2023 Portland Winter Light Festival, Portland, OR, USA - “SETI at CETI,” immersive soft-sculpture collaboration

2022 Nectar Café, Portland, OR, USA - oil portraits, photo embroidery

PRESS