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-now 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
2025 Photo Trouvée Magazine, photo embroidery collab with artist Jessica Sundstrom featured as magazine cover