Nicki Adani is a Bay Area sculptor, designer, and painter. She studied fashion design at the French Design School ESMOD and worked as a designer in Europe, New York, and California. Born to a German-Israeli family, Nicki grew up in Munich; the contrast of her heritage informs her work on a conceptual level, as she explores to create balance by bringing together opposing elements. Exploring empowerment and inner transformation is a constant in her work. ​Nicki’s extensive background in the fashion industry contributes to her sculpting process. She weaves her fashion design and pattern-making experience into her work process, and applies it to sculpting with wood and steel. She molds and configures materials that at first seem unyielding to create evocative and thought-provoking works of art. ​Her work has been featured at BottleRock Napa 2022, Silicon Valley Sculpture 2020, 2021, 2022 at Burning Man 2019, at Julie Zener Gallery in San Anselmo and at Art Ventures Gallery in Menlo Park. She received an honoraria grant from the Burning Man Arts Foundation for her large-scale sculpture, “Taking Flight,” currently displayed at the Petaluma Arts Center. In 2020 she was selected for an artist collaboration under the Sonoma ReOpening Grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. She has also been a build crew member for David Best Temples, working on art installations for the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C. and the Oakland Museum of California. ​Nicki works in her studio and lives with her family in Mill Valley, California.