Born in the heart of Greenwich Village, NYC in 1984, my love for art is forever engraved in my being. With influences from late 80s and early 90s NYC graffiti, Keith Harring and Andy Warhol all around and being raised by two artistic parents, art almost instantly became more than a hobby and instead an everyday occurrence. This evolved to a much larger goal: to create things and share them with the world as Sikstar.
While pulling from music, conspiracies, pop culture, nature, spirituality and life experience. I love bright colors and the aesthetic of psychedelic influence as well as taking worthless things and making them into new creations of their own. The name "sik star" truly embodies the importance of perception, leaving it up to the viewer to think for themselves. It can be seen either sik! as in disturbing, and with a negative connotation or you can take it as in sik ! out-of-this-world and awesome! Again, it's all about perception; there's always more than what meets the eye.
I am a proponent for using recycled resources to utilize things we take for granted once we have used them for their main purpose. Most recently I have been working with upcycled and recycled materials such as spray cans, lamps, mannequins, blacklight and dimensional paintings using upcycled frames. One of my latest series transforms clogged spray can nozzles in resin spray cans into functional art as well as some bigger pieces.
I also am an avid mycologist so most of my time is spend being inspired by and learning about wild fungi and the nature around us, and ways it trickles into our everyday lives, and how art and that can go hand in hand. Especially the whimsical lifestyles of fungi. Except to see a reference or multiple.
Using various media, I continue to exhibit art as well as accept commissions for clients worldwide. To view my portfolio, works-in-progress, and other oddities, check out sikstar-art.com. Currently living/working in the San Francisco Bay Area/NYC traveling is always on the agenda! Reach out! I’d love to hear from you!
Aziza Sikstar
