Nikki Lindt

"As opposed to nostalgia--the melancholia or homesickness experienced by individuals when separated from a loved home--Solastalgia is the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting people while they are directly connected to their home environment, in effect
their home leaves them" ~Glenn Albrechts, 2006


I was born in Holland, where early memories of dramatic clouds which I observed to be so rousing and powerful against the backdrop of an over cultivated country filled with crowds of people, constantly swept against the logic of order within Dutch society. This observation so deeply rooted in my conscious mind, is a constant reminder to me that ultimately nature cannot be harnessed. In my work, memories of place shift, as I travel and record my research. My studio practice tracks my sense of environmental loss as memories are ripped away by development, pollution, climate change and political actions that I have no control over. My paintings and drawings help me explore and reinterpret the time I enjoyed exploring the woods, climbing trees, avoiding the snakes, and catching the frogs in the streams of my youth. Neve...

Yale University MFA (Painting and Printmaking)

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands BFA