Niki Singleton is a Canadian painter, illustrator, and sculptor based in Vancouver and Brooklyn NY. She has undertaken residencies at SAR in Keremeos, Lanchonete in Sao Paulo, La General en Manufacture in Paris, Hotel Maria Kappel in NLS, and Triangle in Brooklyn, NY. She has had solo exhibitions at GALLERY during Spring/Break Art Show and at Undercurrent Projects in NYC, the Holocaust Museum in Dallas, TX and Imagine IC in Amsterdam, NLS. Her work has been shown at the Brooklyn Museum; the Whitney Biennial; White Box Gallery; Betty Campbell Gallery; Spring/Break Art Show, Dixon Place, Bowery Poetry Club, Center For Performance Research, TSA Gallery, Underdonk Gallery, DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary, Kustera Projects, The Knockdown Center, Studio 10, Norte Maar, Sideshow Gallery, Nurture Art, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Triskelion Theater in Brooklyn and NYC; Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco; the Holocaust Museum, Texas; Imagine IC, Amsterdam; and Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver. Her work has been reviewed by Wowwart Magazine, the Hudson Art Review, Hyperallergic, Forbes, ARTFUSE and The Brooklyn Paper. Singleton’s drawings have been published in Queer City Reader, Brazil; Creative Time Reports, NY; and Arts Everywhere, Canada. She is also a published Illustrator of the graphic novel, Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan and was commissioned to produce artwork in 2020 by White Rock city in BC Canada, for a print run on city flags. Singleton holds an MFA in painting from the New York Studio School and is currently represented by ARTSPER and SINGULART galleries in Paris, France.
Born Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lives/Works Vancouver, BC & Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
MFA, New York Studio School, NY, NY, 2012
BFA, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, 1998
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 She-Wolf on the Border, GALLERY, Spring/Break Art Show, NYC
2016 Present Archaeology, Undercurrent Projects, LES, NY
2014 Living in the Garage, I-M-A-R, Lakeville, CT
2011 Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Holocaust Museum, Book art exhibition, Dallas, TX
2009 Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Imagine Ic, Bijlmerplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 A Long Train: 250 Years of Hypocrisy, Amos Eno Gallery, NYC (Curated by Aaron Wilder)
2025
PASSION, REASON, IDIOCY, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Guest Book, Similkameen Artist Residency, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC
2024
An Evolving Aesthetics of Interruption, Viva Annual Exhibition, The Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
New York Studio School Alumni Show, NYC, ARTSY
2023
Out of Control, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Out of Control, The Cultch Gallery, Vancouver, BC
East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC
2022
East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC
Pancakes & Booze Art Show, Vancouver, CAN
Basscamp Gallery 23, Shambhala Music Festival, Salmo BC, CAN
Colossus, APTPOP, Vancouver, BC, CAN
2021
New York Studio School Alumni Show, NYC, US, ARTSY
2020
Kite Surfer painting commissioned by White Rock City and printed on city flags, White Rock, BC
Pride 360, Gallea, Online gallery, Montreal, CAN
New York Studio School Alumni Show, NYC, ARTSY
2019
Coast To Coast, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Coast To Coast, Betty Campbell Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
All Access: An Exhibit Exploring Rights, Justice and Community Action, 151 W30th St, NYC
2018
X Marks the Spot, New York Studio School Galleries, NY, NY (Curated by Malado Baldwin and Maia Ibar)
Chain Reaction, Painting Center, NY, NY
Flatfile Exhibition, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Extraordinarily Inverse, Center For Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY - Sculptor and Dramaturge for Choreographer Thea Little's 75 min Feminist Dance Theater piece.
2017
You’re the Puppet! By Post Election Therapy, Dixon Place, NYC - Co-Director of performance collective. Prop Artist & performer in multidisciplinary performance. ( Curated by CB Goodman )
Debtfair, Whitney Biennial, NYC ( Curated by Occupy Museums )
122 Days of Madness! Post Election Therapy, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - Co-Director of performance collective. Prop Artist & performer in multidisciplinary performance.
A Call to Action, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY ( Curated by Anna Kustera )
ACLU benefit show, Brooklyn, NY
Bootstraps, SHIM Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
NASTY WOMEN, Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Election Therapy, Undercurrent Projects, LES, NYC
Control Equinox, Brooklyn Museum, Metrotech Plaza & Triskellion, Brooklyn NY – Dance Theater production in collaboration with choreographer Thea Little for The Beat Festival. (Curated by Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya, Directors, Leimey, Williamsburg, NY)
BOS 2016: “Seeking Space”, DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary, Bushwick, NY (Curated by Julie Torres and Michael David)
SUPER DUPER PLEINAIRE PAINTING, UnionDocs Festival, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (Performed with Matt Blackwell and John Berklie)
New York Studio School Invitational, Alumni Show, NYSS Gallery, NYC (Juror: Miles Manning, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
2015
Feral City, Undercurrent Projects, LES, NYC
Twilight Beasts, IMAR, Lakeville CT - Sculptor and Prop Maker for collaberative dance theatre production.
CONTROL QUARTZ, Leimey / Cave, Brooklyn, NY (Collaborated with choreographer Thea Little on set for dance theater piece)
3 JURORS = 3 SHOWS, NYSS Gallery, NYC
Feminist Thesaurus Results, Producer and curator for Brooklyn Open Studios show, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2014
All Hands on Deck, US Department of Arts and Culture, On Lilac Steamship at Pier 25, NYC
Never Mind the Bollucks, Life on Mars Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
To Eat or be Eaten, Brooklyn Fireproof, Bushwick, NY (Public interactive performance with Angry Commerce)
Dadabomb, Whitebox Gallery, NYC (Commissioned by Doug Fitch and Giants Are Small and the Swiss Institute)
The Wall, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Bushwick, NY
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington St. Warehouse, NYC
2013
Situational Junta, Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
Gentrification of the Mind, 287 Spring Gallery, Dual artist installation and performance, Soho, NY
UTOPIAS - A Dance Theater production, IMAR, Lakeville, CT - Sculptor and Prop Maker for collaborative dance theatre production.
North of my Brain South of my Ass, Studio 10, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
UniteWomen.org, Women's Caucus for Art, Online.
Portraits of Fern, Norte Maar Gallery, Bushwick, NY
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, CRITIQUES
2023 Talking Art, Online Artist Talk and Panel Discussion, East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC
2013 NYU, Visiting Artist Talk, Graphic Art and War Class, NYC
2013 PRATT, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Artist at final critique.
2009 Imagine IC, The Other Sudan Festival, Amsterdam, NLS - Artist Talk, interview and discussion lead by Jelle Bouwhuis director Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS, HONORS
2023 & 2025 Residency, Similkameen Artist Residency, Keremeos, BC
2019 Residency, IMPACT Artist Residency, Governors Island, NY
2015 Residency, Lanchonete, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL (lanchonete.org)
2014 Residency, Dawn of the Anthropocene, New York, NY
2013 - 2015 Residency, IMAR, Lakeville, CT ( Co-director and participant of IMAR Residency for three years )
2012 Residency, Triangle Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2011 & 2012 Awards, Artslant - 6th and 4th Showcase Winner - Painting, 5th Showcase Winner - Combined Media
2010 Grant, LCU Fund, New York, NY
2009 Residency, Knock On Woods - Roaming Residency, Hoorn, NLS
Residency, Hotelmariakapel, Hoorn, NLS
Residency, Kunstfort Bij Vijfhuizen, Vifhuizen, NLS
2008 – 2009 Residency, La Générale En Manufacture, Sevres, FRANCE
ARTIST TALKS
2025 GENDER QUEERIES, 2SLGBTQIA+ radio show on 100.5 FM CFROVancouver,BC -Artist Interview
2023 TALKING ART, Vancouver, BC - Artist talk online for East Side Culture Crawl
2023 Endeavours Radio, Vancouver, BC - Artist talk for Podcast for East Side Culture Crawl
2013 NYU, Visiting Artist Talk, Graphic Art and War Class, NYC
2013 PRATT, Brooklyn, NY, - Visiting Artist
2009 Echoes of The Lost Boys of Sudan, Imagine IC, The Other Sudan Festival, Amsterdam, NLS - Artist Talk lead by Jelle Bouwhuis director Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.
PUBLICATIONS AS ARTIST
2022 Licensed Artwork: When Knights Come Calling for A Body of Work by Kate Willsky, Majuscule Magazine, NY
2017 Looking For Lesbians, Queer City, Graphic Journal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016-2018 Regular Artwork Contributor, Arts Everywhere Platform, Musagetes, Guelf, Ont, CAN
2015 Counter-Clockwise, Monthly comic series, The Mantle, Online political journal, NYC
2012, Occupy Wallstreet Hosting PDF, Illustration/Design Artist. Co-produced with Todd Lester, Brooklyn, NY.
2011-2012, Coming Out of the Web 2.0 Closet, Comic Strip Artist.
Online tragic/comic strip Facebook project produced in collaboration with Todd Lester, Brooklyn, NY.
2008-2009, Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, NIA/DTA Non-Profits, Texas, USA, Paris, Amsterdam, NY. Graphic Novel Artist.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Noah Davis, Wowwart Magazine, Niki Singleton Weaves Myth, Identity and Emotion Into Provocative Narratives, London UK, 2025
Editors Desk, Hekate’s Cave by Niki Singleton, Wowwart.com, Art in Focus Review, London UK, 2025
Alex Browne, North Delta Reporter, Banner Year for three White Rock Artists, BC, 2020
Karen Wilken, Hudson Arts Review, At The Galleries, NY, 2018 Issue
Malado Baldwin, Hyperallergic, Curators Debate the Pros and Cons of All-Women’s Art Shows, NY, 2018
Adam Lehrer, Forbes.com, 7 Intriguing Artistic Eyes Spotted at The New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition, 2016
Cara Vincent, ARTEFUSE, DAVID&SCHWEITZER Contemporary Kicks Off Bushwick Open Studios With a Coming-of-Age Story of Brooklyn Art in the Present and Future, 2016
Joanna C. Valente, Luna Luna Magazine, Feral city is the Coolest Art Collaboration Right Now, 2015
Ben Sutton, Hyperallergic, Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios, June 1, 2015
Dimitri, Newly Swissed, Dada Birthday Bash - When Zürich Meets New York, 2014
AIOP, Press Release, 2014
Lakeville Journal, Front cover Interview on IMAR, Lakeville, CT, US, 2013
World Policy Institute Journal, Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan: Excerpts From Graphic Novel (blog), Nov 30, 2012.
Brooklyn Rail, Brucennial show Ad, Brooklyn, NY, March 2012
Goodreads, Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan, US, 2011
Emmy Abdul Alim, Radio Interview, IOL Radio, Cairo, Egypt, April 28, 2009