Artist Profile: Nicolene Burger, Slowing Down
Nicolene Burger is a multimedia artist playing in the fields of painting, installations and performance art, though her relationship with practices of creative expression extends into the way she navigates life itself. Art for Nicolene is a form of embodiment: “art is the medium through which I delve into myself, get to know deeper parts of myself, and the way I study life and how my brain works.” Nicolene’s first time connecting with oil-paint was in University studying Fine Arts. Discovering the flow state of this medium was like finding her ‘mother tongue’. Her teacher at the time encouraged her to intentionally seek discomfort in her work, going beyond the comfort zone and into experimental styles. She started painting with...