Niki Croom is a painter and ceramicist. She attended the residential South Carolina Governor School for Arts and Humanities concentrating in sculpture and ceramics. Croom received her BFA from Alfred University in 2019 where she integrated painting, drawing and ceramics showcased in her solo show Self Reflections, Turner Gallery, Alfred, New York. During this time she completed a mural titled Sufferer’s Fate in Alfred, New York. Since graduating Croom created several stop motion animation music videos and a custom album cover All Night for the band Zug based in Nashville, Tennessee. Croom has given artist interviews for NPR Colorado Public Radio and the blog Heybaebae. Croom has showed work in Bad Town Virtual Gallery based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 2021 and Blue Ridge Arts Center in Seneca, South Carolina in January 2021. Croom is showing in the upcoming 2021 Artfields show in Lake City, South Carolina.

Artist Statement:

Fascination with the past, emotional unrest and self discovery trigger a ritual-like process that begins my artistic vision. My paintings capture a moment removed from time, only referencing its passing by the materials that build up to reveal a history. Just like people contain many layers, my art is constructed gradually, layer by layer, until the vision comes into focus. I’m drawn to what appears on the outside versus the turmoil that rages within. Rather than trying to explain a moment I show it by capturing the most revealing part.