Nicky Myny
Nicky Myny is a contemporary artist working between Belgium and South Africa.
Her practice operates at the intersection of ritual and relational art, investigating life thresholds, moments where identity shifts and form becomes necessary.
Through painting, commissioned works, and structured studio encounters, she explores how internal transitions can be translated into visible, enduring form.
Over the past 15 years, her work has engaged individuals, families, and communities across cultural contexts, particularly in South Africa, where ritual, land, and relational presence deepened her inquiry into collective and embodied practice.
Trained with a Master’s degree in Arts and further studies in expression semiology and co-active methodologies, her approach combines conceptual structure with intuitive process.
At its core, her practice asks:
How does transformation take shape?
And what form does a threshold require?
Studio Works
Painting is the foundation of my practice.
Through layered color, movement, and material inquiry, I explore threshold states where emotion, memory, and landscape converge into form.
These works emerge through an intuitive yet structured process, informed by the environments and cultural contexts I inhabit.
Immersive Work
Beyond the canvas, my practice extends into commissioned relational artworks and immersive studio encounters.
These structured processes are designed for individuals standing at a threshold, where a life chapter seeks articulation in visible form.
Here, dialogue, ritual structure, and creative process converge into enduring artwork.
Studio
My studio operates as both a site of production and a place of encounter.
Working between Belgium and South Africa, I engage with land, ritual, and relational presence as integral elements of my practice.
In addition to exhibition-based work, I collaborate on public and institutional projects that translate collective transition into shared form.
What I stand for
truth
creative courage
emotional depth
ritual as transformation
community as nourishment
innovation through innocence
art as a living force
“I believe we are all creative beings. My work is simply an invitation to remember.”