Niki Economo

Niki is a professional Canadian artist based in Ottawa, working across watercolor, acrylic, oil, and mixed media. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists since 2023, she employs an organic, color-driven approach that emphasizes texture, pattern, and dynamic movement. Niki’s work embraces spontaneity, allowing paint and medium to guide each piece’s evolution. Her paintings are held in public and private collections.Niki is a professional Canadian artist, born in Ottawa, Ontario and currently paints in her studio at Studio Space Ottawa. She works in a variety of media, including watercolour, acrylic, oil, and mixed media. Through self-directed learning, Niki has studied under artists throughout Canada and the United States.

In 2023, Niki became an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists. Niki’s approach to painting is organic and colourful. She uses the natural properties of the paint and medium to create paintings with a strong sense of movement through texture, pattern, and line. “When working, I prefer not to know exactly how a piece will turn out and I respond to each mark once it is made. I let the paint and medium do what it needs to do with some guidance. I end up with something that I couldn’t deliberately recreate even if I tried. That unpredictable result is what keeps me coming back again and again.

Her work is in the collections of the Ottawa Heart Institute, Hochelaga Inn (Kingston), the 2019 CHEO Dream of a Lifetime Home and many private collections. Niki provides live painting demonstrations and instruction as a guest artist to local Art Associations.