FACADE brings you Nikki Luna, perhaps one of the new gems in the art scene, a "pearl of the orient".
Consistently productive, and driven with a good cause, Nikki Luna expresses herself through her Art from her native home town Manila, to Singapore, to Milan and soon the rest of the world.
Nikki Luna is an artist and the founder of StartArtproject, a non-profit organisation aimed at providing art workshops to women and youth victims of armed conflict and human rights violations in the Philippines. Her works have been shown locally and abroad like in Milan, Italy and Singapore.

Courtesy of the Artist

A Painting major graduate from the University of the Philippines (UP) Fine Arts Department, Luna went on to take an art residency in Cooper Union, New York.
In 2010, her firearm sculptures / installation, Unmentionables and Rebel Woman— both a visual discourse of women’s struggle—racked up considerable sums in the Sotheby’s Painting & Modern Contemporary Asian Art auction .
Her women advocacy is an endeavour she is currently studying in-depth on her Masters in Women and Development Studies in UP.

3 images above courtesy of the artist

Not that many Queens gave us the chance to celebrate their diamond jubilee; Yayoi Kusama is one of them performing her duty in her country of Art and her kingdom of creation.
Being quite prolific for over sixty years from her native Japan, to her young life in New york in the 60s, and worldwide for decades, she is now chased by the many who want her to leave a trace in their own field. Last in records is Louis Vuitton as most of us know already.

But first of all, Yayoi Kusama is a "Living Goddess" for her Art.

FACADES has visited Victoria Miro Gallery in London and interviewed director Glenn Scott Wright on Yayoi Kusama prior to the opening of her new show. Find the videos of the interview in FACADES Art section.

3 images above from Victoria Miro