Maria Nikl, MFA -Bio

MARIA NIKL, MFA
BORN 1962, Budapest, Hungary. Relocated to the USA in 1986.

EDUCATION
1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca., M.F.A. Painting and Ceramic Sculpture.
1991 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca., B.F.A. Painting.
1983-1986 Hungarian Fine Art Academy of Budapest, Hungary, Sculpture,
Figure Drawing.

WORK AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023-Present Paint Sales Associate and color consultant at Home Depot, University Pkwy, Winston Salem, NC

2020- Lead guided weekly Meditation sessions via Zoom during Covid to elevate people out of fear -for popular request. 

2019- Taught weekend Meditation Retreat on Communication, Blue House, Koroshegy, Hungary 

2014-2016 Limo driver for various companies in the Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Areas in Ca.                                                                         Pick up customers at  California locations and drive them to Napa or Sonoma areas, advise them reg wineries, doing airport rides in the SF Bay Area and Sonoma County.

2013-2014 Worked as a Saddle maker at JRD Saddlery, Sebastopol, CA.  Form, tailor and hand sew custom horse riding saddles out of leather.

2009-2013 Founded and Owned Meditative Budapest Clairvoyant and Art School, Budapest, Hungary 

2008 Taught Clairvoyant Workshop series on Female Power and The Anatomy of Relationships. College of Medical Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. 

2007 Taught Clairvoyant Workshop Series. Akasha Klub. Budapest, Hungary. 

Taught Clairvoyant Workshop Series. 1 Andersom, Gorssel, Netherlands. 

2005-2008 Instructor of Abstract Painting In Acrylic class. College of Marin, Kentfield, Ca. 

-Design curriculum and syllabus, instruct.

2005-2009 Instructor of Abstract Painting In Acrylic class. Own Studio, San Rafael, Ca. 

-Design curriculum and syllabus, instruct. 

2004-2005 Organizer for Weekly Figure Drawing Sessions for group. Own Studio, San Francisco, CA. 

-Book models, set up lighting and props for drawing.
Lead group discussion of drawings produced.

2003-2004 Tutor For Foreign Art Students at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca. 

-Assess Student's needs, research and create method of instruction, instruct individually. Prepare foreign students to participate in Art Critique Seminars, facilitate them to express their ideas in English verbally, or in writing. 

2001-2003 Language Trainer of English Language for a groups and individuals. Self-employed, Lima, Peru. 

-Preparing students to live and study in an English-speaking country. Responsible for researching student's needs, selecting materials, creating lesson plans, and instruct. 

Instructor of Business English, Pari Cooperation, Lima, Peru. -Selection of materials, slang, and colloquialisms balanced with grammar, technical vocabulary of business. 

2001 Introduction to Figure Drawing, The Learning Annex, San Francisco, Ca. -Instructed 3 hour Figure Drawing workshop. 

Creative Visualization Workshop, The Learning Annex, San Francisco, Ca. -Instructed 3-Hour Meditation Workshop. 

2000 Figure In the Landscape, Jenner, Ca. 

-Instructor, organizer of a two day Outdoor Figure Drawing Retreat for art students with live model. 

1995-2001 Bartender  and creator of Figure Drawing on North Beach, Spec's Cafe, 12 Adler, San Francisco, Ca. 

-Bar tender, doing inventory and mixing drinks.  Organizer and instructor of weekly Figure Drawing classes for mixed levels. 

1998 Studio 939, San Francisco, Ca. 

-Creator and Director of Art Gallery and Studio. 

-Curator and organizer of Art Shows. 

-Instructor and Public Relations for weekly Figure Drawing sessions. 

Handmade Ceramic Studio, San Francisco, Ca. 

-Instructor and Studio Technician. 

1997 Hospitality House. San Francisco, Ca. 

-Volunteer Art Instructor for ceramic studio. 

1996 Berkeley Psychic Institute, Berkeley, Ca. 

-Receptionist, Administrative assistant. 

1995 Katedra Language Academy, Budapest, Hungary. 

-Instructor of Intensive English classes. 

1993-1995 Shoten Kenchiku Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. 

-Translator, Interpreter, Editor and Co-author of 50-page article on Hungarian Organic Architecture. 

-Coordinator, Editor, and Co-author for article on Adobe Architecture of the American Southwest. 

PUBLICATIONS
1993 Co-authored an article on Hungarian Organic Architecture. -Matsumoto, Kiyo and Nikl, Maria, Hungarian Organic Architecture, "WIND" Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, Shoten Kenchiku Publishing Co., 1993. 

1991 Nikl, Maria Aboriginal Art Of Australia, unpublished.
1989 Nikl, Maria, Shamanistic Art of the Hungarian countryside, unpublished. 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Glorias, Fogashaz Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2009 Layers of My Aura, Angel Tea House, Budapest, Hungary.
2008 Orient Express, 24 Hr Fitness Center, Mill Valley, Ca.
2007 Red Queen, Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP, San Francisco, Ca. Windows and Duplications, Chez Nous Restaurant, Alameda, Ca.
Charred Heart, Entourage Spa, Orinda, Ca.
Open Studio, San Rafael, Ca.
2006 Abstract Organic Paintings, C'era Una Volta Café Restaurant, Alameda, Ca. Abstract Organic Paintings, Red Union Salon, San Francisco, Ca.
Duplications, Marchant Chapman Gallery, San Anselmo, Ca.
2003 Paintings and Sculptures, Escuela Particular del Artes, Lima, Peru.
2000 Tell New Tales, Dimenzio Galleria, Budapest, Hungary. 

1995 Trans-Formations, Eric's House Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 All Mixed Up #2, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, Ca.
2007 Red Paintings, Sausalito Spring Faire (Juried), Sausalito, Ca. Hearts, Exlectics Gallery, El Cerrito, Ca.
All Mixed up
War and Peace
Salon, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, Ca.
2006 Champs Fundraising Event, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Burlingame, Abstract Landscapes, Frank-Bette Art center, Alameda, Ca.
Group Exhibition at Artist XChange Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
Grand Opening, Float Gallery, Oakland, Ca.
2005 Black and White Plus One, Marin Society of Artist Gallery, Ross, Ca. Faces of the Fallen, College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, Ca.
2004 Your Tutor Was First An Artist, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, Ca.
Free Expression, Juried Show. Marin Society of Artists Gallery, Ross, Ca. 2002 Ceramic Exhibition of Taller Mokichi Okada, Miraflores Cultural Center Gallery, Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
1998 Cet Obscur Objet Du Desir, Studio 939, San Francisco, C.
We Only Imagined... Studio 939, San Francisco, Ca.
1996 Dodging Bullets, 311 Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 

    

Time Capsule, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
Staff Show of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca.
1995 Unity Transcends Boundaries, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. MFA exhibition of the San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason,
San Francisco, Ca.
1991 Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts Summit, NJ. 1990 Spring Show-San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca. 1989 Spring Show -San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca. 1985 W-Intersection, Young Artists Center, Budapest, Hungary. 

 

AWARDS , SHOLARSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
2008 Member of The College Art Association, www.collegeart.org
Member of Artisans, a non-profit educational arts organization,
San Rafael, Ca., www.artisansartgallery.com
1992 Honorary Mention - "Juried Show", New Jersey Center For the Arts. Summit, NJ. 1990 First Prize - "Spring Show", San Francisco, Ca.
1989 Merit Scholarship - San Francisco, Ca. 

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTORS 

Thomas Roedock, San Rafael, Ca.
Nelcy Tarics, San Rafael, Ca.
Marlis and Kjartan Jansen, Mill Valley, Ca. George Zsilak, Revfulop, Hungary.
Emoke Farkas, Balatonendred, Hungary. 

Michael Thomas Schaeffer, Budapest, Hungary. 

Gene Linetsky, Palo Alto, Ca.

 

SPECIAL SKILLS AND TRAINING
2000 Transworld Schools, San Francisco, Ca., USA. 

-Advanced TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
and TEFL Certificates.
1995-2008 Aesclepion Healing Center, San Rafael, Ca., USA. Licenses and Certificates to provide Clairvoyant and Trance Medium Counselings and Healings. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS 

Fluency both in English and Hungarian. Excellent communication skills in Spanish