Nickie Zimov: 'For an Artist, Art Is Like a Diary'

Nickie Zimov: 'For an Artist, Art Is Like a Diary

By Alexandra Mansilla

Zimov is a self-taught artist from Russia who started exploring art at a very young age. Art in all forms — music (he plays almost every instrument), painting, comics, storytelling — has always been a part of his life. His parents worked in a factory but had a deep love for the arts. Their home was packed with art books and reproductions of Delacroix and Caravaggio, and growing up surrounded by that, Nickie naturally dived into the world of colour, the beauty of the human body, and finding inspiration in the smallest details.