TWO-BY-FOUR TORERO TAPENADE

Nickimation's December Show

December 6th, 2025

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An art show featuring a cast of characters, a story, and YOU building the two-by-four wooden set.

 

A night for the Carnivorous and Cannibalistic, Circus of Making and Eating and Being Made, Nickimation's Final Hour and Final Show of 2025, presenting Two-by-four Torero Tapenade!

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Expect a Nickimation classic: projected animated digital puppetry and makeshift wooden structures made by unpaid amateurs (you). Expect appearances of contributing artists Nickimation, Rowan, Salma, and Sarah. Expect awe. Expect passion. Expect bull.

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Additionally, expect a gallery-style walk down memory lane of Nickimation's 11 other monthly shows from 2025, all captured and cornered as the wild beasts they are.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

Nikolas Diamant is a mixed-media artist. His shows incorporate performance, digital puppetry, motion tracking, projection, sound, animatronics and sculpture. Nikolas began making animations at age 10, making one animation per week from 2011 to 2017. In 2025, he is presenting a new show each month. His animations range from pen and paper to claymation to 3D computer animation. Nikolas works as a freelance illustrator, software developer, art educator, carpenter, and animator.

 

Nikolas received his Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University (2022). His artistic research has been sponsored by the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO For Creative Inquiry (2020-2021). He received his carpentry training from BNG Industries (2022-2024). His work has been presented in a solo exhibition at The Frame Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA, 2022), as well as various venues in NYC, including Light and Sound Design, International WOW Company, Brooklyn Central Library, and the New Product Company (2023-2025). He lives in Brooklyn, NY.