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Nika Feldman

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Garment-centric Interdisciplinary Artist ✂️🧵🪡

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Nika Feldman, @nikabilt, is a garment-centric interdisciplinary artist whose practice is defined by intentional and methodical acts of unmaking, be it through repetitive cutting, ripping, or deconstruction. Feldman uses salvaged clothes, which act as both subject and medium to address intersecting issues of impermanence, grief, identity, and transformation. As an artist, Feldman positions herself as an activator and mediator.

We’re excited to share Feldman’s work in The Art of ReUse, where you can see how one creates beautiful and mesmerizing art from salvaged clothing through a subtractive process. Feldman’s process is contextualized through three concepts: sartorial sabotage, schmatte prowess, and feminist chutzpah, which locates her practice within a framework based on gender, socioeconomic background, and cultural heritage.

The Art of ReUse is a sustainable fashion exhibition that provides an in-depth exploration into ReUse and sustainability through art, fashion, and design. Comprised of four elements: gallery exhibition, pop-up boutique, fashion show, and public programming (workshops and a panel discussion), invites and inspires audiences to incorporate sustainability into their everyday lives.

The Art of ReUse On View: January 9th - February 14th

- Pop-Up Boutique: Available in-person and online throughout exhibition.

- Fashion Show: January 24th | 3pm - 5pm tickets available!!!

- Fashion Show Reception: January 24th | 5pm - 7pm free to attend

- Workshops & Panel Discussion: January 31st | 10am - 4:30pm.
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Photo Credit
- Image 1: Photo of Nika Feldman, Courtsey of Nika.
- Image 2: Solace of the Spinster, 2025, Photo Courtsey of Nika Feldman.
- Image 3: Love Me Love Me Not, 2025, Photo Courtsey of Nika Feldman.

Note: Both works were created in 2025 from the same dress and thus exist in a synergistic relationship.
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#sustainableartpractice #salvagedclothing #deconstruction #TheArtofReUse #garmentcentricart by @nikabilt

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9 months ago

Thanks @newmexicowomeninthearts for adding me to your registry! Having spent most of my life as a somewhat transitory person, I am happy to reflect on the fact that I have lived in New Mexico longer than any other place in my adult life. I have just passed 7 years of being here and hope to continue making this my home into the future if possible.
🤞🤞🤞 taken in Santa Fe, New Mexico by @nikabilt

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2 years ago

Many thanks to Joelle Mendoza @_messtiza_ for the thoughtful article @hyperallergic out now! ✍️

The article shares words and images of each person’s work from our thesis exhibition: Beyond Mastery. 🎓

About my work, Mendoza writes, "Interdisciplinary artist Nika Feldman is interested in making visible the unseen exploitation of land and labor in textile and fashion production. Her haunting hanging installation of white t-shirts, titled 'Kriah and the Hungry Ghosts,' explores Jewish tradition in which holes are ripped in clothing to illustrate grief/grieving. 'Footnotes of Atrocity' is another part of a larger trilogy titled 'Unmaking: A Coded Call,' and all these works explore her concepts of sartorial sabotage, schmatte prowess, and feminist chutzpa".

@mfa_studio_arts
@instituteofamericanindianarts taken in Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts by @nikabilt

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3 years ago

Not a bad way to kick off Women’s Week, in the pages of The Provincetown Independent, pick up your copy while supplies last ;)

Thanks Elspeth Slayter for taking the time to ask the right questions and for caring enough to write an article against the grain of expectations.

For those of you who aren’t local you can read the article online here…

https://provincetownindependent.org/community/people/2026/10/07/she-means-what-she-stitches/

#feministart #womensweek #provincetown #toughtitty #needleandthread by @nikabilt

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11 hours ago

We are getting very excited for the upcoming group show by the Sail Loft Art Collective with an opening reception not to be missed - featuring a special musical performance by HONKY TONK SEANCE to help us rock the night out Friday 10/9 at 6 pm!🤘#art #community #womensweek #provincetown #artgallery taken in Tillies Art and Provisions by @nikabilt

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7 days ago

Thanks @jenzeephotos for your talent in making us all smile! Such a happy surprise for my mother to see me in the pages of her beloved @provincetownmagazine 🎉

This is the last week of my show, That’s What She Said @womencrafts, up through Sunday 10/4. 🙃

#aroundtown #gallerystroll #ptown #community #happypeople taken in Provincetown, Massachusetts by @nikabilt

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16 days ago

New piece finished for the Women’s Week @sailloftartcollective group show of small works @tillies512.

Love Letter
12 x 15 in.
Hand-stitched, upcycled garment scraps, aluminum buttons from India, tin milagros from Mexico
2026

#rideordie #bikerbabes #womensweek #feministart #loveletter by @nikabilt

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16 days ago

I was so happy to see the listing for my show in @provincetownmagazine sharing space with three others whose work I admire: @jesstdugan, @murat.recevik, and @thor_sculpts_ , all of whom also had openings on the same night! 🙌

Thank you to everyone who popped in to @womencrafts last night during gallery stroll, it was such a pleasure! 🎉 taken in Provincetown, Massachusetts by @nikabilt

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a month ago

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I am so grateful to Michelle Axelson for offering me this opportunity to show my work at @womencrafts!

Womencrafts is a lesbian owned and operated intersectional feminist book/gift shop established in 1976 and is Ptown's hub for activism and community.

Thanks @provincetownindependent for the listing in this week's Indie's Choice!

Hope to see you tonight from 6-8pm :) taken in Womencrafts by @nikabilt

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This muscle tank I made about five years ago. I only have a few left and will have them for sale at my upcoming show, That's What She Said @womencrafts from 9/11 - 10/4, while supplies last!
100% cotton, discharge printed
Sizes: XL(6), L(4), M(3), S(3).

The graphic was created from my '64 Buick Le Saber, one of my first true love affairs. At 23 years old, I learned how to work on the car myself before taking it on a cross-country trip with a girlfriend that lasted for 6 months, during which time we basically lived in the car day and night.

On the graphic, the text written above the car is a saying I learned about while on the road. My addition is the text written below the car.

#musclecars #badreputation #standback #titsandwheels #rideordie taken in Womencrafts by @nikabilt

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a month ago

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Not Your
F L O W E R

Pierced, wrapped, tied.
Again, again, again.
French knots activate
a dress deflowered.

A mini solo show …

That’s What She Said
Sept. 11th - Oct. 4th
@womencrafts
Provincetown, MA

Reception 9/11 6-8 pm for gallery stroll

#feministart #lesbianownedbusiness #womenswork #bodilyautonomy #agency taken in Womencrafts by @nikabilt

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a month ago

A menopausal baptism of sorts. Hand embroidered t-shirt with a self-created portmanteau for this transitional phase of life, riffing off the words: climacteric, terror, and terrific.

Don’t miss this and other text-based textile work at my upcoming show, That’s What She Said @womencrafts with an opening reception this Friday, September 11th from 6-8 pm.

📸 by Jen Kopec

#feministart #menopause #womenswork #climacteric #tshirt taken in Womencrafts by @nikabilt

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