About the Artist
June Ni is a visual artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, working primarily in watercolor and acrylic. She often begins with digital sketches to explore shape, color, and composition, then shifts to traditional materials—painting by hand on paper, canvas, or watercolor-ground-coated panels. Her process is both intuitive and experimental, balancing control with chance and allowing each piece to evolve through subtle shifts and quiet decisions.
Her recent series explores the idea of taking Cubism and letting it breathe—making it more intimate, light, and domestic—while also investigating the airy, layered possibilities of abstraction. For June, art is less about fixed answers than about continuous exploration, with each painting offering an open invitation for reflection. She has painted full-time since 2021.
Representation / Online Store
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Presson Gallery
Monroe, NC
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The Artling - Curated Online Gallery
Singapore
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Selected Exhibition History
Sep 5 – Sep 26, 2025 – Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, “Teeny Tiny Trifecta 8” curated annual exhibition
Aug. 1 - Sept. 6, 2025, Rock Hill, the Arts Council of York County’s 36th Annual Juried Competition
April 23 - May 26, 2025, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, “Guilding the Mint” Exhibition
Sep 15 - Oct 1, 2023, Charlotte International Art Festival, “The Journey” Exhibition
Apr 14 - Aug 31, 2023, James May Gallery, Online exclusive through Artsy, “Small Works 2023”
Dec 1 - Dec 4, 2022, Jada Art Fair at Miami Art Week 2022, Miami Beach, Florida, “Metaverse Exhibition”
Jun 22 - Jun 25, 2022, NowHere Gallery, NYC, “Women of the World NFT Exhibition”
June 2022, Art Fluent Gallery, Massachusetts, “Wabi Sabi”
Dec 3, 2021 – Jan 1, 2022, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina. “Best of the East”
Jun 2 – Aug 2, 2020, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas. “Creative Distancing”
Apr 7 – Oct 31, 2020, ILA Gallery, Denver, Colorado. “Artist Relief Spotlight”
Mar 13 – Apr 17, 2020, 3 Square Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado. “The NOOBAA | Non-Objective Abstract Art 2nd Annual National Fine Art Exhibition”
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Awards
“White Flowers I”, Honorable Mention Award at the Guild of Charlotte Artists Summer Show, 2023.
“Cosmic Nexus”, Special Recognition Award in the “Abstract” exhibition Photography & Digital category. Light Space & Time, 2023.
“2022 Searching for the Light”, Honorable Mention Award at the Guild of Charlotte Artists Summer Show, 2022.
“2020 Lantern Festival - Shadowed by the New Coronavirus”, Second Place in the Abstract/Experimental category of the Artist Magazine Annual Art Competition, Student Division, 2020.
“Ambition”, Special Merit Award in the “All Women” exhibition Photography & Digital category. Light Space & Time, 2020.
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Events
September 2021 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA.
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Publication
Suboart Magazine - Illuminating the Beauty of Science. May 2023
Golden Moment Observica Magazine - Prime 2021. November 2021
Community Involvement
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Speaking
Artist talk “From Kiln to Canvas” at Belmont Abbey College, April 2024
Lecture on "AI Art: A New Frontier for Artistic Exploration" at Queens University of Charlotte, 10/25/2023
Member speaker at Guild of Charlotte Artists May 2023 Program
Artist guest speaker at Bank of America 2022 AAPI celebration conference.
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Membership
Guild of Charlotte Artists, Board Member
National Watercolor Society, Associate Member