my name is Niko

I GREW UP IN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK WHERE MY LOVE FOR HAIR FIRST BEGAN. EXPERIMENTING WITH MY OWN HAIR ALWAYS GAVE ME THIS SENSE OF FREEDOM  AND THE ESSENCE OF FEELING BEAUTIFUL AND WITH THAT,  I KNEW I WANTED OTHERS TO FEEL THE SAME. SO FROM THERE...I FOLLOWED MY DREAMS. 

AFTER WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT FOR A POPULAR NYC SALON CHAIN I CLIMBED THE LADDER TO BECOMING A STYLIST IN ONE OF THEIR SALONS LOCATED IN THE WEST VILLAGE. THROUGH THAT JOURNEY I WAS ABLE TO EXPLORE BEHIND THE CHAIR.

PEOPLE OF ALL CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES CHALLENGED ME TO STEP OUTSIDE OF MY COMFORT ZONE. WITH THAT CONFIDENCE IT ALLOWED ME TO TRANSFORM HAIR INTO WORKS OF ART AND JUMP INTO THE HAIR WORLD OF COMPETITIONS, FASHION SHOWS AND WORKING ALONG SIDE OTHER ARTISTS IN THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY. 

IN ADDITION TO MY LIFE BEHIND THE CHAIR I LOVE TO TRAVEL, EXPLORE AND EXPRESS MY FREE SPIRIT THROUGH MY LOVE OF CLOTHES. HAIR IS A WAY OF EXPRESSION AND DRAWING INSPIRATIONS FROM MUSIC, NATURE AND POP CULTURE HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN MY EVERYDAY CREATIVE FREEDOM.