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Rajacenna

Rajacenna van Dam, who works under the name Rajacenna, is a Dutch hyper realistic pencil drawing artist.[1] She is ambidextrous and is known for using both hands to draw different portraits at the same time.[2]

Rajacenna
Born
Rajacenna van Dam

Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forAmbidextrous hyperrealistic pencil drawings
Websitehttps://www.rajacenna.com

Early life edit

Rajacenna van Dam was born in the Netherlands on January 24. Her first name is a combination of the names of her mother and father and, as such, had to be officially approved.[3]

As an actor, she played Remco's daughter for two episodes of the Dutch program Ernstige delicten [nl] (later called Serious Crimes)[4][5] and worked as a model and a TV host.[6] She began as a presenter of the first Dutch Web TV for children when she was 12 years.[7]

Career edit

When Rajacenna was 16 years old, she took up pencil drawing seriously, inspired by an Italian street artist.[8][2] After three months her work was published in the art book Amazing Pencil Portraits 2. In 2012, she was published again in Amazing Pencil Portraits 3.[citation needed]

In May 2015, she worked with the band Owl City singer-songwriter Adam Young, for whom she made a promotional drawing and a time lapse video of the cover art of his album, Mobile Orchestra.[9]

Rajacenna states that she was inspired to use her feet to create art after joking about it with a reporter during an interview.[10] In 2023, Rajacenna posted a video to her YouTube channel in which she creates eight different portraits simultaneously using both of her hands as well as both of her feet.[11]

Awards and achievements edit

She was awarded by CosmoGirl "Born to Lead award"[12] and she was awarded as one of the 400 most influential women in the Netherlands according to Viva magazine.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Bieber onder de indruk van Nederlands tekenwonder | RTL Nieuws" (in Dutch). Rtlnieuws.nl. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  2. ^ a b "Double Dutch: Artist draws with both hands at once | One World Media News". www.oneworldmedia.us. March 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  3. ^ "Biography – World's Leading Quadridextrous Ambidextrous Photorealistic Drawing & Painting Artist Rajacenna" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  4. ^ "Serious Crimes episode "Moordenaar in de regen"". IMDb.com. 2002. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  5. ^ "Serious Crimes episode "Post Mortem"". IMDb.com. 2003. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  6. ^ "Char adviseert kinderen". Nieuwsbank.nl. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  7. ^ "Goede Doel Actie De Twaalfde Man krijgt extra publiciteit met filmpje". Nieuwsbank.nl. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  8. ^ Sterling, Toby (2019-03-15). Neely, Jason (ed.). "Double Dutch: Artist draws with both hands at once". Reuters. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  9. ^ "Groot Vlaardingen" (PDF). Deweekkrant.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  10. ^ "Video Artist draws and paints 8 portraits simultaneously with hands and feet". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  11. ^ I paint with feet and hands 8 portraits upside down 🎨, retrieved 2023-10-15
  12. ^ "Cosmogirl.nl". Cosmogirl.nl. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  13. ^ "Kijkkez Jongerenmagazine" (PDF). Kijkkez.nl. Retrieved 2015-05-29.

External links edit

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