Niki Smit

Cocreator of project Soul Paint

Niki Smit is a multi-award winning Director of interactive and experiential art. 

He is co-founder / creative Director at Monobanda, where he explores and expands the boundaries of play and embodied interaction. Additionally, he is director at ExploreDEEP, where he creates meditative, breath controlled VR experiences 

His work focuses heavily on researching and developing new forms of playful behaviour. His passion lies in creating projects that connect the human body, physical space and the virtual world in surprising ways, creating meaningful embodied experiences that fill the space between art, science and mental wellbeing.

He has collaborated and lectured with numerous international organizations, universities, research groups and museums. Notable awards he won are the Dutch Directors Guild award for Best digital Storytelling 2020, and the prestigious Special Jury award SXSW 2024 for Soul Paint.