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

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 (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

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.

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

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
  1. "Bieber onder de indruk van Nederlands tekenwonder | RTL Nieuws" (in Dutch). Rtlnieuws.nl. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
  2. "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. News, A. B. C. "Video Artist draws and paints 8 portraits simultaneously with hands and feet". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-10-15. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  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.
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