Rajacenna van Dam, who works under the name Rajacenna, is a Dutch hyper realistic pencil drawing artist. She is ambidextrous and is known for using both hands to draw different portraits at the same time.
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.
As an actor, she played Remco's daughter for two episodes of the Dutch program (later called Serious Crimes) and worked as a model and a TV host. She began as a presenter of the first Dutch Web TV for children when she was 12 years.
Career
When Rajacenna was 16 years old, she took up pencil drawing seriously, inspired by an Italian street artist. 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.
Rajacenna states that she was inspired to use her feet to create art after joking about it with a reporter during an interview. 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.
Awards and Achievements
She was awarded by CosmoGirl "Born to Lead award" and she was awarded as one of the 400 most influential women in the Netherlands according to Viva magazine.
References
External links
Algemeen Dagblad Dutch Newspaper, "Lady Gaga vereeuwigd door Nederlands tekentalent", April 2010 The Teenager Today. "Rajacenna, Pencil Ninja". May 2015 Kijkkez Jongerenmagazine, "17-jarige Rajacenna bij Viva 400 meest indrukwekkende vrouwen van Nederland", 2010 Weekkrant, May 27, 2015, "Rajacenna helpt Owl City zanger Adam Young" Vlaardingen24.nl Nieuwsbank.nl Derestaurantkrant.nl Tribunahoje.com REUTERS. "Double Dutch: Artist draws with both hands at once". March 2019 Algemeen Dagblad. "Brein van Rajacenna is zó bijzonder dat ze wetenschappers versteld laat staan". July 2022 Hart van Nederland. "Dankzij haar bijzondere brein maakt Rajacenna met twee handen tegelijk meerdere tekeningen". July 2022 https://www.youtube.com/user/rajacenna
Living people
Dutch artists
People from Vlaardingen
Year of birth missing (living people)