Akiane Kramarik
Akiane Kramarik (born July 9, 1994) is an American poet and painter. She began drawing at the age of four. Kramarik's best-known painting is Prince of Peace, which she completed at the age of eight.
Akiane Kramarik
- Name
- Akiane Kramarik
- Born
- 9 July 1994
- Birthplace
- Mount Morris, Illinois, U.S.
- Occupation
- Painter, poet
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- poetry
- Languages
- English · Russian · Lithuanian
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Akiane Kramarik (born July 9, 1994) is an American poet and painter. She began drawing at the age of four. Kramarik's best-known painting is Prince of Peace, which she completed at the age of eight.
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• Name — Akiane Kramarik • Born — 9 July 1994 • Birthplace — Mount Morris, Illinois, U.S. • Occupation — Painter, poet • Youtube Handle — AkianeArt • Youtube Display Name — Akiane Kramarik • Youtube Genre — Art • Youtube Subscribers — 408K • Stats Update — 30 September 2024 • Website — http: akiane.com
Early life
Early life
Akiane Kramarik was born on July 9, 1994, in Mount Morris, Illinois, to a Lithuanian mother and a non-practicing Catholic American father. Kramarik professed she saw the face of Jesus Christ in her visions. Her education began at a parochial school, but she was later homeschooled. Regarding her influences and motivation, she states:
Prince of Peace
Prince of Peace
Kramarik has said Prince of Peace is her "favorite portrait" and one of her most memorable paintings. At age eight she had long been seeking the right face to help her paint an image from her dreams and visions when a family friend brought to her a carpenter as a possible subject. The man's face closely resembled what Kramarik remembered as the face of Jesus. She completed the portrait in 40 hours of intensive work. Not long after, it was shipped to her agent for exhibition, who then stole it and sold it without permission. For sixteen years the original painting was held locked in a bank vault, with the then-owner unwilling either to show or to sell it. In December 2019, Prince of Peace was recovered by the artist's family and sold to a private collector for $850,000.
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Akiane Kramarik was born on 9 July 1994.
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Akiane Kramarik was born at Mount Morris.
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Kramarik is a self-taught painter and says that Jesus spoke to her when she was four years old, encouraging her to draw and paint her visions. She began to draw at the age of four, was painting at six, and began to write poetry at seven. At the age of eight years old, Akiane painted Jesus. Her first completed self-portrait sold for US$10,000. Kramarik's paintings are often allegorical as well as spiritual, involving likenesses of Jesus, children, and animals, as well as self-portraits. She often draws inspiration from magazine pictures. However, according to Kramarik, her main inspiration comes from her visions of Heaven and her religious experiences. By age 12, she had completed sixty large paintings. Some of her works have been purchased by the US Embassy in Singapore. At the age of nine, Kramarik appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. At the age of 12, she appeared on CNN. She appeared in the 68th episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005 and the 21st episode of Katie in 2012.
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- 1.Akiane art tour 2007. La Prensa. June 8, 2007.
- 2.Centi, Lori Rose. Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings. The Washington Times.
- 3.Robin Heflin. Strokes of genius; Just 10, Post Falls' Akiane Kramarik is dazzling everybody with her paintings, poetry. The Spokesman-Review. July 11, 2004.
- 4.Jones, Justin. Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All. The Daily Beast. November 17, 2014.
- 5.Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings. The Washington Times. December 31, 2014.
- 6.Akiane, My Story. Akiane.com. July 26, 2016.
- 7.Christianity Today. Akiane Kramarik: Dream Child. July 2004.
- 8.Rose Centi, Lori. Interview: Akiane speaks of heaven and paintings. The Washington Times. February 21, 2012.
- 9.CNN. Lou Dobbs Tonight Transcript. October 24, 2003.
- 10.Child Prodigy is a Self-Made Millionaire from Selling Her Incredible Paintings: SuperHuman Geniuses. YouTube cbignore. January 8, 2018.
- 11.Painting The Impossible by Akiane Kramarik. YouTube cbignore. July 9, 2017.
- 12.Kramarik, Akiane. How Jesus Saved His Own Portrait.The True Story of Akiane's Lost Masterpiece. YouTube. December 17, 2019.
- 13.CBS Chicago. Hidden For Year's Artist's Famous Painting Of Jesus Emerges. December 13, 2019.
- 14.Prince of Peace by Akiane Kramarik. Akiane.com. June 13, 2022.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry, W Publishing Group 2006
- Akiane: My Dream is Bigger Than I: Memories of Tomorrow Artakiane.llc 2006
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