Rajacenna | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rajacenna van Dam |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Ambidextrous hyperrealistic pencil drawings |
| Website | https://www.rajacenna.com |
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 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]
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]
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]