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Niki Ulehla

Niki Ulehla is an artist, jewelry designer, puppet maker and performer.  Her work is all hand-made in her San Francisco studio.

Franconia Performance Salon

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Hansel and Hansel


Jewelry & Small Puppets


Niki Ulehla, Inferno, Small Shows, puppets, jewelry, small shows, marionettes, marionette, art, artist, Jamie Lyons, James Lyons, performance, photography, foto, photo

Inferno at Recology

Niki Ulehla’s Inferno at the San Francisco Dump: Using recycled materials Niki Ulehla (Recology Artist in Residence) created a cast of puppet characters for a production of Dante’s Inferno performed on site at Recology


Niki Ulelha’s Inferno at Recology in Motion


My Head is Burning


Niki is a San Francisco based artist, puppeteer and goldsmith.  She studied painting at Stanford, puppet-making in Prague and goldsmithing in San Francisco.  She has been making and performing with marionettes for over two decades in the San Francisco bay area and Czech Republic. She began performing in San Francisco with the puppet-music ensemble, Cows for Tuttle and later began developing shows in collaboration with musicians and composers.

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