Tag: artist confidence tips

Ever catch yourself thinking, “Maybe my ideas are too loud for the gallery?” If so, welcome to the club, but here’s the twist: your bold ideas are exactly why you belong. For women artists, the art world can feel like a room full of invisible “Do’s and Don’ts,” mostly written by someone else. But those rules? They don’t apply to your voice. Finding your voice isn’t about matching someone else’s idea of success. It’s about noticing the patterns in your thoughts, the sparks that make you uncomfortable and excited at the…

So here’s the thing: starting an art career as a woman comes with a whole manual of unspoken rules that no one bothers to hand you. Professors might talk about composition and critiques, but they rarely cover what to do when a gallery offers you “exposure” instead of a paycheck, or when you realise your male peers are charging double for work that’s the same size as yours. It’s not that women artists aren’t talented or driven; it’s that the system comes with invisible speed bumps you only notice once you’ve…