Tag: Artist
In this interview for the Women in Arts network, Tom Fima talks about moving away from self-portraits and finding a new direction through painting the women in her life. She shares how The Doll House series became a stage for exploring the female gaze, the tension of play and control, and the roles women are expected to perform both in art and beyond.
We’re in the final week of applications! Our virtual exhibition offers artists a platform to present their work to a broad audience, with participation completely free of charge. For those who wish to gain even more exposure and recognition, the optional artist interview is available for just $12. Take this chance to highlight both your art and your journeyapply today before applications close.
In this interview for the Women in Arts Network, New York-based artist Qianying Zhu talks about her practice in jewelry, painting, and mixed media. She shares how cultural heritage, everyday observations, and new technologies shape her pieces, and why she sees jewelry as wearable sculpture that creates an exchange between maker and wearer.
Five painters who submitted for our virtual exhibition The Places We Call Home showed us that home is never just walls and doors it is memory, emotion, and belonging. Through their submissions, we see how home can be tender, joyful, distant, or imagined. Each work is a reflection of personal truth, reminding us that while our experiences differ, the desire to belong is universal. This feature is not about selected finalists, but about honouring the generosity of artists who opened their worlds to us. Their stories enrich the growing archive of…
In conversation with the Women in Arts Network, experimental artist Leisa Rich shares how childhood experiences, a lifelong curiosity with materials, and a commitment to teaching have shaped her practice. From weaving with tin foil as a student to creating immersive installations that invite touch and interaction, her journey reveals the value of risk-taking, adaptability, and finding joy in experimentation.
In this Women in Arts Network interview, painter Karen Chang talks about leaving a career in psychology and tech to return to her first love: painting. She shares how she builds her work in layers, what tells her a piece is alive, and the lessons she has learned about risk, growth, and connection along the way.
Mosaz grew up in a cultural landscape where tradition and freedom of expression walked side by side. Her art is born from that space weaving memory, heritage, and spirituality into symbols that speak beyond words. With trees, cycles, and gestures, she creates a language of continuity, reminding us that art is both personal ritual and universal dialogue.
In this interview with the Women in Arts Network, Colombian artist and jewelry designer Luma shares how her work with wire crochet grew from childhood memories and her training in design. She talks about finding calm through making, how materials often guide her process, and how jewelry has become her way of opening conversations around mental health and human connection.
What does “home” mean to you? Is it the walls that sheltered you, the sound of rain on the window, or a memory that lingers long after you’ve left? The Women in Arts Network invites women-identifying and non-binary artists from around the world to explore these deeply personal ideas in our International Virtual Exhibition, “The Places We Call Home.
Karen Sachs talks about how she found her way into painting by filling a blank wall in her first apartment and how that small beginning opened the door to a life filled with color, mosaic, and exploration. In this Women in Arts Network interview, she shares how she balances her career and art, what keeps her motivated, and the lessons she’s discovered along the way.