Tag: creative journey
In this interview for the Women in Arts Network, Kira Bayliss talks about her journey from childhood creativity to wearable art. She shares how clothing can become a living canvas, why she collaborates with her mother, and how she balances her life as an artist, chef, and mother. Her story shows how fashion and art come together as a language of expression, storytelling, and connection.
In this interview for our Women in Arts Network, Catalan painter Isabel Juanico Termes shares how she returned to painting after years in medicine, why imagination drives her acrylic works, and how she balances life’s responsibilities with her creative ambitions. She opens up about the process of bringing her ideas to life, the importance of making time for art, and her hopes for the future of her practice.
In this conversation for the Women in Arts Network, multidisciplinary artist Marina Sholkova talks about moving between painting, ikebana, botanical sculpture, and illustration. She shares how a single symbol can grow into a finished work, what ikebana has taught her about space and balance, and how creating a 27-part story for Inktober shaped her practice.
In this Women in Arts Network interview, Belgian photographer Wendy Leyten shares how nature, symbolism, and mysticism shape her lens. She talks about finding silence before taking a picture, her choice to work without digital editing, and how Reiki guides her creative flow.
In this interview for the Women in Arts Network, painter Shakima Johnson shares how her career began by chance during the pandemic and how she continues to balance her life as both an artist and a scientist. She talks about her approach to abstraction and pointillism, the feeling she gets when a piece comes together, and why creating meaningful work matters most to her.
In this interview for the Women in Arts Network, Zaccheo Zhang talks about the role of materials in shaping her photography, the influence of her childhood in China, and why experimentation continues to guide her. She also shares how she balances the pace of fashion with the solitude of fine art, and why she welcomes uncertainty in the future of photography.
Every artist has little things that mean a lot, maybe it’s a childhood toy, a pattern you loved in your grandmother’s kitchen, or a recurring motif you notice in dreams. These small, personal symbols carry stories that only you fully understand, and they can become powerful tools in your art. When someone else sees them, even if they don’t grasp every layer, they feel a connection, like a secret handshake. Think about a painting that features a little paper boat. To you, it might be a memory of a rainy afternoon,…
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.
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.
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.