Tag: women artists
Discover 5 reasons why artists should submit to The Beauty of Still Life Virtual Exhibition by Women in Arts Network. Explore how virtual exhibitions offer global visibility, creative opportunities, and a chance to be part of a curated celebration of still life.
Discover five groundbreaking self-portraits by women artists who transformed the way identity is represented in art. From Sofonisba Anguissola to Frida Kahlo, explore the stories, symbolism, and lasting impact behind these iconic works.
Discover the inspiration behind The Beauty of Still Life, Women in Arts Network's latest virtual exhibition. Explore the history, symbolism, and contemporary relevance of still life, meet the artists who shaped the genre, and learn how you can share your own interpretation through this international exhibition.
Your portfolio can open doors—or quietly close them before anyone sees your work in person. Discover five common portfolio mistakes that may be costing artists exhibitions, grants, residencies, and other opportunities, along with practical tips to create a stronger, more compelling presentation of your artistic practice.
Discover The Beauty of Still Life, the latest Women in Arts Network virtual exhibition. Explore the inspiration behind this month's thoughtfully chosen theme, learn why still life continues to captivate artists, and find out how you can share your unique perspective in this international open call.
Emma Eyre creates vivid botanical paintings inspired by the accidental compositions of plants she discovers on forest floors and along rural pathways in Sweden. Originally from Honolulu and now living in the Swedish countryside, she has built a creative life around teaching, raising a family, growing food, spending time in nature, and maintaining a consistent painting practice. Her recent On the Ground series begins with photographs of overlooked plants, nettles, reeds, thistles, and leaves before developing through translucent ink washes and layers of opaque oil paint. Rather than recreating nature photographically,…
Discover five controversial paintings by women artists that challenged artistic conventions and reshaped the history of art. From Artemisia Gentileschi to Frida Kahlo and Dana Schutz, explore the stories behind the works that sparked debate and continue to inspire conversations today.
Aysun Şentürk creates paintings that move between abstraction and storytelling, using symbols, mythology, and organic forms to explore deeply personal emotional landscapes. Working intuitively, she builds compositions filled with trees, birds, figures, and recurring symbolic elements that feel both dreamlike and psychologically charged. Her earlier abstract collages gradually evolved into narrative imagery, allowing instinct and symbolism to merge into a visual language uniquely her own. Influenced by mythology and inner reflection, her paintings often question themes of transformation, entanglement, freedom, and emotional connection without offering fixed answers. Deep greens, teals, and…
Cristina Rodriguez creates collages that transform torn paper fragments into powerful reflections on women’s identity and lived experience. Working entirely by hand, she cuts, tears, and layers found images to build compositions that feel both chaotic and deeply intentional. Her process mirrors the fragmentation of memory and the complexity of personal and collective narratives, where meaning emerges through juxtaposition and reconstruction. Influenced by literature, art, and lived experience, her work moves between vulnerability and resistance, inviting viewers to find themselves within the layers. Rather than presenting complete or resolved images, her…
Jessica Fisher creates intense, close-up portraits that eliminate distance, pulling viewers directly into the emotional core of the face. Her work explores memory, identity, and the subconscious through gestural brushwork and tightly framed compositions where the eyes become the focal point. Drawing from personal experiences of trauma and healing, painting became her language when words failed. Her Blasphemous Saints series shifts focus away from identity, using cloaked figures and gesture to express vulnerability and tension. Now working on larger scales, her paintings feel both intimate and confrontational at once. Each piece…