For Women’s History Month I wanted to discuss some of my favorite female artist. I have been influenced by most of them and the others I just like their artwork. I don’t have a long list but I am always on the look out for new artist and styles.
Kara Walker focuses her art on identity, race, gender and sexuality. She uses large black cut paper silhouettes to express the darker side of human behavior.
Tamara Natalie Madden is a mixed media artist that uses photos of everyday people and portrays them as royal kings, queens and warriors.
Ekaterina Koroleva is a graphic designer and illustrator. She draws with sketchy pen strokes and uses beautiful soft watercolor backgrounds.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby is an mixed media artist that uses images of Nigerian culture and her own family photographs to create her own personal portrait of her home country.
Elizabeth Catlett is a wood, stone sculpture and print maker. She uses her art mediums to depict race, gender and class issues.
Cristina Troufa is a figurative painter. She using herself as her subject matter and her art express her life and her beliefs.
Stina Persson is an illustrator and uses watercolor, cut paper, ink, vector art and photography. Her style has a very sixty glamorous feel to it.
Cassandra Gillens is a self taught painter. Her colorful paintings depict southern style and lifestyles.
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Frida Kahlo is a self portrait painter. She painted vivid and intense colored paintings showing the female experience and form.
Mickalene Thomas is a painter that glams up her painting with rhinestones, acrylic and colorful enamel. She portrays the complexity of being a black women and explores the definition of femininity and power.
I hope you enjoyed my list. Who are some of your favorite female visual artist?
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