The art industry has become like a sky that is so huge for everyone to shine in it. In recent times, most careers marginalized and excluded women. But the one industry that has given so much platform to women who dare to dream is the art platform. Perhaps it is because art and talent are inherent, and no one can take them away from you. No one can force it on the other either.
There are so many female artists coming up every day. It has quickly become a challenge to keep track of most of them. But we are ever grateful to the social media platforms because it keeps us on our toes on who is who.
So, if you are looking for inspiring ideas from contemporary women artists, you are reading the right article. There are great deceased artists whose excellent works continue to inspire us, but we have deliberately omitted their names from our list.
Keep scrolling to find the list of contemporary living women artists. Their arts are so resourceful and with the help of social media platforms, you can directly engage with them. However, we should also note that late artists like Eve Hesse and many others are very resourceful too.
1. Amy Sherald
This American painter specializes in portraits that mostly depict African American icons in the modern world setting. Her signature style is simplified realism. This includes staged photographs of her subjects. Amy is best known for her official portrait of the former United States first lady Michelle Obama. Her exquisite portraits twist out unexpected narratives thus sparking complex debates. She puts some of her works on her social media platforms like Instagram among others.
https://www.instagram.com/asherald/?hl=en
2. Ana Segovia
Ana studied fine arts at the university where she perfected her craft. She is all about drawing and painting that explores masculinity and its stereotypes. This is such an underrated topic that has helped propel her art career to the limelight. She employs film stills for her art images. These are mostly from the Mexican Cinema golden era. Her flamboyant paintings and drawings have garnered her a great following on social media and a huge fanbase as well.
https://www.instagram.com/ana.sgv/?hl=en
3. Andrea Bowers
Andrea has over thirty years of experience in multidisciplinary vision art. She is based in Los Angeles and her art techniques include video, drawing, and installation. She has built a reputation in portraying social issues. This includes women’s rights, climate change, migration among others. Most of her flamboyant artwork has been exhibited all around the world. You can find them in different museums and world-class galleries. Some of her finest art even appeared on Whitney Biennial 2004 among others. You can find more about her works at artsy.
https://www.artsy.net/artist/andrea-bowers
4. Anna Park
Anna is best referred to as the artist channeling chaotic energy through art. Her frenetic charcoal drawings are flamboyant and vivid in their own special ways. Most of her works are near-abstract compositions to kaleidoscope representations of sceneries. Anna was discovered by KAWS at a school’s open exhibition. Her art pieces are detailed, expressive, vivid, and flamboyant delivered in charcoal form. You can find some of her works on her Instagram and other social media pages.
https://www.instagram.com/annaparkart/?hl=en
5. Anya Kielar
Anya studied art in an art school in New York. She employs uncanny structures and theatrical vignette-like installations to investigate the female form. Her works are widely varied with extensive sources. She can use small collages or movie stars to portray the feminine shapes she intends to work on. Anna constructs these shapes in various ways. Some of them include painted and dyed fabric, woven burlap, and even sprayograms for vivid outlines. You can find Anya’s exquisite art on various social media platforms. She is on artsy and Instagram among other places.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmIogQFUFY/?hl=en
6. Arghavaan Khosravi
This icon artist earned her MFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design. This has played a great role in shaping up her career in the art industry. Her heritage also has played such a big role in her exquisite artwork. She uses textiles sourced from Iran to design her art images. Most of her images reflect women’s status in her native country. It also portrays how she feels about her dislocation and her inability to go back to her home country. We can safely conclude that most of her work comes from a deep place of emotions and nostalgia. You can check more of her work on the Instagram page below.
https://www.instagram.com/arghavan_khosravi/?hl=en
7. Avery Singer
She is best known for her digitally assisted paintings. She designs and creates them through the 3D modeling software. She also employs computer-controlled airbrushing. Avery paints almost exclusively in tones of black and white. Her debut exhibition at Hauser & Wither helped to cement her place in the art industry. You can find more of her flamboyant art on her social media platforms.
https://www.instagram.com/thoughtsondeck/?hl=en
8. Barbara Kruger
She is an American artist and collagist whose works have largely influenced the contemporary art industry. Barbara’s works are known to consist of black and white photographs. She overlays her art with declarative captions stated in bold and vibrant colors. Barbara perfected her signature agitprop style in the 80s using different art methods. You can find more about her art on her social media handles. Here is her artsy page.
https://www.artsy.net/artist/barbara-kruger
9. Becky Suss
Her large scale densely patterned paintings of interior decors have a lot to speak about in their warm vibrant colors. Her art explores ideas of intimacy, domesticity, and memory. They are flat exaggerated proportions that only bring warmth and sheer beauty. Becky is represented by Jack Shainman’s world-class gallery. You can take a look at some of her work on her social media pages.
https://www.instagram.com/beckysuss/?hl=en
10. Beverly Fishman
She is a multi-disciplined artist with flamboyance and creativity to her work. Most of her work explores technological, scientific, and biological systems. Her powerful abstracts are perceptions and representations of greater things of nature. Her art resume is extremely impressive. Besides that, she is the head of the department at Cranbrook Academy.