Diana Galimzyanova

Submitted by @paakojsimpson

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“Diana Galimzyanova is a filmmaker and video artist based in Moscow, Russia. Her award-winning short films were accepted to more than sixty festivals in fifteen countries, and her art pieces have been a part of group exhibitions in multiple countries. Her latest short script “A Fangirl” is a finalist in several competitions. Her award-winning debut feature film, the first ever female-directed Russian film noir with reverse chronology, The Lightest Darkness is now on the festival circuit.” 

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Diana Galimzyanova

Artist: Marijke Koger

(1943-)

Marijke Koger, often referred to as “the mother of psychedelic art,” is a painter, illustrator, fashion and costume designer, and muralist who rose to prominence during the 60s. She was instrumental in “[shaping] the imagery of the sixties as it exists in the nation’s collective memory today”. 

In addition to her popular illustrations, she created album art and costumes for The Beatles (and costumes for Cream), painted the guitars of Eric Clapton and George Harrison, and the piano of John Lennon. Her mural work was featured on the Aquarius Theater (shown above) during its run of Hair as well as on the inside of the Beatles’ Apple Cultural Center in London.

She was the lead artist of the design collective The Fool during the 60s, and even created a commercial fashion line. Most of her work is now in the permanent collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the South-West Museum in Los Angeles

Here is a fascinating interview with her in which she talks about her interest in art from an early age, her life growing up, and some of her influences

It is baffling to me that she still does not have her own wikipedia page, and information on her is relatively hard to come by. If you have anything to add, please do! She is one of my all-time favorite artists and I’d love to learn more about her.

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Kenojuak Ashevak, a Canadian artist and printmaker, is regarded as one of the most notable pioneers of modern Inuit art. She was born in Ikirasaq, an Inuit camp, at the southern coast of Baffin Island. Her father was a hunter, fur trader, and respected shaman. When she was only six years old, he was assassinated by Christian converts. She was arranged to marry a local hunter, but was reluctant, and even playfully threw pebbles at him when he approached her.She was one of the first Inuit women in Cape Dorset to begin drawing, and she went on to create the first Inuit stained glass window for the John Bell Chapel in Ontario. She worked in graphite, colored pencils, poster paints, watercolor, and acrylics as well as creating etchings and carvings from soapstone.

Hey! Just curious, what’s the point of deleting my original caption and replacing it with your own if you’re just going to copy/paste everything I said, and not add any new information?

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Artist: Ruth Asawa

(1926-2013)

Ruth Asawa was an American sculptor and artist. She was the daughter of two Japanese immigrants and one of seven children. During World War II, her family endured prolonged separation and internment. Even at the internment camp, Ruth Asawa studied art.

She showed interest in art from a young age, winning first prize in a school arts competition at age 13. She went on to attend the Milwaukee State Teachers College with the intent to become an art teacher. Her first choice college was in California, but she was prevented from attending, because the area was still prohibited to ethnic Japanese, whether or not they were American citizens. She then studied at Black Mountain College, where she first began experimenting with wire in her art.

Her wire sculptures received recognition in the 50s, when her work was featured numerous times in the Whitney Museum, as well as the Sao Paulo Art Biennial.

She was a passionate advocate for the transformative power of education, especially for young children, and dedicated much of her life to finding support for educational art programs.

“She was a driving force behind the creation of the San Francisco School of the Arts, which was renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts in 2010 as a tribute to her”

ISO co-admin

WOW I had no idea this blog gained so many followers in my absence. Thank you. This project is something near and dear to my heart that I desperately want to start keeping up with again. I’m going to try my best but I would love some help. I have a very specific vision for this blog and lists upon lists of female artists to research, so if you’re interested in co-running it with me, please reach out!

And to all the female artists who sent messages about what this blog means to them, THANK YOU. I love you. That’s exactly what it’s here for.