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GRL PWR 💪: TOP 5 BEST FEMALE GRAFFITI ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
It seems that the world of street art, like many other fields, is more associated with male artists. For some reason, graffiti and its aesthetics tend to be associated more frequently with men than with women. In this post, we have set out to “break a spear” and make the female graffiti artist a little more visible. These are, according to our criteria and without the intention of detracting from other artists, the top 5 female graffiti artists in the world!
Top 5 best female graffiti artists
LadyPink
Lady Pink is an Ecuadorian-American muralist and graffiti artist. She follows the path of empowering women through graffiti and murals as acts of self-expression and rebellion. She says “It’s not just a boys’ club. We have some brotherhood.”
Her nickname is “the first lady of graffiti” because she was one of the first female graffiti artists in this field in New York in 1980. She grew up wanting to pursue architecture as her father did. She began her career in graffiti writing and studied at Manhattan’s High School of Art & Design.
In 1980, she created an all-female graffiti team called “Ladies of the Arts”. She was also introduced to graffiti teams like TPA and TC5. Also in that year, she was included in “GAS: Graffiti Art Success” at Fashion Moda New York.
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Swoon
She’s a contemporary artist who works with sculpture, printmaking, and stop-motion animation to create public works of art, immersive installations, and community projects.
She is known as one of the female street artists to gain international recognition. She was also part of a group of artists in 2000, including Banksy and JR. Her work focuses on catalyzing communities in crisis through art.
She has painted in cities around the world including London, San Francisco, Cairo, Jogjakarta, and Hong Kong.
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Fafi
Fafi is recognized for her graffiti style, a unique one. She depicts girl characters in a made up world. Fafi is a street artist from France, she attended school until 18, when she decided she wanted to enter into the art world.
She didn’t have the support from her parents, but she achieved what she wanted and Fafi’s work was noticed on walls in 1994.
“I never say my real name, I’m just Fafi”, mysterious, right? In her works she explores femininity and uses it in her favor, she even closed agreements with Medicom and Sony, and published illustrations for Vogue, Elle… She has also done great collaborations with big brands like Samsung.
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Miss van
Also known as Vanessa Alice, she’s a street artist and graffiti artist. She began painting the streets of Toulouse alongside Mademoiselle Kat when she was 18 years old.
She’s currently well known internationally, she stands out for using unique characters called dolls or poupées. In her art works, for example “Ella”, she represents sloe-eyed women, expressing many emotions.
Her main themes are sexuality, desire, eroticism, and innocence, which are represented by animals, revealing clothing, and pastel colors.
Miss Van now lives in Barcelona and has published and coordinated several art exhibitions throughout Europe. She remains one of the most famous graffiti artists in the world!
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Paola dolphin
Mexican artist with works oriented towards organic forms, illustrations and a mixture of unusual materials. Paola was born in Mexico and since she was little she has always gone with a pencil in her hand.
The main theme that she wants to express is feminine sensitivity and beauty, she is able to represent a wide range of incredible contrasts and changes.
“I believe that art should be seen in all possible places, to bring a white wall to life and turn it into a story. My passion is to create, to be available to tell a story with my hands and make it visible to everyone. Images that involve you in that story. That feeling is what makes me love being an artist.”
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