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4 Brilliant Female Artists You Need to Check Out This Instant

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Ottawa chapter.

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Looking for some artistic inspiration or want to support more female talent? Check out these 4 talented women who use digital art, painting and photography to create thought provoking and beautiful works of art.

Polly Nor

London-based artist, Polly Nor, is best known for her dark and satirical illustrations that weave together themes related to female sexuality, emotional hardship, and identity. While Polly is most widely accredited for her digital illustrations, her most recent bodies of work include hand-drawn illustrations, sculptures, and installation works. She has put on two solo exhibitions since graduating in 2011; ‘Sorry Grandma’ in 2016 and ‘It’s Called Art Mum, Look It Up’ in 2017.

Check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pollynor/?hl=en

Lily Morris

The works of surrealist painter, Lily Morris, are both strikingly realistic and eerily dream-like. Her most recent series, ‘American Dream’, combines the clumsiness of human nature with the political climate surrounding the 2016 US Presidential Elections. Her work compels us to question our own cultural values and the nature/ attainability of the American dream.

Check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilyjmorris/?hl=en

Jocelyn Lee

Italian-born photographer, Jocelyn Lee, takes a candid and intimate approach with her work. Her subjects, predominantly women and men of various ages and body types, portray the intricacies of vulnerability and everything that can arise from it. Jocelyn Lee’s latest and ongoing series, ‘The Appearance of Things’, is visually striking and thought provoking, shifting our perspective in a way that blurs the line between subject and landscape.

Check out her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocelynleephotography/?hl=en

Ines Longevial

Ines Longevial, inspired by the French countryside where she grew up, started creating art at a young age. Her oil paintings and sketches combine elements of femininity and nature, and are simultaneously bold and delicate. Her works commonly portray women with colorful skin tones and unconventional body types and features. The art of Ines Longevial is uniquely sensual and wonderfully eye-catching.

Check out her Instagram: http://https://www.instagram.com/ineslongevial/?hl=en

Jane Dukes

U Ottawa '20

Third year political science student at the University of Ottawa. Feminist, black coffee drinker, friendly person.
Fourth year Criminology student at the University of Ottawa, Leafs fan, makeup lover and Harry Potter enthusiast.