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6 Female Graffiti Artists You N d To Disco r On The Str t

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by Alice Teacake

The street art scene doesn’t have as many women as we would like. Yet, Banksy art and male street artists ARE being challenged. Female graf ti artists are thriving, and oh boy are they cracking the whip!

These female artists are giving the male artists a run for their money; their women empowerment girl art and equal rights missions are go go go! Travelling the world and discovering wall graf ti locations is one of my favourite adventure activities. Is it yours too?! I’m proud to highlight these ladies’ graf ti styles from around the world today.

6 Female Graffiti Artists You N d To Disco r Let’s read on to see what’s going down!

Shamsia Hassani Firstly, let me introduce you to Shamsia Hassani. She is one kickass graf ti creator from Iran, making street art graf ti in the streets of Kabul incredibly popular. She is in fact, the

rst

ever recognised graf ti artist in the country! Her mission is to bring awareness to the war years, whilst using many a spray can of colour, to help with the negative memories. She is incredibly passionate about women’s rights and wants to make it clear that women are battling for equality in Afghanistan. She proudly claims, ‘I want to make Afghanistan famous for its art; not its war’. You can check out Shamsia’s beautiful

work

here

[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/sep/17/sh hassani-afghanistans-street-art-star-in-pictures] .

Lady Pink Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara) is a beautiful Ecuadorian female street artist raised in New York City. She is a true veteran of graf ti history and de nitely gave the male graf ti artists of New York a run for their money in the 80s! She started out painting subway cars but then landed a role in the movie ‘Wild Style’. Sequentially, this lead this passionate graf ti maker to become very well-known in hip hop music and the graf ti NYC scene. Go Lady Pink! Lady Pink’s New York graf ti career has been heavily focused on empowering women, by using her urban art to rebel against a male-dominated graf ti scene. She says, ‘It’s not just a boys club.

have

sisterhood

thing

going’.

Check

out

[http://www.ladypinknyc.com/] her creations!

Swoon American born Swoon, started getting recognised on the street art scene in 1999. She’ll take round 2 weeks working on portraits made from recycled newspaper in her studio, to then head out on the streets. She pastes her creations on the walls with wheat paste! With a mission to become ‘part of the world’ and not have her world stuck hanging in some gallery, she has always loved being creative out in the open environment. She wants to create life in what would otherwise just be an empty space. Street art is

the

answer.

Find

out

about

Swoon

here

[http://www.swoonstudio.org] and get your own graf ti drawings off to a brilliant start with some sketching markers

[https://shop.bombingscience.com/graf timarkers/categories/sketching-markers] .

Miss Van Miss Van [http://missvan.com/about/] loves to draw graf ti and initiated the street art feminine movement! Born in Toulouse, France, her unique female doll characters are edgy and cute, depicting a variety of emotions. Miss Van expresses sexuality, desire and passion in her characters and with their full-bodied gures, they are body positive!

Fai 47 Faith47 [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/opinion/baird-thewriting-is-on-the-wall.html] is a South African graf ti selftaught artist, based in Cape Town. She’s one of the most famous female graf ti artists in the world! Her early work is inspired by the social problems going on in her country. A lot of her work tackles the problem of people being promised a better future in life. Yet, in reality, their lives are hard and harsh. She explores motherhood, inequality, poverty and injustice. She is on a mission to bring to life what people usually throw away or ignore.

Panmela Castro

Panmela Castro is a Brazilian artist who uses her art to raise awareness about violence against women and promote positive social change! She wants Brazilian women to know that they have rights, and that physical and mental abuse is illegal and violates human rights. Coming from a family which has experienced many incidents of domestic violence, she was unfortunately a domestic violence victim herself. She is empowering herself and others by continuing to draw graf ti on the streets and teach graf ti styles in workshops to women.Â

Long may

women artists

continue These kickass famous female artists are inspiring graf ti girl street art internationally! I hope you have had fun discovering this cool graf ti with me! Maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inspired to go out and grab your own graf ti spray paint. You might just become one of the next famous graf ti artists! If not, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some brilliant street art tours to be discovered on your travels. Take a peek below!

The best str t graffiti tours! Want to experience and learn more about the best street art in the world? These tours have you covered! New

York

Street

Art

Tour

[https://www.getyourguide.com/new-york-l59/graf ti-streetart-walking-tour-in-nyc-t50950/? partner_id=MTZTHO1&cmp=streetartfemale]

London

Street

Art

Tour

[https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/alternativelondon-2-hour-walking-tour-t51536/? partner_id=MTZTHO1&cmp=streetartfemale] Berlin Street Art Tour [https://www.getyourguide.com/berlinl17/alternative-berlin-experience-t11288/? partner_id=MTZTHO1&cmp=streetartfemale] Paris Street Art Tour [https://www.getyourguide.com/parisl16/paris-street-art-tour-t66800/? partner_id=MTZTHO1&cmp=streetartfemale]