Women Painting Women
Women Painting Women is an artists group consisting entirely of contemporary women artists. The group's name came from the goal of the group, which was to showcase works of women by contemporary women artists.
Starting as a blog in 2009, they were recognised in 2010 by the Robert Lange Studios Gallery, where they held their first exhibition. After their beginnings as a blog, the group then went on to hold another 16 exhibitions, three of which were held overseas - two in Australia, and one in the UK. In 2013, they held their first UK exhibition, and in 2016 they held their first exhibition overseas in Australia.
The goal of the exhibitions, as stated by Alia El-Bermani on a blog post with details on WPW: evolution and Call, "is to expand the collective sense of what a woman is and means in the realm of art".
The group has a Facebook page also titled "Women Painting Women", where they share posts and articles relevant to women in the art field, as well as their own videos and photographs of their exhibitions. It has links to each of the founders' respective blogs. A subset of the group, 'Women Drawing Women', is an online exhibition that posts artworks of women by women. It was started in 2010, and since then has come to include a total of 36 artworks as of 2019.
Influences
The group was first started by Alia El-Bermani, Diane Feissel and Sadie Valeri who saw that there was a lack of recognition for contemporary women artists after participating in online discussions where they discovered that there were no resources that catalogued these artists who had women as their subjects. This led to the starting of the blog "Women Painting Women", where they posted artworks of women done by women artists as well as information about current or upcoming exhibitions.Blog
The blog started as a way to gain recognition for contemporary women artists, who the founding members realised where underappreciated. It contains posts about artworks of women painted by women artists, and also includes information about exhibitions. There are also posts celebrating the achievements of artists who are involved in the Women Painting Women group, as well as links to external articles written on the group and their exhibitions by media outlets.There are also links to both the websites of the galleries that are hosting the exhibitions and the order link for catalogues of some of the exhibitions. These include the 2017 "Women Painting Women: In Earnest", 2013 "WPW: evolution", 2013 "WPW: evolution An International Juried Exhibition", and 2012 "The Expedition and Beyond".
As of 29/4/19, the blog has 1340 followers.
Artists
The artists who are involved in exhibitions are globally based, and although there are some artists who participate in more than one exhibition, the artists in each exhibition vary.Aleah Chapin
- 'And We Were Birds, oil on canvas' - Reclamation
- 'Auntie, oil on canvas' - Reclamation
- 'The Air Was Full, oil on linen' - Reclamation
- 'Auntie, 2011' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'The Grandmothers, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution
- 'Effect, fresco ' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'Simbi, oil on linen' - Women Painting Women
- 'Space Between, oil on panel' - Women Painting Women
- 'Ginny, litograph print' - Reclamation
- 'Mother and Child, litograph print' - Reclamation
Ann Kraft Walker
Anna Rose Bain
Andrea Kemp
Andrea Kowch
- 'Fetch ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Flame ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Bryony Bensly
- 'When She Wears Flowers in Her Hair, oil on canvas ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Girl With a Mink Pelt, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
- 'Ellen Eagle II, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution
- 'Dementia, oil on panel' - Women Painting Women
- 'Downpour, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
- 'Bear the Light, 2013' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'My Mother and Her Daughter, oil on panel ' - Reclamation
Cindy Procious
Colleen Barry
- 'Woman in Head Scarf, oil on panel' - Reclamation
- 'Dong What a girl has to IV, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Roots, oil on canvas' - Reclamation
- 'Wonder, oil on canvas' - Reclamation
- 'Drop, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
- 'The Sightless Surveyor, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution, 2013
- 'Leaving California 3, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution
- 'Jaja, oil on panel ' - Reclamation
- 'Defiance of Erebus, oil on linen panel' - Reclamation, Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'Pigeon Glancing, 2011' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'The Candidate, oil on copper ' - Reclamation
Felicia Forte
- 'Going Back, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution
- 'Aquarius, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Grace DeVito
Heather Ellis
- '4 Girl With Cello, bronze' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Hung Liu
- 'Cottonfield, mixed media ' - Reclamation
- 'Xinshi: Messenger, mixed media ' - Reclamation
Jackee Sandelands-Strom
- 'Rose, acrylic on wood panel ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Complex Simplicity, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Vlinder, acrylic on wood ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
Jennifer Balkan
- 'Slipping Away, oil on wood' - Women Painting Women
- 'Queen ' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'MK Pale Ground, oil on canvas ' - Reclamation
Joyce Tenneson
Karen Maness
Karen Offutt
- 'The Strength Within, oil on board' - Reclamation
- 'From the Shadows' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
Kate Savage
Katherine Fraser
- 'Choice and Fate, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
Katie O'Hagan
- 'Refuge, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Constriction, oil on linen' - Reclamation
- 'Suspension, oil on linen' - Reclamation
- 'Tectonic Shift, oil on linen' - Reclamation
Kerry Brooks
- 'A Quiet Hour, prismacolor on board' - Women Painting Women
- 'Ashleigh in Red, prismacolor on board' - Women Painting Women
- 'Dark One, prismacolor on board' - Women Painting Women
- 'Hide, oil and mixed media on canvas' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Innocent, charcoal with wolf's carbon on paper ' - Reclamation
Lee Price
- 'Cherry Cheesecake II, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women
- 'Self Portrait with Raspberry Sorbet, oil on linen' - Reclamation
- 'The Purity of Imagination and Color, oil ' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
Lisa Gloria
- 'Ceres, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution
- 'The Artist, oil on linen ' - Reclamation
- 'Isn't It Romantic, 2011' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'Randall Horton "J" Series 1, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'The Milkweed Mermaid's Butterfly Mission, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Mirrored Friendships, oil and beeswax on canvas' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
Marina Dieul
Megan Roodenrys
- 'A Private Place in a Public Life, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Milixa Morón
Mia Bergeron
- 'Blue Kimono, oil on panel' - Women Painting Women
- 'Couple, AJK3, 2015' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest, 2017
Nancy Boren
Nancy Hollinghurst
- 'Engaging the Noose, oil on linen' - Reclamation
- 'Sever Me, oil and 24K gold leaf on panel' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Hologram Girl, oil on canvas ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Darkling Out of True, oil on canvas ' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
Rachel Moseley
- 'Doughnut Cheerleader, oil on wood panel' - Women Painting Women: A Voice with Vision
- 'Sylvia Walton AO ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Self Portrait, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Sadie Valeri
- 'Self-Portrait at 42 in the Studio, oil' - Women Painting Women: evolution, 2013
- 'Dr Catherine Hamlin AC, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Yassmin Abdel Magied, oil on linen' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Lauren, oil on board ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Stanka Kordic
- 'Ascension, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
- 'Angela's Persona, pastel on paper' - Women Painting Women
- 'Against Beauty, oil on panel' - Women Painting Women
- 'The Fall, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
Sylvia Maier
- 'Hawa Bah, Mother of Mohammed Bah, oil on copper ' - Reclamation
- 'Sybrina Fulton, Mother of Trayvon Martin, oil on copper ' - Reclamation
- 'Tabitha, 2011' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest, 2017
Suzie Baker
Tanja Gant
Tara Juneau
Terry Moore Strickland
- 'Fastlane, oil on canvas' - Women Painting Women
- 'The Seamstress, oil on canvas over panel' - Women Painting Women: In Earnest
- 'Into the Night, oil on Belgian linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Verismo, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
- 'Sigrid Thornton, Head Study, oil on linen ' - Women Painting Women, Australia
Exhibitions
Exhibitions held in America
"Women Painting Women Show", Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC"Women Painting Women: The Exhibition and Beyond", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
"WPW: A Room of One's Own", Haynes Gallery, Nashville, TN
"WPW: evolution", Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN
"WPW: evolution", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
"Women Painting Women", Richard J Demato Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
"WPW: A Universal Alliance", Gallery U, Westfield NJ
"Women Painting Women", Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
"Women Painting Women", Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
"Women Painting Women", Richard J Demato Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
"WPW: Texas", Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX
"Women Painting Women", Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
"Women Painting Women", Richard J Demato Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
"Women Painting Women: In Earnest", Customs, House Museum, Clarksville, TN
"Women Painting Women: A Voice with a Vision", RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
"Women Painting Women: In Earnest", J.Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Curated by Alia El-Bermani and Diane Fessel
- Curated by Rachel Moore, co-curated by August Burns and Diane Fessel
Exhibitions held overseas
"Women Painting Women", Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey, Victoria, Australia
"Women Painting Women: In Earnest", Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey, Victoria, Australia
Reception and Reviews
Awards
In 2013, the 'Women Painting Women' blog was awarded the 'Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup' by Katherine Tyrrell from the 'Making a Mark' blog.In 2013, they were also awarded 'The Art Innovation of the Year Award' for their exhibition 'Women Painting Women: evolution'.