Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary and conceptual visual artist based in Milwaukee, WI. Her work includes drawing, print, sculpture, installation, and video. Nirmal uses her work to explore identity, memory, and perception of time. Nirmal periodically curates exhibitions that explore intersectional identity, and provides a platform for underrepresented and global artists. She is a former […]Read Post ›
This week on Profiles, we have the privilege of sitting down with fashion historians and the hosts of Unravel: A Fashion Podcast. We talked to them about their paths into fashion academia, how the art world should change, and how we can get there.
Shantell Martin is a visual artist and YouTuber. She draws on anything and everything and is known predominantly for her black and white stream-of-consciousness drawings. She has traveled around the world and lived in the UK, Japan, and now runs her studio in New York. You can find more of her work in her portfolio […]Read Post ›
Last week, we sat down with Ane to discuss her personal journey through the arts but this week we got the chance to ask her more about the hows/whys of her work.
Ane Crabtree is the costume designer behind The Handmaid’s Tale, Westworld, Masters of Sex, Pan Am, and many more. Read Part 1 of her story here
Editors’ note: This interview was originally conducted in Summer 2017 using information from Zeng’s previous brand The Creative. It has been updated in May 2018 to reflect her new brand, Choosy. Jessie Zeng is the founder of The Creative, her new fashion line which features sustainable trend-based collections. Based out of the Upper West Side […]Read Post ›
Diana Zeng, also known as Zen She, is an artist based in St. Louis. On May 21st, she left her job to start her own painting studio. This is a story about cancer and painting and don’t worry! It has a happy ending. But Diana’s journey is about what really matters, in the end.
Jean Wang is the founder of Extrapetite.com, a blog that started as a resource for a consumer base typically outside the focus of the fashion houses and designers. Based in Boston, Jean has been writing about fashion, lifestyle and travel for over seven years. She sat down with us to talk about her transition from […]Read Post ›
Zubeida Agha is a member of the Guerrilla Girls, a feminist arts collective based in New York City. And before you get confused about why we are interviewing a late Modernist painter from Pakistan-that isn’t her real name. Founded in the late 1980’s, the Guerrilla Girls are a group of artist and art professionals from […]Read Post ›
The architecture world has recently lost a transformative female star, in the form of Zaha Hadid. She will be remembered not only for her breathtaking contributions to the built environment, but also as a force for equality in a field that is still very much a man’s world.
