Artist Profiles

Mixed-media artist Paul Leibow’s ‘FeelLicks’ appropriates Felix the Cat, a cartoon character who rose to popularity during America’s decadent Gilded A...

LA-based painter Vita Eruhimovitz approaches her 2D work in ‘Biophilia’ through the lens of a sculptor and installation artist.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, NOT REAL ART is highlighting 11 amazing contemporary textile artists we’ve showcased over the last year.

Brooklyn-based artist Deming King Harriman imagines an alternate reality where KN95s are swapped for Venetian face coverings and fencing masks.

Liz Maugans takes inventory of her last 30 years as an artist with ‘Beautiful Mess,’ a sketchbook project detailing the recent losses in the artist's...

To celebrate Women’s History Month, NOT REAL ART is highlighting 10 amazing contemporary photographers we’ve showcased over the last year.

Kaitlyn Jo Smith directs our attention to modern labor practices in America with ‘Lights Out,’ a recent video work created with help from a neural net...

Alea Hurst's ongoing mask series penetrates modern anxieties surrounding class, status, and capital by reassuring viewers we still have common ground...

In her photographic series, artist Julia Oldham likes to ‘pervert expectations’ when it comes to portraying the so-called fairer sex.

Sharon Kagan’s recent body of work examines national identity and revolutionary ideas through a deeply personal red-, white-, and blue-tinted lens.

In his latest series, ‘Nine to Five,’ LA-based painter Ian Robertson-Salt looks at the relationship between society and the natural environment.

Assembled from textiles and reflective rubbish, Madison Nelson's neon-soaked works overwhelm viewers with the language of consumer culture.