Reclaiming Pink With Girl-Gang Leeds

Yesterday I took part in an exhibition at Wharf Chambers organised by Girl Gang Leeds, called Reclaiming Pink. It focused on challenging gender roles and stereotypes surrounding the idea of feminine- and how all of us, of all genders explore femininity. The exhibition featured pink hued art made by wonderful female artists all around West Yorkshire, as a celebration of the feminine and female identity.

The work that Girl Gang do is amazing and I've looked up to them for a while, having gone to a few of their live music events before. I really admire the friendly, approachable atmosphere they create in all their events, you go away feeling supported and having made loads of new friends. They particularly aim to support creative women so they could possibly be someone to work with in the future. The sense of community and empowerment is something I'm very keen to portray in my work and I had so much fun making the pink portraits for them. I painted them using gouache and really loved working with the limited colour palette.

This exhibition was so much fun, and just an all round positive experience, I even sold some work. From this I've decided I'm going to put the prints I didn't sell on to Etsy as I now know that there is an audience for these prints. In the future I want to make more positive, empowering art like this, and also work with Girlgang again.