"Why can't I just be a fucking artist? Dudes get to just be artists. They don’t have to be 'male artists'." -Grace Miceli
Grace Miceli is a pop culture artist who bases her work on everyday femininity. She is incredibly inspiring to me because she’s created Art Baby Gallery, an online showing space for her and other underrated young artists’ work to be presented to a large audience. Despite the fact that she had just finished college and was not making money, she found a way to present her work to an audience that understood and appreciated it, and shared her space with other artists. Miceli holds strong views that I agree with about feminism in art: that feminism is an idea that should be present due to the lack of representation of female artists, however, she recognizes that it’s frustrating being labeled as a “female artist” rather than an “artist” as male artists are. The pop culture and nostalgia that Miceli works with is extremely relatable to me, she is around the same age as I am and we grew up seeing the same things on TV, in toy stores, in books, in grocery stores, etc.
http://gracemiceli.com/ is Miceli’s website. It features her work, the clothing and art she sells, and the Art Baby Gallery. The work she presents are drawings, paintings, and photos; she also uses instagram (linked on the website) to promote her art.
https://www.thefader.com/2015/11/23/grace-miceli-art-baby-interview is an interview with Miceli, asking her opinions on feminism and pop culture nostalgia, her show Girls at Night on the Internet, and her work and how the internet’s role comes in.
https://www.nylon.com/articles/girls-at-night-on-the-internet is a profile of Miceli’s Alt Space Brooklyn exhibit “Girls at Night on the Internet” which is a digital space for unestablished young female artists. It’s meant to showcase art and inspire other young artists to share their work. The art world can be very intimidating and Miceli’s goal is to show other young artists that showing their work in a gallery or other forms is attainable.
