Contemporary Women Artists Featured in Realist and Surrealist Painting Survey

A 2018 article from American Art Collector highlights 17 contemporary women artists working in realist and surrealist painting. The piece notes a resurgence of figurative art after decades of abstraction, with female artists gaining increased visibility in galleries and exhibitions. Each artist answered a question about what they want viewers to see in their work. The artists represent diverse styles and backgrounds, including Margo Selski (surreal autobiographical paintings), Anne-Marie Kornachuk (Canadian painter of women in fabric), Roos van der Vliet (Dutch portraitist), Kelsey Beckett (illustrator influenced by Manga), Yuka Sakuma (Japanese-style painter), Marina Dieul (French-Canadian trompe l'oeil artist), Kei Meguro (Japanese pencil artist), June Stratton (ethereal painter), Audrey Kawasaki (Art Nouveau-inspired painter), Mary Jane Ansell (UK hyperrealist), Teresa Oaxaca (Washington D.C.-based Baroque-influenced painter), Anna Wypych (Polish allegorical painter), Julie Heffernan (mixed-genre painter), Katherine Stone (Canadian realist), Kerry Simmons (New York-based figurative artist), Tanja Gant (self-taught colored pencil artist), and Victoria Herrera (large-scale floral painter). The article serves as a roundup of contemporary female painters contributing to the figurative art revival.