LADIES by MISS ME
LADIES by MISS ME on the promenade des artistes, Surfaces, 2018
- Surfaces, L'Expo d'Art Urbain
- Exhibitions
Related project(s)
A LEADING FIGURE OF URBAN ART IN MONTREAL AND ELSEWHERE THANKS TO THE POWERFUL IMAGES SHE USES TO VOICE HER ANGER AGAINST ABUSE
Her compositions touch the very essence of womanhood and combine femininity and feminism in sharp contrasts. MISS ME's works, often in black and white, are an expression of her struggle against social injustices related to gender, race or poverty, and of her admiration for women who have played historical roles such as Billie Holiday, Frida Kahlo and Simone de Beauvoir.
About the work presented here, MISS ME says she painted “proud, fierce, unapologetic, self-knowledgeable women.” According to the artist, “women must express themselves, on the street as elsewhere, because we need to share our reality. If we don’t create our own imagery, we will let others monopolize the public discourse.”
Artist Biography
Dubbed Montreal’s Premier Art Vandal by Vice, MissMe has been busy wheatpasting, preaching and taking no prisoners. Her explosive style draws you in, but it’s the amplification of marginalized voices in her bright, powerful works that gives you something to take away.
An activist, feminist and one of the most recognized outlaw artists in North America, MissMe’s unapologetic pieces command attention in sharp tones, exploring her own struggles with race, gender, society and class while uplifting icons of the past. Her compelling, elegant and sometimes unsettling large-scale wheatpastes swallow buildings whole, confronting issues of dignity and forcing us to reconsider our own truths.
Rarely in any city for more than a few months at a time, the artful vandal has channeled the momentum of her art’s global success toward a new movement, passionately advocating for women as role models and pivotal members of their communities.
Regularly asked to speak on radio shows and featured in magazines, on panels and in conferences as the voice of new feminist activism, MissMe has also translated her ideas into workshops and teen programs. Spotlighted by Complex, HuffPo, Vice, TED and countless others, MissMe’s message is resonating around the world as she continues to shine an illicit light of beauty on the stage and in the street.
missmeart.com