Self-Portrait
A self-portrait is a depiction of oneself created by oneself.
Self-portraiture is a type of art where the artist creates an image of themselves. Typically found in paintings or photographs, artists have employed various styles, including photorealistic and expressive techniques, to capture their self-perception through visual representation.
20 results found for "Self-Portrait"
Ai Weiwei: Decoded
A guide to the symbols at play in a divine self portrait by Ai Weiwei.
Gemma Rolls-Bentley's Collection
For Gemma Rolls-Bentley, collecting begins with understanding your own values and what you represent. As a curator and creative consultant, this is how she approaches her own collection as well as those she builds for others – guided by the idea that art should hold real meaning for those who spend time with it. The art that fills her South London home is a reflection of the queer family she is creating with her wife, poet and dementia specialist, Danielle Wilde.
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, Mexico City. She was painter known for her many self-portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore met as teenagers and stayed together for the rest of their lives. They were collaborators, step-siblings and lovers and they both changed their birth names to make them gender neutral.
Jordan Casteel
Jordan Casteel (she/her) was born in 1989 in Denver, Colorado. She lives and works between Harlem, New York and Hudson Valley, New York.
Devan Shimoyama
Devan Shimoyama (he/him) was born in Philadelphia, USA in 1989. He lives and works in Pittsburgh.
Deborah Brown
Deborah Brown (she/her) was born in Pasadena, California in 1955. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Antony Micallef
Antony Micallef (he/him) was born in 1975 in Swindon, England, and now lives and works in London.
Hideaki Kawashima
Hideaki Kawashima (he/him) was born in 1969 in Aichi, Japan, and now lives and works in Tokyo.
Zhang Ruyi
Zhang Ruyi was born in 1985 in Shanghai, China, where she continues to live and work.
Mike Lee
American visual artist Mike Lee was born in 1983 in Placentia, California, and now lives and works in New York.
LY
LY was born in in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan, where she continues to live and work.
Alexis Ralaivao
Alexis Ralaivao was born in Rennes, France, in 1991, where he continues to live and work.
Ekene Emeka-Maduka
Ekene Emeka-Maduka, born 1996, was raised in Kano, Nigeria, before moving to Canada as a student. She now lives and works in Winnipeg.
Claire Tabouret
Claire Tabouret was born in 1981 in Pertuis, France, and is currently based in Los Angeles, USA.
Stickymonger
Joohee Park, aka Stickymonger, (she/her) was born in South Korea and is now based in Brooklyn, New York.
Lina Iris Viktor
Lina Iris Viktor was raised in the UK by Liberian parents, and now divides her time between London and Italy.
Le Mat
Rhinestones, glitter and gold recreate the dazzling illusion of drag in a self-portrait by Devan Shimoyama.In his Tarot series, Devan reimagines himself as androgynous deities inspired by the popular Rider-Waite tarot deck. Although Le Mat translates to The Fool, the card itself represents the innocence of someone about to embark on a journey. Holding tight to the heel of the backpacked adventurer is a cat-demon, borrowed from the Manga series Inuyasha. Devan’s practice explores the relationship between outward appearances (like clothes, make-up and hair) and identity (like race, gender and sexuality). He is heavily influenced by drag, adorning his mixed-media paintings like drag performers adorn their bodies. Devan has hand-finished each glittering print from the edition with rhinestones.
Sumergidos
Okokume's celestial alter-ego Cosmic Girl is submerged in a pastel ocean, surrounded by reminders of climate change.Cosmic Girl looks back at the viewer with a hopeful expression, urging them to reflect on the rising sea levels around her. A small self-portrait of the artist appears amongst the flooded infrastructure. Complimenting the optimistic neon hued palette, Okokume hand-finishes each print in acrylic and diamond dust. “Cosmic Girl represents the fragility of the moment we are facing and the vulnerability we have with nature – nature that we have modified.”
Bed/Beach
Aubrey Levinthal deconstructs familiar domestic scenes on canvas – subtly exploring the visual clues through which we understand an image, and the emotional connections we ascribe to them.As suggested by its title, Bed/Beach, our debut collaboration entails an abstracted self-portrait muddling two familiar moments of relaxation.“I hope it adds to the implication that the painting is about an interior psychological experience as much as, or really more than, an exterior one.”