Womxn/Non-Binary Creatives Project | Molly Hankinson Art

WOMXN / NON-BINARY CREATIVES

This is a body of work following an open call broadcast on Instagram, calling out to other womxn/non-binary creatives who use Instagram as one of their primary visual platforms. I was thinking about ways in which we can build mutually beneficial relationships between artists to help support each-other, ultimately making our support systems stronger. All images were sent to me alongside a bio about their craft to post alongside the piece.

The final works have been shared by each participant too, so, in turn they have supported me by promoting my own work. Social media can be a competitive and daunting place for creatives, especially for groups who are already subject to online misogyny and aggression: let’s not make it any harder for our fellow womxn and non-binary folk to continue to make and share new work online, and to develop their own respective artistic practices #communitynotcompetition.

Selected works are available to purchase as digital prints via my online shop, and in time I hope for the full collection to be accessible for everyone.

@arewenearlybareyet / @louisafoley
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Louisa Foley is a Leeds based illustrator behind the project Are We Nearly Bare yet. The project aims to subvert the male gaze and reclaim ownership of ‘The Nude’ for self identifying women.
She highlights the diversity, beauty and even humour of the female form using illustration, colour and her subjects poses. In doing so she aims to lead the viewer away from typical judgements of the female form whilst liberating women.

Jamie Marie Leary

@jamiemariexx
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Jamie Marie leary is a 25 year old Glasgow based actress of Bajan/Scottish descent. After graduating in 2014 from Langside College Jamie has worked steadily in Scottish theatre with company’s such as The Traverse Theatre, Citizens Theatre , Wonder Fools and more.
Look out for her on your telebox in Brand new Crime Thriller on Alibi: ‘Traces’ which is made by an all female production team ✊🏽

Margot Kortebein

@positits.no
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Positits is a jewelry brand meant to empower individuals and challenge ideals set by society. Each tit is made from porcelain clay and is unique and one of a kind, just like real tiddys.
The necklaces are the creation of product designer Margot Kortebein. She is based in Oslo and found that through her designs and creations she can have a voice in the debate of social equality.

@beigebiitch
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'Beige B*tch' will have a Scottish Premier of her live show at @cca_glasgow 22nd-23rd May.
Invited into the luxurious world of self-made icon Beige B*tch, the audience take their seats and tune in as the latest audience of Beige Nation TV. Star and host, BB, scrolls through the saturated reality of their all beige everything world.
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In a cultural blitzkrieg of artisan anecdotes, intimate interviews and bespoke adverts, Beige B *tch poses pointed questions about white accountability, Black Culture and what it means to belong.
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Made and performed by Nima Séne, Beige B*tch makes its Scottish debut at Take Me Somewhere 2019.
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Nima’s artistic practice is rooted in uncovering complexity and parody within stereotypes and mainstream media portrayals of cultural identity. Their practice is rooted in embracing a sense of belonging with the unknown and the unseen.

Gillian Lochhead

@gillian.lochhead
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It has taken me many years to overcome my negative perception of my body. Eczema, acne, body fat, wide hips, large thighs have conspired to make me feel insecure and self-conscious. In September 2017, after a six-month break, largely due to stress, I decided I needed to go back to the gym, so I could ‘get back in shape’. However, whilst confronting myself in the mirror I realised that I needed to love myself and love my body. I did not want to change myself, it was the idealisation of others that warped my own sense of self. I cancelled my membership right there and then. Sure, I could be fitter but finding my own way of maintaining my wellbeing and most importantly my happiness is more important than conforming to societal pressures. Walking, changing my diet and moderating the less healthy parts of my lifestyle was my next crucial step. I can’t say for sure what exactly clicked in order for me to love myself but it did. I, like everyone else, will get feelings of self-doubt, but that’s okay, as long as we take control of our bodies. Firstly, and by no means the easiest step is to love who we are.'

@amyhigginsfineart
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Amy Higgins is a 25 year old fine art painter based in Belfast. Her work attempts to disconcert the viewer in a metaphysical location through pattern, scale, axial planes and darkness. She tends to work in the darker reflections of life but has recently been exploring new colours and slightly light hearted themes - she’s realised nobody wants death staring back at them from their couch!
She has a website dedicated solely to her painting practice: www.amyhigginsfineart.com

Melissa Mitchell

@melissa_mitchell_photography
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Melissa Mitchell is a photographer living and working in Glasgow. She has recently graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a BA (hons) in Communication Design as a photographic specialist. During her time at art school, she has honed her technical skills as a photographer in order to create effective visual languages to communicate complex ideas. Her work is heavily concept-based and, in her quest to create meaning, the physicality of her work is often dictated by the narrative of the project. Her work explores the relationships between people and place, social history, familial relationships, femininity and memory. She has also recently become a member of Fresh Focus at Stills Centre for Photography, a new community for graduate photographers where they can seek peer criticism and support for their creative endeavours. She is currently obsessed with alternative photographic processes, especially cyanotypes, and can usually be found either pent-up in a darkroom for hours on end or, on those rare cloudless Glasgow days, running up and down the stairs making prints in the fleeting sun.

Leyla Josephine

@leylajosephine
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Leyla is a performance artist, screenwriter, poet and theatre maker from Glasgow, now living in Prestwick. She always aims to challenge social constructs and offer new, fresh narratives. She works mainly with autobiographical material giving her style a rawness and agency that isn’t easily imitated. -
She is currently working on her second solo show ‘Daddy Drag’ which has recently won the Autopsy Award. ‘Daddy Drag’ is an exploration into fatherhood, shame and forgiveness and will be shown at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Fringe in August. -
Leyla loves reading, country music, drinking pints, dogs, herbal tea, astrology, houseplants and don’t tell the bride.

@cheerupluv / @elizahatch
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Eliza Hatch is a 24 year old photographer from London. After graduating from the University of Brighton in 2016, Eliza went on to start the popular photojournalism blog @cheerupluv. For this series, Eliza photographs women who have experienced sexual harassment and photographs them in the location where it happened. Eliza has taken the series from London to New York, Tokyo and Sri Lanka and has heard stories from hundreds of women all around the world. The project has received international press coverage, including i-d, Dazed, BBC, and Refinery29 to name a few. Since launching the project Eliza has also collaborated with numerous organisations, such as Gurls Talk, Apple, TEDx and the United Nations.

Dawn Seivewright

@dawnsievewright
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Dawn is a stage performer who works with movement and singing as well as text. She is proud to have collaborated with some of the strongest and most influential women in theatre to create stories that are brave and honest. She feels in her element when exploring characters who are unashamed of who they are and who are not afraid to passionately fucking shout about it!

@gmosley_
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George Mosley is a 23 year old Graphic Design graduate who has specialised in illustration. Over the years she has developed a style that distorts the ordinary, creating characters that have a humorous quality to them.
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"I would describe myself as a sassy lady so I like to reflect that in my drawings, I like to draw the clothes I wear & the things I get up to or feel which is also nice to know I’m not alone when others relate to my drawings or comics! I’d love to get more into fashion illustration, I think it would be cool to have my own line of sunglasses or funky trousers in the future!"