Culture Series

This was a self-initiated project completed in March 2021. The goal was to learn more about cultures from around the world from the lived experience of women. Culture has always been something that intrigues me and I love nothing more than hearing and learning about real humans and their experiences with culture…how they live, how they view the world and what is important to them.

My work is a celebration of themes that include femininity and cultural identity and this series was for women. I wanted women to see themselves in my art, to celebrate our diversity, our strength and to empower us all in our own identities.

This project relied heavily on research and the generous collaboration of a group of women from a huge array of different cultures and ethnicities who gave me some of their time so that I could interview them and ask them questions about their cultures and traditions -specifically special memories that they had with the foods and clothing from where they are from. I Illustrated each of the women wearing their traditional clothings.

See my instagram @bypeoni to see the full series as well as to read the interviews!