MissMe is an anonymous Montreal-based street artist, vandal, feminist, and activist. [1] Her street art uses wheatpaste images of women She is described as “An activist, feminist, and one of the most recognized outlaw artists in North America” [1] MissMe is represented by C.O.A gallery, a Montreal based contemporary art gallery. [2]
Work
MissMe also known as “The Artful-Vandal” [3], was working as a senior art director when she quit her job to pursue her art career. [4] She left a job that required her to produce and promote sexist popular media propaganda, in order to combat this very oppression through her powerful feminist art practice. [5] She states that her goal is; “Self-liberation, authenticity, and to be a loud counter-voice to the objectification of women in mainstream advertising.” [6]
MissMe’s renowned street art include large wheatpastes of female icons such as; Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, and Amy Winehouse. [7]
Her signature piece is a portrait of what MissMe terms a “Vandal”. It consists of a drawing of a life-sized naked woman wearing only a Mickey-Mouse mask. [8] She exhibits this art piece as wheatpastes street art at a global scale, as well as in art galleries. She has also created a video of her “Army of Vandals”. [9] In an interview with Vice Magazine, MissMe described that her “Vandal” creation is intended to communicate to women; “Empower yourself and empower other women, because we're not there yet and it's a beautiful thing to do.” [10]
She has paintings all over the world, in almost every continent and in November 2018, MissMe increased her notability when Madonna purchased one of her art pieces featuring, her “Vandal.” [11]
Exhibitions and Events
Pussylluminati - Galerie C.O.A. (2017) [12] Vandals SCOPE Art Fair (2017) LOVE and POP Montreal [13] “Beauty”- Murale in Ubisoft Building [14] Saints of Soul - Marie-Joseph Angelique -Montreal 375 Commissioned by PoP Montreal [15] Honest Ed’s Closing 2017 [16]
- ^ http://www.miss-me-art.com/contact
- ^ https://www.galeriecoa.com/collections/missme
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/feminist-street-artist-combats-medias-portrayal-of-women-and-sexuality-in-mickey-mouse-ears_us_56f02fc0e4b09bf44a9df5ab
- ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/feminist-street-artist-combats-medias-portrayal-of-women-and-sexuality-in-mickey-mouse-ears_us_56f02fc0e4b09bf44a9df5ab
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkwmqq/miss-me-montreal-street-artist-documentary
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkwmqq/miss-me-montreal-street-artist-documentary
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/madonna-buys-work-from-montreal-vandal-artist-shows-it-off-on-instagram
- ^ https://www.galeriecoa.com/blogs/news/pussylluminati
- ^ https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/nicole-robuchon/pop-montreal-love-missme-street-art-urbain-violence-jeunes_b_7951708.html
- ^ https://urbania.ca/article/a-rencontre-street-artists-montrealais-miss-me/
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pop-montreal-highlights-18th-century-black-slave-s-story-in-commissioned-artwork-1.4289217
- ^ https://torontoguardian.com/2017/02/toronto-artists-goodbye-honest-eds
MissMe is an anonymous Montreal-based street artist, vandal, feminist, and activist. [1] Her street art uses wheatpaste images of women She is described as “An activist, feminist, and one of the most recognized outlaw artists in North America” [1] MissMe is represented by C.O.A gallery, a Montreal based contemporary art gallery. [2]
Work
MissMe also known as “The Artful-Vandal” [3], was working as a senior art director when she quit her job to pursue her art career. [4] She left a job that required her to produce and promote sexist popular media propaganda, in order to combat this very oppression through her powerful feminist art practice. [5] She states that her goal is; “Self-liberation, authenticity, and to be a loud counter-voice to the objectification of women in mainstream advertising.” [6]
MissMe’s renowned street art include large wheatpastes of female icons such as; Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, and Amy Winehouse. [7]
Her signature piece is a portrait of what MissMe terms a “Vandal”. It consists of a drawing of a life-sized naked woman wearing only a Mickey-Mouse mask. [8] She exhibits this art piece as wheatpastes street art at a global scale, as well as in art galleries. She has also created a video of her “Army of Vandals”. [9] In an interview with Vice Magazine, MissMe described that her “Vandal” creation is intended to communicate to women; “Empower yourself and empower other women, because we're not there yet and it's a beautiful thing to do.” [10]
She has paintings all over the world, in almost every continent and in November 2018, MissMe increased her notability when Madonna purchased one of her art pieces featuring, her “Vandal.” [11]
Exhibitions and Events
Pussylluminati - Galerie C.O.A. (2017) [12] Vandals SCOPE Art Fair (2017) LOVE and POP Montreal [13] “Beauty”- Murale in Ubisoft Building [14] Saints of Soul - Marie-Joseph Angelique -Montreal 375 Commissioned by PoP Montreal [15] Honest Ed’s Closing 2017 [16]
- ^ http://www.miss-me-art.com/contact
- ^ https://www.galeriecoa.com/collections/missme
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/feminist-street-artist-combats-medias-portrayal-of-women-and-sexuality-in-mickey-mouse-ears_us_56f02fc0e4b09bf44a9df5ab
- ^ https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/feminist-street-artist-combats-medias-portrayal-of-women-and-sexuality-in-mickey-mouse-ears_us_56f02fc0e4b09bf44a9df5ab
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkwmqq/miss-me-montreal-street-artist-documentary
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkwmqq/miss-me-montreal-street-artist-documentary
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mvxzex/we-spoke-to-montreals-premiere-art-vandal-about-her-naked-army
- ^ https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/madonna-buys-work-from-montreal-vandal-artist-shows-it-off-on-instagram
- ^ https://www.galeriecoa.com/blogs/news/pussylluminati
- ^ https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/nicole-robuchon/pop-montreal-love-missme-street-art-urbain-violence-jeunes_b_7951708.html
- ^ https://urbania.ca/article/a-rencontre-street-artists-montrealais-miss-me/
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pop-montreal-highlights-18th-century-black-slave-s-story-in-commissioned-artwork-1.4289217
- ^ https://torontoguardian.com/2017/02/toronto-artists-goodbye-honest-eds