About the Artist
Ariel Russell (she/her) is an artist that lives in Camas, Washington. She graduated from Pacific University with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts in May of 2022. Her work is heavily influenced by her attachment to fantasy, pop culture, and music. She works in multiple mediums: pencils, inks, watercolors, acrylics, and digital. Most of her recent art has to do with her identity as a woman and how it has shaped her experiences throughout her life. Her art tends to balance between the aesthetic and the uncomfortable, often emphasizing the discomforts that women experience in modern American society. "I try to make art that is beautiful, but unsettling in some way," She says. "If I'm not making you think about my work and the concepts behind it, I'm not doing my job right. My goal is to make the audience question their previously-held ideas and open their eyes to the problems that humanity faces."
Russell has plenty of experience in her field, having worked with traditional media for most of her life. She considers herself lucky, as she might not have pursued art if her parents hadn't supported her the way they have. Both of her parents have a background in art, with her father's oil paintings inspiring her from a young age. In a household full of art, it was almost meant to be.
She spent about nine months working on a comic book project during college, during which she also made a series of activism posters entitled A Woman's Rage. She has had her art displayed in group exhibitions at the Blackfish Gallery in Portland, Cawein Gallery in Forest Grove, and the Second Story Gallery in Camas. She is currently the lead artist and co-owner of a visual novel company.
Russell has plenty of experience in her field, having worked with traditional media for most of her life. She considers herself lucky, as she might not have pursued art if her parents hadn't supported her the way they have. Both of her parents have a background in art, with her father's oil paintings inspiring her from a young age. In a household full of art, it was almost meant to be.
She spent about nine months working on a comic book project during college, during which she also made a series of activism posters entitled A Woman's Rage. She has had her art displayed in group exhibitions at the Blackfish Gallery in Portland, Cawein Gallery in Forest Grove, and the Second Story Gallery in Camas. She is currently the lead artist and co-owner of a visual novel company.
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