Inspired by the feminist icon Frida Kahlo, a Mexican self-portrait artist inspired by her countries popular culture, who actively defied gender stereotypes and her destiny as a victim. After being in a major traffic accident in her teens and experiencing gender challenges, Frida began painting as a form of self expression, instead of taking pity on herself. She expressed her inner pain and explored her identity, gender, class and race artistically through her self portraits. Her paintings created a sense of despair and suffering, yet contrasted with her defiant and fierce gaze, suggesting to women who were deemed as a victim, that pain and suffering is merely an intrinsic part of life and not what defines us.
