Most of her early collage work sought to deconstruct the representation of women in the mass media, as well as the domestic expectations placed upon them. Thematically, her art spans a broad range of topics, from everyday life and the media through architecture and the built environment, often approached from the female perspective – she is also a leading critical voice within contemporary feminist discourse. Here, we spotlight three of our favourite contemporary female collage artists exploiting the medium to potent socio-political effect.Īmerican artist and theorist Martha Rosler (b. 1943) works across many mediums, including video, installation and performance, but her most distinctive pieces are her arresting photomontages and photo-text works. Dadaist Hannah Höch was one of collage's foremost pioneers and surrealist Eileen Agar made waves with her vibrant social critiques, but even with such icons paving the way, women remain under-represented in the world of collage.

It is somewhat surprising then, that when early 20th century artists found themselves driven by the First World War to use whatever scraps of media they could get their hands on – from newspapers and photographs to propaganda posters – to create montages which, by their very nature, brimmed with political and satirical intent, female collage artists were few and far between. Honeycomb mosaic.Since the beginning of culture as we know it, female artists have been innately connected to the tradition of reassembling fragments from the world around them to create artworks of their own – whether it be in stitching squares of fabric to create a sprawling patchwork quilt, or in weaving together stories from folklore to adapt and evolve fairytales to recount to children. Spa, face lifting, plastic surgery collage concept. Acrylic and watercolors on paper Collage of female portraits. A large business collage with many persons Collage of young couple using vr headsets in bedroom, giving high five, and girlfriend touching scared man Artistic work. Young sportswoman with backpack and hiking equipment dreaming about hiking in mountains Portrait of beautiful young girl, woman with flowers looking through retro camera isolated on abstract light background. Collage with fruits and vegetables falling in water with splashes Close-up portrait of young, beautiful and healthy woman with arrows on her face (spa, surgery, face lifting and make-up concept) Collage of photos summer vacation with his family at sea and in the meadows Collage of african american family isolated on white Collage of Four businesswomen sitting at table examining some documents Collage of pictures isolated on white background Collection fresh vegetables.Collage of vegetables. The work combines acrylic painting, hand-drawings and pieces of scanned newspapers and other found surfaces. Collage with various fresh grapes and berries isolated on white Set of summer photos of Mykonos island, Greece Messy and spontaneous digital collage.

Young girl in plastic surgery, medicine, spa and face lifting concept collage.

Set of summer photos in Santorini island, Greece Mosaic with pictures of different places and landscapes, shooted by myself, simulating a wall of snapshots uploaded to social networking services Portrait of healthy and beautiful woman.

Female selfie collage