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Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow.

Biography

Author Profession: Artist

Nationality: Canadian

Born: December 21, 1992

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Topics

Blue, Eye, Glitter, Occasionally, Shadow, Wear

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My style motto is pretty classic: you give off a positive energy when you wear what you're most comfortable in. Petra Collins

Give, Pretty, Wear

I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch. Petra Collins

I Think, Gender, Show

My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. Petra Collins

Art, Personality, Fluid

For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space. Petra Collins

My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home. Petra Collins

Aesthetic, Mind, Blank

I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are measured by their appearance and constantly ridiculed for it. Petra Collins

Measured, Shamed, Like

I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. Petra Collins

I Remember, About, Reading

I consider myself endlessly lucky to have access to the Internet and technology. Through it, I've found myself and have been able to join a new discourse of females, young and old, who strive to change the way we look and treat ourselves. Petra Collins

Lucky, Through, Endlessly

Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older. Petra Collins

Woman, Grow, Biggest

I've always been fascinated by the desert. Petra Collins

Always, Been, Fascinated

My favorite place to go is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. If you see it at sunrise and sunset, it's like you're on Mars. Petra Collins

Sunrise, Death, Like

I didn't see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a platform for this - one that allowed our works to be seen, but to also weave a community of women that could lean on and work with one another. Petra Collins

Works, Allowed, Another

What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me. Petra Collins

I Think, Young, Part

The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves. Petra Collins

Think, Been, Images

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