Ben O'Neil is a Toronto-based illustrator, artist and screenwriter. He completed an undergraduate degree in Art Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University in 2016. Since then he has worked as a freelance designer and illustrator, self-publishing zines and comics, and working with brands and business including Sweet Jesus, Left Field Brewery, Rise Kombucha and Ryerson University. Ben's first full-length graphic novel, APOLOGETICA, was published by Popnoir Editions in Spring 2019.
https://imbenoneil.format.comMiguel Limón (b. Chicago, IL) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and cultural worker whose practice spans printmaking, photography, and socially engaged pedagogy. Informed by perspectives in liberation and image-makin and shaped by a background in museum education, Limón explores how images, materials, and place function as carriers of memory and spirit. Their work approaches the print as both artifact and animate form—an object that not only documents but intervenes, activating personal
https://mgllmn.format.comCash Monet is a performer, creator, and dry humor aficionado. Born on Halloween 2015 in a San Francisco dive bar, she now lives in Los Angeles, creating digital content for YouTube and Instagram with Drag Race star Rock M Sakura. Her drag style is kitschy, glitchy, and inspired by her Filipino heritage and K-Pop girl groups. Cash Monet was voted Best Digital Performer in 2020 and is a member of K-Pop dance groups, including an all-drag dance group COSine. She's cold, hard... Cash Monet!
https://cashmonetdrag.format.comDiego Beyró is a mostly self-taught visual artist. He spent two years at the Fabrica art residency, the artistic foundation of the Benetton family, in Italy. Diego's work has been exhibited in individual and group exhibitions in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Lebanon, Israel, the United States, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.
https://diegobeyro.format.comAdrian Landon Brooks (born 1983) studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and currently lives and works in Austin, Texas. Brooks works predominantly in the mediums of painting and illustration, often utilizing found materials such as wood, metal, and antique photographs as his unique canvases. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally, notably with Antonio Colombo Gallery and Andenken Gallery.
https://adrianlbrooks.format.comTracy Klinesteker paints with pastels because of her love for pure color. Soft pastels blend beautifully and create that lovely, painterly brushstroke. Because pastels are an opaque medium, she layers color over color to create blends. Her subjects are eclectic and her abstracts are pure colour celebrations, using as many colours in her palette as she can.
https://tracy-klinesteker.format.comSince your art portfolio website will often be someone’s first introduction to your work, you need to make a strong and memorable impression. You might be tempted to include every piece of art you’ve done to show versatility, but it’s in your best interest to exclude any work that isn’t your best. You want your viewers to want to see more, not to feel overwhelmed by a website that is too busy or distracts from the work itself.
Michaela Smith is a Dallas-based visual content creator specializing in photography, styling and creative direction. Her work blends storytelling and strategy across fashion, lifestyle and editorial projects. From concept to final frame, Michaela crafts intentional, brand-focused visuals that resonate.
https://studiomichaelasmith.format.comNiki Ford (they/them) is an artist that lives and works in Los Angeles. Ford channels otherworldly narratives through pigmented stoneware sculpture, mixed-media paintings and works on paper. These pieces take us on a journey through the body, water, plants, landforms, poetry/prayer, histories/time and vortexes of many shapes and sizes. They lean into the corporeal, intuitive, reparative, devotional, and exemplary possibility expressed through queerness & gender otherness.
https://portfolio-konjikp.format.comCathy Braasch is an artist, architect, and educator. She is the principal of Braasch Architecture and was an associate teaching professor in Penn State’s Department of Architecture. She founded the Robert Reed Drawing Workshops, celebrating the pioneering educator and artist. Her architectural projects and drawings emphasize duration and accessibility. She received a Master of Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts at Yale. She has just relocated to Seattle.
https://cathybraasch.format.comAli Gallagher is a set designer, painter and sculptor who has always felt a passion to create. She received a BFA in painting from the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Program (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati where she studied painting, printmaking, and sculpture. After moving to NYC, she began working on window displays for Barneys NY, which eventually led to her career and passion for set design and fine arts.
https://ali-jzgr.format.comBennie Stenger is a visual development and compositing artist from Colorado, now living in Atlanta. They love bringing laughter and whimsy into any part of the animation pipeline they work in.
https://portfolio-sojjzgw.format.comTaubert Aubert creates sculptures that combine the primitive essence of early civilizations and tribes with the raw and vibrant aesthetic of Pop Art.In an art world often characterized by conformity or excess, Taubert transcends simple tailor pins. These everyday tools, adorned with a riot of colours, are the cornerstone of his creations, a signature element that sets his art apart from all others. The pins become a kaleidoscope of raw emotions and cultural amalgamation.
https://thierryaubert.format.comBefore you make your own art portfolio, you may want to have a look at some of your favorite artist’s websites to get some inspiration. Pay attention to how other artists approach things like their About Me and gallery pages. Make note of what works and what doesn’t, and use that information to inform the design choices you make when creating your own artist portfolio.
The Berlin-based artist Matti Schulz uses a wide variety of media and techniques from sculpture and plastic art to object art, drawing and installation, while his subjects usually humorously address contemporary themes from public life or recent history. The social themes that he deals with are often adorned with absurd comments and titles and are characterized by a sarcastic and ironic view of the present, as in his sculpture for example in his bronze sculpture ‘Puking Cat’.
https://mattischulz.format.comDeepikah is an Indian interdisciplinary artist based in T’karonto (Toronto), Canada. She graduated from OCAD University with an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts. She creates speculative installations about ecology, climate crisis, and perception in collaboration with materials like algae, plants, gelatine, and more than humans. She recently won the second prize in the visual arts category at the Scarbrough Arts Annual Juried show 2024. Her thesis show, "a place to fall apart," was exhibited at Igni
https://deepikah.format.comGabrielle Lasporte is multidisciplinary creative based in Toronto, CAN – Art Director, Creative Director, Surface Pattern Designer, Visual Artist, Creator — her experience extends over 25 years in the art and design industry. Over the years, Gabrielle has contributed in various aspects of visual design from creative concepts, branding, experiential design, pattern design to illustrations, artwork, installations and murals. From design work to small works of art to full size installations, Gab
https://gabriellelasporte.format.comJason McCarthy is a lens-based visual artist located in Drogheda, Ireland.
https://jasonmccarthy.format.comPhilly Kemarre is an Arrernte artist and visual storyteller whose work is rooted in the land and culture of his people. Born and raised in Garramilla, the land of the Larrakia people, he acknowledges their deep connection to Country and expresses profound respect for their Elders. Philly’s artistic practice is a reflection of his pride for his identity as an Arrernte man.
https://phillykemarre.format.comMekhi Baldwin is a multi-disciplinary artist and designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His art practice explores the intersections of the tangible and the imagined by combining fashion imagery with colored pencil drawings of three-dimensional forms. I draw inspiration from mythical and religious themes, afro-futurist aesthetics, and an educational foundation in industrial design. Often, they intend to visualize the liminal spaces where transitions, shifts, and boundaries are most keenly felt.
https://abstractions.format.comIt can be challenging to decide on a layout for your art portfolio website, especially if you work in a variety of mediums or styles. The last thing you want is for your site to be overwhelming to visitors, so try separating your work into medium, and then have sections within that for individual projects or themes to make it easy to navigate.
Camilla Jerome (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist from Massachusetts. Her photographic, installation, text, and video work spans from autobiographic and documentary imagery to private performances to experimental camera-less photography. Her self-revelatory practice is always on the emotional edge, a form of therapy, a form of art, and a profound journey inward. Jerome’s work explores the intersections of disability, visuality, time, beauty, and gender.
https://camilla-anne-jhnp.format.comSamuel Domínguez was born in Santiago, Chile (1995). His work has been exhibited in Chile, Argentina, Peru, USA, Italy, South Korea, UK and Croatia. He has participated in lectures at the Whitechapel Gallery and the UCA in the United Kingdom. His work has been part of important exhibitions in museums such as the Museum of Visual Arts (MAVI) and the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC), both in Santiago.
https://samueldominguez.format.comYH FONG is a London-based multi-disciplinary artist. He graduated from the University of the Arts London, majoring in film study. His art practice works across film and photography. He takes pleasure in crossing disciplines between art, fashion and technology. From time to time, he takes on the role of creative / artistic direction as another creative outlet for his creativity.
https://yhfong.format.comCarl Anderson’s sculptural work delves into playful yet introspective reflections on his personal experiences, using a visual language that explores masculinity, duty, and power. His recent ceramic sculptures draw inspiration from objects like medieval armour, animal traps, and barbed wire – symbols that evoke both menace and nobility. Through these forms, Anderson examines how historical symbols of protection and control continue to resonate with contemporary notions of authority.
https://carl-anderson-art.format.comAll The Bins is a music curation project by documentary film editor and music supervisor Brandon Faris. The project spotlights albums that deserve to be heard uninterrupted, from start to finish. Each playlist is carefully curated with a focus on musicianship, genre, tone, emotion, and what Faris describes as "the truth."
https://allthebins.format.comQiuChen Fan was born in Kunming, China. As a recipient of Dean's Scholarship from the Cleveland Institute of Art, QiuChen started her art journey in the US in 2011. She received her BFA as a drawing major in 2015 with “Excellence in Drawing” award scholarship. After graduating from school, she started as a freelancer doing graphic design and illustration, while continuing her art practice in her home-based studio. QiuChen currently lives in the US.
https://qiuchenfan.format.comIf you’re a photographer capturing large images with a lot of detail, like landscape photos or fine art photography, you might want to choose a website template that allows you to show your photos uncropped. This can be achieved by using a vertical scroll portfolio template that accommodates full width images. For landscape photos, consider grouping them into categories like location, theme, or date.
Ron Rumford is a printmaking artist influenced by modernism and minimalism, with a unique approach to monoprint, intaglio, and relief.
https://ronrumford.format.comHolly Anderson works primarily with painting as a practice for investigating anxious bodily and psychic sensations. An awareness of the body as a form messily embedded within threatened ecologies belies this interest. With continual reference to the bathers and sunlit landscapes of classical romantic landscape painting, various ways the body might be more strangely implicated in these systems are tentatively explored.
https://hollyandersonartist.format.comSonny Alejandra is a Mexican filmmaker and artist based in Europe. Her work has been part of international exhibitions and publications in Latin America, Europe and Asia. Her background in cinematography has led her to collaborate in several film productions and projects. Sonny’s work is influenced by ambiguous aesthetics and imagery that she often finds in the works of her favorite writers, painters, photographers, and cinematographers.
https://sonnyalejandra.format.comLena Kolb was born and raised in South Philadelphia where she currently lives. The focus of her art practice is using weaving, dying and image making to reflect on the power of fantasy and memory to shape our understanding of the world and our place within it. She currently is a professor in the Fibers and Material Studies departments at Tyler School of Art and Architecture and University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
https://lenakolb.format.comDavid Sirgany is a visual artist interested in aesthetic principles that directly alter the way we see. Their current series of ‘Unified-Field Compositions’ illustrates this through the use of mirror symmetry. Each composition is built from a single photographic image. The final image remains faithful to the visual accuracy of the original photograph, yet an entirely different visual experience unfolds.
https://david-sirgany.format.comAndrea Rojas is a Mexican visual artist based in Berlin working at the intersection of photography and videography. Their work thrives on telling stories through surrealist, extravagant, colorful, joyful, emotional, queer, and dramatic perspectives.
https://arojas.format.comA great way to make your artwork stand out is by showcasing how it looks in real life. One way that you can achieve this is by creating photo mockups of your art on the wall of a home or museum or even as a mural on the side of a building. Just make sure that you’re clear about these images being mockups, especially if you’re playing with the scale of your art. You could also do a photoshoot with your art to create a memorable artist photo for your artist bio or About Me page.