What are some artists creating mixed media self-portraits?

There are many mixed media artists who do self-portraits, such as Meryt Harding and Dasha Shkurpela, who are both well-known with their unique style.

Meryt Harding was born in England and after she graduated high school, she went traveling all around the world for three years. After completing her studies as a nurse, she went traveling again in South Africa. Later on she moved to America, where she spent her the most time of her life there and she studied Visual Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the Academy of Fine Arts in New Orleans.

She is a well-known mixed-media artist nationally and once, she said that her traveling around the world has inspired her so much that she had to carry around a camera, a diary and a sketch book all the time to record her thoughts and experiences. One of the countries that influenced her was Africa: She was very fascinated by the culture, people and even the food they were eating so that she made them a part of her art and life. She as well as was inspired by Hurricane Katrina, where she used collages to show the destruction in a better way.

Through her, I also got inspired to look at different cultures and put in my artworks. I could include my culture in my self-portrait as well, showing that I’m from Mongolia and that I love it very much. I could include other countries’ cultures, too, such as Japanese culture, which fascinates me and it’s a place I would love to visit someday! Maybe I should include the significance of both cultures in my self-portrait, but I will include more information about it in Criterion B.