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Lana Denina Cohen-Solal, also known as Miss Lanouch, is a Montreal-based painter of Beninese and French origin. Her art explores human relationships, morphological diversity and body movements. Combining digital art and painting, she illustrates the different cultures surrounding her through a unique and personal approach. She believes in the representation of people of colour in contemporary art, more particularly black culture.
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Painting the world as she sees it.
How would you describe your art? Modern, aesthetic and raw.
Talk to us about your creative process. It’s a melting pot of everything around me and everything I experience. When I paint, it’s like I’m telling a story and the people on the canvas are a mix of the faces that have stuck with me that day, or week, or month. I always incorporate interesting hairstyles, clothes and accessories. It is a process that is also improvised, none of my pieces are fully fleshed out when I start. A painting could take me 20 minutes, like it could take me a month to finish, it all depends on my state of mind.
What is inspiring you right now? I am currently and always inspired by feminine bodies and nudity. |
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Can you talk to us about your next project? I’m working on many things at the moment. My main through line is normalizing female nudity and dismantling slutshaming. I have also just released exclusive digital versions of my paintings on my website.
What are your go-to shoes? Nude heels, the kind of heel-sandal hybrid that goes with everything. They’re comfy and oh so cute! |