Maryanne Chisholm
Maryanne Chisholm is a surrealist painter, NFT artist and illustrator, living in Tucson, USA.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
[edit]In 2005, Maryanne received a 27-year prison term for a crime that another man confessed to. She was imprisoned for 14 years before being freed after winning an appeal.[4]
After more than ten years in the Perryville Women's Prison in Goodyear, Arizona, Maryanne Chisholm started painting. She served time in prison from 2005 to 2018 after being found guilty of white-collar offences. She started working in fine art after being released in 2018, and later used NFTs to support herself.[5]
She found her calling while spending more than ten years in prison. She explains to Tony Paniagua how the Prison Arts Program gives women who are incarcerated inspiration and hope.[6][7]
She used her art at the time to tell her narrative. Key paintings from her 5000 paintings are displayed at online websites.[8][2] In order to tell a tale via art concerning justice reform and mental health,[9] she has a dream to establish an exhibition called "While I Was Gone" that displays the 5000+ paintings, NFT's or whatever copies and originals are still available.[8]
Maryanne explains about Web3 in terms of gender diversity, that Web3 is also lagging behind; according to the most recent study from cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, only 26% of Web3 investors are women.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Paniagua, Tony. "From painting in prison to professional artist". news.azpm.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ a b Chittum, Morgan. "How a 57-year-old went from painting in prison to becoming a prominent NFT artist who has brought in six figures worth of sales". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Influencers Are Luring Investors Flummoxed by Meme Stonks and Options". Bloomberg News.
- ^ Rosen, Phil. "Commodity prices are slumping. Here's why it could mean inflation is on the way down". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Vázquez, David (2022-07-17). "Así pasó una mujer de 57 años de pintar en la cárcel a vender sus obras en NFT por más de 100.000 euros". Business Insider España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ McLemore, Mark. "Has "Star Trek" changed the world? Author Ryan Britt examines a legacy lasting 50 years... and beyond. - AZPM". www.azpm.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ McLemore, Mark. "The Dave Stryker Quartet kicks off the 2022 Tucson Jazz Festival. - AZPM". news.azpm.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ a b "MaryanneChisholmArt - Professional, Traditional Artist | DeviantArt". www.deviantart.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Davis, Ben (2022-06-27). "If NFT.NYC Represents the Future of Art, Then Why Was It So Boring?". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Why despite all its talk of inclusivity, Web3 has a huge gender disparity problem". The Indian Express. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-10-28.