As the Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, I have had the pleasure of working with many incredible Paper Artists for almost 7 years now – for the magazine itself, our web blog, our curated exhibitions, the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize, and of course, sharing their work across our 980,000+ strong social media network.
As we get stuck into the new year and new decade, I wanted to share with you a list of people whom I believe are among the greatest living and working paper artists of 2019. As you will see the list includes many different paper art techniques including: paper folding, paper cutting, paper sculpture, huge paper installations, paper set design, paper quilling, origami and so much more! This is not an exhaustive list by any means, and is not in any particular order, however as you will see the works speak for themselves. You may note that there are some paper artists who are conspicuously missing, this is because I have not included artists with a minimal or no Instagram presence, because as you will see all the artists mentioned below are linked to their Instagram accounts, so you can quickly and easily follow them too!
If you are an paper artist, or know one that you feel should be included in our next list, please comment below. I am always in search of exciting new creatives!
Finally, paper artists can also enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize in the Yasha Young Sculpture Award category. The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is an annual international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts, in all static mediums including Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles. The Prize seeks to inspire creatives from around the world to pursue a life and career in the arts, and to help careers grow through financial support for their practice, and increased exposure of their work to galleries, collectors and media globally. Entries for this year’s Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, are now open! I can’t wait to see your entries.
15 Comments
Ora Kolmanovsky
February 20, 2020 at 8:35 pmHello, I’m a paper artist, would love to be seen one day too.
Ora Kolmanovsky, (ora_kolmanovsky on instagram)
Gail Armstrong
February 21, 2020 at 5:01 amFantastic list. Disappointed not to have made it on there myself, but lots of wonderful artists on there to check out
@gailarmstronglanksbury
Gail Armstrong
February 21, 2020 at 5:10 amWhat a great list! Disappointed not to be included myself but lots of lovely work there I’ll be checking out! @gailarmstronglanksbury
JEAN-FRANCOIS ROY
February 21, 2020 at 11:47 amHello! thank you for this great list. Maybe one day you’ll include my work!
https://www.instagram.com/monsieurjf_roy (@monsieurjf_roy)
Dale
February 21, 2020 at 2:32 pmVery Nice I was taken by # 79 #87 and #53
Anouk
February 21, 2020 at 6:53 pmWow, I know 1/3 of this list, so much new works & artists to discover !
Maybe i’ll be part of this top one day :)
@kauri_paperstudio
Dawn Thornhill
February 21, 2020 at 10:32 pm@leledillipaperart should definitely be on this list – his pieces are so beautiful!
Fingers crossed one day, I will make it onto your list – would be amazing to be in such incredible company!
@dawns_papercut_lightboxes
Jacky Cheng
February 22, 2020 at 1:05 amSuch a fabulous list!! Love to be included too – @jackychengart
Happy days and Cheers!
Narath Boriboonhiranthana
February 22, 2020 at 7:10 amFor me as a papercut artist, this article is really inspiring.
And shown many talented paper artists out there.
Let me call your attention to my Instagram and blogs
https://www.instagram.com/tea_monsterrr/ (@tea_monsterrr)
https://wp.me/Pbs4ES-2
Thank you so much
Millicent Alvarado
February 22, 2020 at 1:07 pmWhat a wonderful collection of art, I enjoy seeing other paper artists use the same medium in such different and creative ways!
I would love to be included as well, my Instagram is
@millicentalvarado
Elisa Canaglia
February 22, 2020 at 1:31 pmI discovered lots of new amazing paper artists!!
Thank you for sharing. I love seeing new techniques and ways to use paper.
I am a paper artist too and I hope to make it to the list someday!
https://www.instagram.com/elliespaper/
Stephane MaMi
February 24, 2020 at 12:34 amSo many create artists! and I did discover a few. But I have some more I would have included…
I put my name last, always good to show off a bit
@meganemidori
@kamihasami
@origamibynail
@yossibart
@liz.sofield.artist
@elsamorainstant
@polyscene
@garcon.manque39
@stephanemami
Jiménez Fernández
February 28, 2020 at 8:09 pmHi I am Neka and draw and paint with paper.
I love paper and work with it, a lot of talent in these instagram accounts.
Thanks for sharing paper artworks !
@nek.ane
Juan Pedraza
March 2, 2020 at 1:49 pmHola! Love to create paper illustrations,
my Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/juanmanuelpapel/
Thank for the list, totally awesome artists!
John
March 22, 2020 at 1:05 amI’d like to share my page
http://www.instagram.com/johnnypapercuts
Thanks 🙏