How to find artists on Instagram whose work is good enough to hang in your home

Artists from every walk of life are fighting for your attention and they are doing it on Instagram. It’s easy to forget how powerful Instagram can be as a visual medium when your feed is choking on selfies, #foodporn and the seemingly perfect lives of Gary Pepper Girl or Tuula Vintage. Here is art good enough to take off your feed and put on your walls.

Aquabumps

Based in Bondi, Aquabumps will inject the call of the sea right into your feed. The photography is so stunning you could hang it on your wall. Join Eugene Tan in his morning ritual, and yearn for the sun warming your hands and sand between your toes.

Buy from
aquabumps.com/buy-prints/ 

Satsuki Shibuya
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Source: Satsuki Shibuya

Based in California, Satsuki is an incredible watercolour artist. She also has a really cute dog Skippy. Works on the art and cute angle.

Buy from
satsukishibuya.com/work/#/tozan/ 

Fifi Lapin
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Oh Fifi! The only surviving child of a carrot and lettuce magnate father, who outlived 257 other brothers and sister from a myxomatosis outbreak. This girl has gumption and is fashionable to boot. Adorn your coffee table with her – she will love you for it.

Buy her book here
bookdepository.com/Wonderful-World-Fifi-Lapin-Fifi-Lapin/9781452108087 

3191 Miles Apart
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Source: 3191 Miles Apart

3191 Miles Apart is the collaborative effort of Maria Alexandra Vettese​ (MAV) and Stephanie Congdon Barnes (SCB). The pair post a diptych – a photo from each of their mornings, at the same time daily. It’s a perfect mid-commute reminder to appreciate the little things in life.

Buy from
bookdepository.com/Year-Mornings-Maria-Vettese/9781568987842

Petra O’Halloran
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Source: Petra O’Halloran

Petra is a visual artist who these days is stomping around Berlin. This lady has an amazing eye and makes you see beauty in places you’d never expect.

Buy from
petraohalloran.com 

Willem Sizoo

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This kid is 15. Pretty amazing when you have a poke around his Instagram​ account. Willem and his twin brother Bob reign from the Netherlands. I feel like I’ve wasted my youth.

Buy from
society6.com/bobsizoo 

Rifle Paper Co
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This husband and wife team started their stationery business in the garage. What started with notebooks and letters has blossomed into recipe boxes and clothing with the cutest illustrations. A really lovely brand.

Buy from
riflepaperco.com 

Shepard Fairey
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Flowers not your thing? Then perhaps street art is more up your alley. Shepard Fairey is the man behind the infamous Obey images and Barak Obama’s 2008 election “Hope” poster. You can furnish your home while sticking it to the man.

Buy from
store.obeygiant.com 

Oh Yoko!
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Source: MoMa

This lady needs no introduction. You go Yoko Ono.

Buy from
genesis-publications.com/the-infinite-universe-collection-by-yoko-ono/default.htm 

Others to follow

Anna Olsson

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Swedish illustrator

Source: Anna Olsson

Buy From

drawnbyanna.se/

One Eye Girl

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Self-taught illustrator

Source: One Eye Girl

Buy from

oneeyegirl.bigcartel.com/ 

Flora Forager

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Botanical Artist

Source: Flora Forager

The best way to find new artists is to follow them on Instagram. It will make your news feed more serendipitous so you don’t have to keep looking at Courtney and her new man holiday in Thailand. We get it you’re happy.