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ArtGirlRising and Repaint History is now

We are Liezel Strauss and Pegah Kargar, the founders of Rise & Repaint.

In March 2018, Pegah Kargar and Liezel Strauss launched Repaint History and ArtGirlRising respectively to address the underrepresentation of women artists in the art world.

Two ventures across the globe, unknown to one-another, with one shared goal.

After discovering each other's work, (spending hours on Zoom calls!) and realizing their shared mission, passion and vision for an inclusive art world

they joined forces to launch;

YOUR ART. OUR MISSION.

Together as one brand

Nobody Says Picasso: The Male Artist

- Patti Smith

Previous Partners & Press

Watch more of our story here

Rise and Repaint (previously known as ArtGirlRising and Repaint History) is part of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Social Venture Zone (SVZ), an incubator for Social Enterprises.

We are so incredibly grateful to SVZ for all their support, time and input.

Read our interview with SVZ here