Issue #56: The 2026 Create! Magazine Women's Edition
Issue #56: The 2026 Women's Edition Is Here
We are pleased to announce the release of Issue #56, the 2026 Women's Edition of Create! Magazine, guest curated by art collector, curator, advisor, lawyer, writer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Sonia Borrell. This issue celebrates contemporary women artists whose practices are shaping the direction of art today, alongside six in-depth interviews exploring personal conviction, creative process, and the realities of contemporary practice.
About Our Guest Curator
Since founding the Tryson Collection in 2008, Sonia Borrell has dedicated her life to discovering talent, nurturing creativity, and curating excellence from Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, and beyond. Her collection has been featured in some of the world's most distinguished museums, including the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid, and the Museo Novecento in Florence. She holds works by leading figurative and contemporary artists including Alex Katz, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Jaume Plensa, and Robert Nava.
As an art advisor for Art Belina in China and The Althari Group in Saudi Arabia, her commitment to cultivating the Kingdom's art scene has earned recognition in GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Herald, L'Officiel, and more. Through her Soniabblondon brand, she continues to uplift the next generation of artists and collectors in service of advancing the global art scene.
As she puts it: art lovers follow movements, and art collectors move them further.
Follow Sonia on Instagram at @soniabblondon.
Prize Winners
We are proud to recognize Rachel Bensimon as the first place winner and cover artist of this issue, with Winibey López awarded second place and Rachel Romano awarded third place. Their work represents the strength and range of vision found throughout this edition.
In-Depth Interviews
This issue features six extended conversations with artists whose practices span continents and disciplines. Elena Gual speaks to the value of presence over perfection in her work. Megan Schaugaard reflects on her experience as a woman working in the arts and the founding of Art Easely. Okokume opens up about inner worlds and tender truths. Rachel Bensimon explores the inner life of memory and how it shapes her paintings. Hale Ekinci discusses building a visual language capacious enough to hold every version of yourself. Mirjam Vreeswijk talks about the quality she pursues in her work, a feeling of something unsettled, something quietly seductive.
Featured Selected Artists
Issue #56 features the work of Emi Avora, Rachel Bensimon, Lauren Bergman, Cassie Rae Bledsoe, Lauren Browning, Ella Camlibel, catchoo, Anese Eun Cho, María Cobas, Alice D'Apolito, Catarina Diaz, Melissa Ellis, Mar Figueroa, Beatrice Findlay, Juana González, Dawn Howell, Talana Hudgens, Sofía Cristina Jiménez, Maiko Kobayashi, Lauren Lane, Robin Lazarus-Berlin, JeeYoung Lee, Winibey López, Allison McClay, Alexandra Niculescu, Bianca Paraschiv, Buakow Phasom, Ornella Pocetti, Rachel Romano, Kathy Ruttenberg, Carolyn Schlam, Petra Schott, Nicole Shannon, Bree Smith, Grada Snijder, Jennye Stubblefield, Ozlem Sorlu Thompson, Melanie Tiongson, Felicia Van Bork, Lisa Deloria Weinblatt, Anouk Wolse, and Olena Zubach.
How to Get Your Copy
Issue #56 is available now as a digital subscription and as a print edition available through Amazon. We are grateful for your continued support of independent, artist-led publishing
