The human body will never cease to be a source of creative inspiration. The artists in our first exhibition of 2025 use figurative art as a springboard to share personal narratives, create visual metaphors, probe identity issues, and question the status quo at a time when bodily autonomy is under attack, and teachers can be fired for showing a slide of Michelangelo’s “David.”

NOT REAL ART is an LA Based nonprofit that provides a virtual platform for artists with their First Friday Exhibitions.