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In each and every medium that I frequent - from my early life in ballet - I see my art seamlessly. My experience dancing truly touches everything I create, especially photography, design, and painting.


I coined the word Menstrala for my collection of 88 original paintings created over the course of three years. Menstrala are representations of woman's monthly renewal cycle. I chose to address menstruation visually and to elaborate artistically on this part of life we choose to forget because it is kept hidden. My Menstrala paintings affirm the hidden forbidden bright red renewal cycle and embrace the wonders of womanhood.


My latest series is called Menstrala Romanticized. In these works, my Menstrala are combined with my nude self-portraits.


May the word Menstrala become universal.


I donate proceeds from the sale of my prints and originals to The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research at the University of British Columbia.


Vanessa Tiegs


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