How My Art Went Viral and I Became a Full-Time Artist | Amanda Oleander | TEDxSDSU

Amanda Oleander is fascinated by the way people live and behave behind closed doors. Her art depicts just that. Thousands of people resonate with her art, as evidenced by her large following on Periscope and Instagram. During her talk, Amanda shares about her journey into becoming a full time artist, how social media has played a role, and advice for aspiring artists like herself.
Amanda Oleander is a Los Angeles based artist. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In addition to illustrating for E! Entertainment, Oleander created a series of paintings portraying endangered animals for the World Wildlife Fund.

Oleander also pioneered live-stream painting on the app, Periscope, with over 13 million people viewing her work on a weekly basis. Most recently, Oleander has gained significant popularity on Instagram, for which she’s illustrated a new drawing every day since August 10, 2017. Oleander loves depicting the human experience in her art, specifically the intimate moments of people’s lives that we never get to see.

She has been published internationally and featured in The New York Mag, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire Italy, Business Insider, and The Hollywood Reporter to name a few. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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