These 16 Puerto Rican Women Are Redefining Art on Their Own Terms — and You Need Them in Your Instagram Feed

With a colorful minimalist focus, Valentina Valldejuli Mudafort is a must-have artist in your feed. Her work follows a constant theme, using photography and digital editing software. She achieves visually pleasing content, but she told POPSUGAR what matters the most about her art is that "it is exciting for me, it 'sparks joy' as Marie Kondo would say." She's about symmetry, visual order, and passion for consistency.

Animations. Comics. Illustrations. 36-year-old artist Rangely "Rangy" García Colón focuses her work on satire and social criticism on the politics of the island. She also has a YouTube channel where she creates skits and even voices the characters. "I started making political cartoons because I felt rage and frustration," Rangy told POPSUGAR. "My latest comic connects me to the happiness I felt as a child drawing cartoony animals, but I mix it with the frustrations and traumas of living in a corrupt society."

After a serious injury at age 12 that prevented her from playing sports, Alé Salamán's interest for art intensified and she has been creating ever since. With a style of layered portraiture, her feed is a merge of paintings, digital drawings, and images of her personal life. She creates with passion and is constantly learning. She told POPSUGAR her hope is "that art takes me places and allows me to earn opportunities I can learn from," an aspiration that gives out heartwarming energy.

Illustrator and animator Stephanie Cavina takes everyday life and makes it artistic. She draws inspiration from nature, mystery, and secrets. If you follow her, you'll get eclectic short videos that showcase this artist's range of styles. "The most important parts of the creative process are spontaneity, feeling of freedom, and not forgetting that art is expressive, it does not have a set form." she told POPSUGAR.

This flowery feed does not only serve an artistic purpose, it serves a scientific one as well. Behind the scenes, artist Cristina Muñoz Laboy researches endangered plants and then creates related artwork in order to educate others about conservation and climate change. "If my art heals me and heals others every time it is necessary, I will be happy!" she told POPSUGAR.

Lillinette Faviella Díaz Muñiz's account is the one you need to follow to feel moments of relaxation while going through Instagram. "I feel that when we scroll through our feeds sometimes it can get a bit chaotic, and I want people to feel good when they encounter my art," she told POPSUGAR. She is fascinated by everyday objects and images, but also, after reading the psychology of colors, she has become obsessed with how they make us feel. With a minimalist approach, Lillinette's simple and straightforward digital creations are must-have content for our timelines.

For more than 10 years, friends Rosa Colón Guerra and Carla Rodríguez have been making comics and illustrations together. Their content is uplifting, colorful, and poppy, lighting up your feed with doodles and references to current figures and events. "You don't realize it, but we're surrounded by art and design," Rosa told POPSUGAR. "It's always been a part of my life, and it's grown with me, from doodles to a passion."

With a clear focus on Puerto Rican culture, Ana Teresa Rodríguez Pérez aspires to represent communities that, even though marginalized in the island, still find ways to contribute and change the world through various mediums. "Seeing people express themselves through dance, music, or language fills my soul, which is why I usually choose the human figure as the subject of my work," Ana Teresa told POPSUGAR. Her feed is extremely powerful and communicative of diverse strengths, arts, and social issues of Puerto Rico.

Ana Isabel Rosa Martinez is a 21-year-old artist whose coffee preference is the same as her favorite color: black. Her images are cartoonlike and structured due to her art training, all cultivated by her family members since a very young age. "The support my parents give me inspires me to keep creating, every piece better than the previous one," Ana Isabel told POPSUGAR. Her quirky, cute drawings are rooted in pure values, giving your timeline a cozy feeling.

"There is a lot of nostalgia and diaspora 'cliches,' things that remind me of my childhood, and growing up on an island," artist Camila Buxeda told POPSUGAR regarding her artwork. Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, her pieces are made with ink and watercolors in a very linear and natural style. The result is captivating content that brings reminders of Puerto Rico to everyone scrolling through her account.

Using words, common phrases, lyrics, dreams, and historical events, Lorraine Rodríguez approaches art broadly but clearly. With not too much color (though she's starting to distance herself a bit from black-and-white), she is able to transmit the beautiful intersection of everyday language and art. Her illustrations are fun to look at, as they relate to a variety of people. "I try to create works that not only reflect myself, but also seem relatable to others," she told POPSUGAR.

Carla Abreu Ottenwalder has a free and fluid technique and doesn't pressure herself into fitting any art norms. "I always have a lot of ideas, but only a few of them excite me enough to create them," she told POPSUGAR. She draws inspiration from people in her surroundings, her mental health, and emotions. Carla's work shows a glimpse of her life, her environment, struggles, and realities.

Eccentric, bright, almost psychedelic images with accentuated lines and defined shapes is what dominates Emily Álvarez Toucet's art. "I just paint what I feel," she told POPSUGAR. Not only is she a great artist, but she also takes the same electric vibe to her outfits and everyday life. Looking at her work will automatically uplift your mood.

"I try to explore a world full of color, contrast, and beauty through my lens," 22-year-old photographer Adriana Sofía Corbet Hernández told POPSUGAR. She may be a college student on a budget, but her account covers a range of unique imagery using diverse mediums and photography techniques. Her excitement and passion can be seen through the photos on her feed since they are bright and captivating. As an aspiring world traveler, Adriana Sofía wishes to document other parts of the world in unique, fun, and colorful ways.

Andrea Carola Robles Morales creates drawings and paintings — primarily portraits — around the topics of navigating womanhood, sexuality, beauty, and how these relate to nature. Sometimes she even draws inspiration from her dreams. At just 18 years old, her work provokes a lot of thought and reflection. "My goal as an artist is that people can relate to it and get inspired," she told POPSUGAR.

"My style is colorful, bold, psychedelia meets empowerment and feminine rebirth," artist Stephanie Vázquez told POPSUGAR. The 25-year-old creator of collages and digital paintings transmits a strong energy through her work that can be clearly seen all throughout her feed. Stephanie gets inspired by everything and everyone, including nature, food, fantasy worlds, and herself. She's also an occasional DJ.