Arielle Wilkins -02Arielle Wilkins is a visual artist and art director based in Portland, Oregon. While painting is her primary medium, her practice spans multiple forms of expression. Through a vibrant, joy filled lens, she reimagines portraiture by creating characters who live in emotionally rich, cosmic worlds. Her work blends galaxies with Black figures and natural hair, braids become constellations, curls echo nebulae, and skin radiates like starlight. These