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"These women have never existed, but their stories are real — they speak of a femininitybeyond norms and clichés."

Friederike Meier (born 1992) is a German painter based in Berlin. She combines artificialintelligence with traditional painting to challenge perceptions of femininity. Using AI, she creates photorealistic portraits of women that question beauty ideals andgender norms. Her figures are complex—fragile yet strong—and exist beyond binarycategories. Each is captured in a charged moment: something has happened, a word wasspoken, a glance exchanged. Their emotions—anger, sadness, determination—overlap in asingle “snapshot” created with AI.

For Meier, AI is more than just a tool; she uses precise prompts to reveal the beautystandards embedded in AI systems. She then translates these digital images into vibrant oiland acrylic paintings. Each figure receives a name and a story, transforming from an AIgeneratedimage into a unique identity on canvas.