When it comes to making it as an artist, most people in the business believe this requires strong financial backing and regular exhibitions. Additionally, artists are usually expected to have learnt their trade at a prestigious art school. That way they have both the educational and economic cushion to be able to make their name in the world. Yet, for outsider artists, who are self-taught, amateurish and reclusive, the usual rules don't apply. What's intriguing about outsider artists, is that, in theory, they could be anyone. Mostly living away from the normal accepted artistic centres, outsider artists achieved their fame through their folk art. It was mostly made for themselves, harbouring little desire to share it with anyone else. Driven only by their insatiable need to create, their fame was sealed by the remarkable work they left behind. Here at Sleek we have assembled ten of the most famous creators of outsider art.

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