Wasted Rita, born Rita Gomes in Portugal, is a multidisciplinary artist known for her brutally honest, acerbic, and darkly humorous take on contemporary culture. Her work—spanning text-based installations, street art, zines, and drawings—explores themes of feminism, alienation, consumerism, mental health, and existential angst. Often described as a “rough mix between punk riot grrrl attitude and poetic self-reflection,” Wasted Rita channels personal vulnerability and cultural critique into sharp, hand-scrawled phrases and cynical affirmations that blur the line between diary entry and public manifesto. She first gained recognition for her stark black-and-white statements wheat-pasted across city walls, delivering punchy truths like “Society sucks but you don’t have to,” or “Make your brain your favorite place to be.” Her aesthetic—minimal yet impactful—is as raw as her subject matter, with typography that feels more like a scream than a design choice. A fixture in underground art and...