MAIRIM PEREZ ROCA
PAINTER When did you realize you were an artist? I realized that I was an artist when I was a child, I really liked to draw and paint, especially with crayons and colored pencils. And what remember most from my childhood is that I liked very much to color characters that I created myself and […]
MYLES HUNT
DIGITAL ARTIST When did you realize you were an artist? Well, I simply remember doodling constantly with color when I was a little kid and it just never stopped. My imagination was always running wild with various monsters, worlds and anything exuberant that popped into my head. Jim Henson and his famous Muppets were and […]
AISTE JURGILAITE
PAINTER Does creating art help you heal? I think that it is definitely that kind of energy release. The most important thing is that art brings positive energy and helps to heal others. If you feel comfortable, tell us about the struggles you’ve had either as an artist, or in the process of creating your […]
LEEMOUR PELLI
PAINTER Tell us about your background Art entered my life at a very young age… in kindergarten. I was a very intense child – and not only did my mother take me to a doctor to ask “why doesn’t my baby smile?” but when I was in kindergarten, the kindergarten teacher met with my mom […]
RICCARDO LIOTTA
ARTIST AND ARCHITECT Tell us about a workflow quirk you’ve picked up over your artistic career? Not really a quirk, but in the past few years I have become obsessed with sketching in museums and churches. I find gothic religious art, portraits from the 16th century and abstract figurative art from the 20s, 30s and […]
MARIE HAREL
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST When did you realize that you were an artist? I first realized I was an artist at a very young age. I always loved colour and saw the world through a kaleidoscope lens. I can remember as a young child I had huge chalkboard and I would draw the insides of elaborate doll […]
OBIORA NWANKWO
PAINTER When did you realize that you were an artist? In 2013, when I first gained my admission to study art in the prestigious yaba college of technology. If you feel comfortable, tell us about the struggles you’ve had either as an artist, or in the process of creating your work. To me I see […]
WON-IL LEE
PAINTER When did you realize that you were an artist? I never thought I was an artist. Everyone who does his best is a true artist. I only love drawing and I think that’s what I’m supposed to do for the rest of my life and how I’m going to go. What motivates you to […]
ALICE LENKIEWICZ
MIXED MEDIA ARTIST What motivates you to create? I have been very lucky throughout my life to have a strong need and desire to paint. It is never an effort. It’s very natural and I am happiest when I am painting, or sewing. I don’t need a lot of motivation as it’s already there but […]
WILLIAM FAULKNER
PHOTOGRAPHER When did you realize that you were an artist? As a child I was always playing in artbooks coloring, painting, fingerpainting was fun, loved my crayolas so quite young from as long as I can remember to as young as I could be to pick up a crayon I colored, one of my teachers […]
ANNA SIROTA
PHOTOGRAPHER When did you realize you were an artist? I realized I was an artist in 2nd grade, when I first started writing short stories. I was also a dancer and an actress and although couldn’t put words to how I expressed myself. I knew deep down that I was a creator by nature. In […]
CATALIN ILINCA
PAINTER When did you realize that you were an artist? Since I was a child, I’ve been passionate about drawing. Besides any other typical activity of childhood, drawing was always a constant. I’ve always loved doing it, in fact I practically identified myself with this occupation – I don’t think I could refer to a […]