What inspired you to create works of art and to become an artist? (events, feelings, experiences...)
Travel, meetings and the desire to leave the world of employment and be professionally free.
What is your artistic background, the techniques and subjects you have experimented with so far?
I have a career as a self-taught artist. My techniques are diverse; brush, spray can, roller, sprayer...
My work is based on the fusion and crossbreeding of genres: abstract, figurative, pop art, graffiti, calligraphy.
What are the 3 aspects that differentiate you from other artists, making your work unique?
The fusion of the abstract and the figurative as well as my color schemes.
Where does your inspiration come from?
Mainly from the streets. Wall textures, graffiti and art history.
What is your artistic approach? What visions, sensations or feelings do you want to evoke in the viewer?
“My work reflects my experiences and my vision of the world. In my works, I want to translate the richness of our cultures, the spontaneity and the gesture in painting. I also want to take a look at our society and invite the viewer to question the contemporary world”.
What is the process of creating your works? Spontaneous or with a long preparatory process (technical, inspiration from art classics or other)?
My works are created quite spontaneously.
For some there is more technique and research, especially with the inspiration of the classics of art.
Do you use a particular working technique? if so, can you explain it?
For some works, I use a technique of aging the work by spraying water or white spirit.
Are there any innovative aspects in your work? Can you tell us which ones?
The mixture of genres as well as the material that I bring in the graffiti style.
Do you have a format or medium that you are most comfortable with? if yes, why ?
I really like the mural fresco for the ease of movement and the scale.
Where do you produce your works? At home, in a shared workshop or in your own workshop? And in this space, how do you organize your creative work?
In my own workshop.
I organize my work randomly, I don't paint on a regular basis, it's phases.
Does your work lead you to travel to meet new collectors, for fairs or exhibitions? If so, what does it bring you?
Yes, I had the opportunity to exhibit and paint in various countries like, Asia, Latin America...
This brought me immense openness and curiosity. This made me discover lots of artists, different ways of conceiving and seeing the world as well as multiple inspirations that have embellished my work.
How do you imagine the evolution of your work and your career as an artist in the future?
My work is so much purified little by little, to keep only the essentials. I hope to exhibit more and interest new collectors.
What is the theme, style or technique of your latest artistic production?
The theme of my latest series being color, abstract style and various techniques mixing bombs, rollers, brushes, projections....
Can you tell us about your most important exhibition experience?
My most important exhibition was at the meeting in a gallery of an artist recognized in the middle of urban art. This one invited me to exhibit, it was an enriching experience.
If you could have created a famous work in the history of art, which one would you choose? And why ?
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.
For its technique and its symbolism.
If you could invite one famous artist (dead or alive) to dinner, who would it be? How would you suggest he spend the evening?
Picasso.
A good aperitif and a 4-hand work on a musical background :-).
Olimpia Gaia Martinelli
