Why did you choose art?

I was fortunate to have my mother as my first teacher. Her approach to art has always been an inspiration for me. Her relentless passion for her stylized unique artistic expression and her single in kind creative process introduced me to the world of art and made me interested in learning this advanced language called Art. This essence has continuously kept me studying, exploring, and creating, always striving for the perfect form of expression. In many ways, art chose me as much as I chose it. Growing up in an environment filled with resources and guidance, I had everything I needed to immerse myself in art. And every day, I choose to do so again.

What mediums have you worked with? Do you have a favorite?

I started drawing at a very young age, using charcoal, colored pencils, and watercolor. At six, I began piano and solfège lessons, as music became an important part of my life. Now adays I’m focused on a particular way of artistic expression. A less music focused one. But I use my own music in my conceptual works and performances. I started oil painting by the age of eight, and by twelve, I was studying anatomy and creating sculptures with plaster and clay.

In addition to painting and music, I’ve gained experience in woodworking, smithery, and molding. Skills essential for building installations and sculptures. I don’t limit myself to one medium; I use each as it fits the project. In recent years, conceptual and performative art has become my preferred mode of expression because it allows limitless exploration of both medium and ideas.

Any comment about perfection?

Perfection is arranging Chaos and Order in a way that you’ll leave zero useless elements behind, in the build process of the form. I consider myself a perfectionist, but I feel the term is often misunderstood and misused. Always, there’s a perfectly right way to do something, and many wrong ways. The key, however, is knowing when to let go and when to control. That’s the balance between chaos and order. Sometimes losing control is necessary to achieve the desired outcome. This is what a paiting brush teaches you. When to let go.

However, to avoid restricting the depth of the artwork and reducing it to a mere message board, I consciously try to steer clear of symbols, clichés, slogans, commercially-driven titles, and overused terms, *As much as possible*. Take, for example, the cliché of “hugging trees” in a figurative sense. It’s not that I dislike the concept. on the contrary, I’m a true nature addict. But using direct messaging in artwork risks reducing it to a mere bulletin for trends or ideologies, disconnected from the world that an art work is meant to represent. The message can vary. The thing is the more beautiful it looks and the more virtues it be, the more it distracts the viewer from the art itself. I believe this fact is so  basic and simple to notice. Obviously, Artistic expression stands apart from everyday conversation or news. It’s meant to be more profound, complex, and nuanced. Creating art without being aware of this, is like using binoculars to observe something right in front of us. Not being aware of the limitless amount of tools artistic expression offers. Artists should therefore be cautious about incorporating slogans, clichés, advice, or any other elements that boldly convey a direct message. Doing so is limiting and dramatically diminishes the work’s range of functionality, undermining the creative flow essential to the art-making process. 

Art is not a news headline, a grandparent telling you to do the “right thing,” or a megaphone for ideological preaching. True artwork emerges from the artist’s state of flow, and it should remain authentic to that.

I believe Perfection lies somewhere between these lines. 

Glad you mentioned it. Since the nature can be a good inspiration source for artists, I want to know about your connection with it.

We live in an era where conversations about nature are more frequent than ever, yet plastic waste fills our forests and oceans in unprecedented amounts. No wonder It’s also a time when people spend less time in nature than ever before. I find the connection rigth here. Less time spent in nature equals more damage to it. Cause The only way to understand nature, therefore our own nature in a proper way is spending time in the natural environment. That’s the way we can learn how to live in harmony with our environment. Rest of the ways end to words that has no action behind. Everyone needs to rekindle their personal connection to the earth. It’s not only that it gives artists inspiration. It’s there for everyone to offer them an opportunity to stay connected with their roots. With the secret of life. To learn how to listen to our body. Letting our body, The most advanced machine to do it’s job. Leading us to a deep understanding of life’s Secrets. We need to make a fire once in a while. We need to touch the soil. We need to watch the sky.

We need to be able to tell our stories beside a bone fire. Get close to animals. Tame/cuddle them, enjoy their company and learn from how they interact with nature and survive in its arms, Learn to accept what nature offers us with appreciation, and find the strength to sacrifice for gain. This is the kind of situational awareness we need. We need to engage all our senses. We need to smell, touch, taste, hear, and see as much as we can. An artist needs those to be able to create, and destroy with intention, in order to build the perfect creations. As long as we carry the compass of reality, we will never lose our way. Our body is an open book about nature. If we listen to it well enough, We never get lost. No matter how far we venture into unknown territories, we can always find our way back home when we need to, If we have the reality compass with us.

This is why being connected with our physicality is essential too. A deeper understanding of how we are wired. Physically, we all have limitations. We cannot fly, but we can run. We may fall and get injured on a hike, but we can still enjoy the pleasures of life. Enjoy sex. Enjoy climbing cliffs to hear the sharp cry of a red-tailed hawk, and if we’re lucky and honored, we might even find some black-tipped feathers of an eagle. We need to feed our soul. Without a soul, we are nothing but a void. A black hole. No matter how many skills we possess, if we lose that connection, we’ll find ourselves lost in the darkness of Vantablack.

We need to create a deep ocean behind our physical presence. A vast empire. Our mind is the land, and each of us owns an unlimited amount of it, all freely available. So why not start building?

Why do we need art?

For me, personally, creating comes from necessity.

There could be 8 billion different answers to this question. One for every person on earth. But one undeniable fact is that we, as  speaker, social, political, poet, and tool-maker animals, cannot exist without culture. And art has always been the cornerstone of culture. That’s a given.

Aside from those above, I could list some well-known reasons, such as:

   Reality is not enough.
   Longing for immortality. Throughout history, kings and the powerful have used the work of artists to leave a legacy, to remain alive in the annals of history long after death.
   We are so connected to our Dreams. When we are awake, our brain is deprived of one of its main functions.

   Understanding our dreams. The dream world is a realm worth exploring, deeply connected to our subconscious. It holds the key to understanding our true nature. A dream speaks in the language of the subconscious. This realm is where artwork originates. The land of the subconscious. It is said that artists are the archaeologists of the subconscious territory. Some refer to it as spiritual world, and I’m fine with that as well. Even if we call it “beet”. It’s still sweet.

So, art is a translation of dreams. 
   Social status. Unfortunately, art can also be exploited as a tool to gain social standing and self promotion. It’s has been used for that purpose too. 

But it doesn’t matter why we need it; We as homosapians, have needed it since the time we needed to eat.