Can you tell us a bit about you? I am from the country-side outside of Bergen, on the west side of Norway. When I was little, I spent too much time outside, and I knew the land around where I lived better than anything. I have been drawing and painting all my life. My first experience with art was at…
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How did you find your voice as an artist? I have always looked for a way to communicate with others. I have often found that people listen to themselves, or they want to impose their ideas so much that exchanging becomes particularly difficult, even impossible.So I searched for a median allowing this exchange without direct or verbal contact. Painting is…
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Can you tell us a bit about you? I am an American painter originally from Puerto Rico. I have lived around the world out the United States for extended periods of time and it was on one of those that I discovered my enjoyment of painting and where my journey as an artist first starts. I live and work in…
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How did you find your voice as an artist? When I found out that the strongest subject matter and style choices are dependent on what I want to say rather than on what I am good at producing. However, it is not easy to find my own voice as an artist. I am still on my way. In your work…
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Please introduce yourself to us! My name is Sarah Wimperis and I have been a professional artist for 36 years. I am based in Cornwall in the far south west of the UK but I travel a lot for new subjects to paint. Why do you make art? I make art because now, after all these years I am quite…
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What is your artistic singularity? I feel that I’m different to many artists in the sense that my work harks back to bygone eras. The golden age of Hollywood, the fifties and the sixties have always attracted me. My focus is on a period when the word ‘celebrity’ actually meant something. Unlike today when reality TV or social media springboards…
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Can you tell us a bit about you and your artistic vision? My name is Armin Eßert, better known as an artist under the pseudonym “Nasca 1” or “Nasca Uno”. I was born in Munich in 1992 and have been living and working in Berlin for three years as a freelance artist and illustrator. I mainly work with painting: on…
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How did you find your voice as an artist? Despite always having a strong inclination for the arts, at only 38 years old in 1998, I met the masters Ronald Simon and Dulce Osinski, who saw the potential of my ideas and encouraged me to pursue my own language. The freedom to produce in the Alfredo Andersen Museum’s Painting Studio…
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Could you briefly describe yourself and the approach in your artistic work? Life is art, my art is my life. You studied in China and are now living in NYC – how does your origine influence your work? The origine influences deeply affect my art works until now. The origine influence to my art works was from Europe. My first…
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Please introduce yourself to us! Born in 1984, I am a Tokyo-based Japanese painter. I received my MFA in Fine Art from Tama Art University in Tokyo. By using traditional Japanese painting materials, my current theme is to depict the landscape of my mind and the nature of its existence. I have held solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Helsinki and…