“When I start to paint, I never limit myself. I experiment, I don’t have a closed idea about my art”.
Hello Artwhos! How would you describe your art to people?
Artwhos: I would define my art as a multi-style hybrid. Coming from contemporary art, a mixture of pop art, street art, figurative art, I believe that my style is a free art that reacts instinctively in contact with the world and the things of life.
What’s the most challenging part of your artistic process? And how do you overcome it?
Artwhos: The most difficult part is to choose among a million ideas as interesting one as the others in order to make a creation. I overcome all this by trusting my instincts I let myself be led by them, it is very interesting to act like that. I choose what I like it always works.
You’ve said you were inspired by your mother and uncle. Tell me more about that.
Artwhos: Basically my mother and my uncle were the first people who made me discover art through their practices, my mother painting, my uncle drawing and sculpture and so much more, for example, they practice a lot of arts different and many craft activities such as sculpture, pyrogravure, painting, jewelry making … Etc I have always been very admiring of the diversity of all their activities. What was an enrichment of my imagination, moreover I am very grateful for that.
What motivates you as an artist? Is it curiosity, the search for beauty, or meaning?
Artwhos: What motivates me as an artist It is to succeed in transcribing my personal visions of things in life by letting my imagination and my creativity express themselves fully. Knowing that curiosity made me know art and that beauty is part of itself in its execution, I do not try to control everything but more to let go, that this expression becomes natural like breathing for example.
What is the process from start to final artwork, do you envision it from the beginning or is it a different process? How do you communicate the steps?
Artwhos: I don’t have a defined process for starting work, it all depends on the subject, and the medium to work with, I let my creativity and my imagination do the rest. I communicate on social networks, it is the only place where I can see some flaws in my work process Or more about the spontaneity of my art. To end up being exhibited in an Art Gallery.
How has your style changed or evolved over the years?
Artwhos: The evolution of my work is done naturally, the mastery of a certain style this increased sound has the force of practice but the heart of the art remains in our thoughts pushing the limits of the imagination and the possibilities it is this evolution that allows us to do better, my faith is there for a lot besides it is the very essence of my personal vision of art I did not learn to paint, it is a gift that I received. And I said thank you, my God.
What is your most recent piece of art that you have enjoyed working on the most, and why?
Artwhos: Recently I painted a portrait of a woman and for the first time I experienced the duality between two distinct styles the results brought out the complementarity of the differences, the kind of thing that should be applied between humans.
What is a day of working like in your home-studio?
Artwhos: My day can start with painting on sneakers very early in the morning and at the beginning of the afternoon the continuation of a canvas that was started the day before and at the end of the day a visit to another collaborator workshops The idea or ideas fuse. My days are not very alike which is specific to my activity.
Do you have any rituals that help you get motivated or in “the zone”?
Artwhos: I don’t have any rituals but I start all my days with prayer, my creativity, and my determination is only growing thereafter.
What memorable responses have you had to your work?
Artwhos: I remember that I had made a pair of shoes that was intended to be worn but in the end ended up exhibited at its owners, what I appreciate are the reactions of others to the works.
What is the best way to reach people that are interested in your art?
Artwhos: The best ways to reach people interested in my art There remain art gallery exhibitions and social media distribution.
What’s next on the horizon for Artwhos?
Artwhos: Currently I am on several projects The next is the realization of my new series of canvas and my new collection of sneakers.
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