Maria Alm's Blog
May 15, 2020
Artist Interview – Art and life!
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Yesterday I was interviewed by Mariana at Andreus Galeria, we had such a nice conversation and I’d like to invite you to listen!
The interview covers a lot of aspects of who I am as a person and artist and if you are curios about me, my art journey, why I changed from a safe career as an executive to a life as an artist, what life crisis actually brought more life to my art, what motivates me to create, my way to adapt to the pandemic and how it has injected more ideas to my art, my current challenges and dreams, which I think can resonate with a lot of other artists, please check it out! I even had some time to speak about some paintings in particular to explain my process and vision with my art. So you can get the story behind some of my favorites!
The interview can be found on the IgTV channel of Andreus Galeria, follow the link for easy access:
Thank you Andreus Galeria for the opportunity!
Special note
The interview was saved to the IgTv tab at Andreus, but by mistake it wasn’t saved to the Stories where all the comments and who participated are normally saved for 24 hours. There was a lot of people listening and I wanted to enter after the interview to read all comments and questions with care since during the interview I was focusing on Mariana, but I couldn’t. I am very sorry, so if you were one of the people listening and if you have something to share, a question to make or if you were interested in the artist calls to action I was speaking about, like #artchallengecestou, please let me know.
Links to projects and sites mentioned in the interview:
(1) For more information about the project Poeticas Visuais, the group of artists developing art representing their take on “In times of Corona Virus”, based on individual work, group discussions and mentored by art critic Oscar D’Ambrosio. The initiative is organized my Cia Arte Cultura.
(2) #artchallengecestou by @gerandofalcões. The initiative where artists offers a piece of art where the sales go to buy “cestas básicas”(kits with food and essentials) to women in vulnerable situation in the favelas, helping them and their family. Every artist then calls other artists to participate to create a positive wave of donations.
Gerando Falcoes – #artchallengecestou
(Instagram: https://instagram.com/andreusgaleria)
(4) My social media:
Site: Galeriamaria.com
Facebook: /ByMariaAlm
May 7, 2020
“I wish you peace, love, health and happiness”
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“I wish you peace, love, health and happiness”
80 x 90 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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May 2, 2020
“I’ve got that swing”
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“I’ve got that swing”
100×100 cm
Acrylics and spray in canvas
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March 26, 2020
“The sun shines into the eye and the heart of my child”
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“The sun shines into the eye and the heart of my child”
80 x 70 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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March 16, 2020
“I turn around and face my fears”
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“I turn around and face my fears”
50 x 50 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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March 14, 2020
“I am singing in the rain”
“I am singing in the rain”
130 x 100 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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“Someone is watching over me”
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“Someone is watching over me”
40 x 40 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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March 4, 2020
“Someone, somewhere loves me“
“Someone, somewhere loves me”
60 x 80 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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“I trust my intuition”
“I trust my intuition”
50 x 60 cm
Acrylics and spray on canvas
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November 8, 2019
Exposição de Primavera 2019 Cia Arte Cultura – 2019
While I was in Paris I also participated in the juried Spring Salon of Cia Arte Cultura back here in Sao Paulo. Since I was traveling I couldn’t participate in the opening and had a very nice surprise the day after when I learned that I won the 2nd prize and a solo exhibition for my paintings “I love” and ” I feel like dancing”.
It means a lot to me that it was this particular painting that charmed the judges, ” I love” represents me as an artist and I even use the image as my icon on my social medias. I want to spread love and motivation, painting by painting, and I feel enormous gratitude to get so much love back.
Vernissage: 23 October 2019 at 19.00.
Exposition period: 21 October – 1 November 2019
Local: Alesp – Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral 201 – Sao Paulo
Curatorship: Paco de Assis
Thank you! Let the energy continue to flow!
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