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What motivated you to create art and become an artist? (Events, feelings, experiences...)
I began producing “artwork” from the age of 15: an innate desire to express what I sensed inside and outside of me manifested itself even then. I started by producing music pieces as a bass player, and then used other means of expression such as sculpture, drawing and painting.
What is your artistic background, techniques and subjects you have experimented with so far?
In painting and sculpture, my background comes from my studies in architecture and interior/product design.
What are the 3 aspects that differentiate you from other artists, making your work unique?
The first aspect that characterizes my work is to give voice and space to my inner world and not from observing the external world or “reality”; each work I produce reveals and gives me aspects of myself that I did not know before. The second aspect is in the composition, which adheres little to canonical rules, resulting from an interweaving of forms and rhythm borrowed from design practice and music. The third aspect is in the use of colors obtained, in most of my works, through a process of addition and subtraction of them.
Where does your inspiration come from?
This point is already covered in the answer in the previous point.
What is your artistic approach? What visions, sensations or feelings do you want to evoke in the viewer?
Through my works, I hope that the viewer (the spectator) simply feels a jolt, something that takes him/her out of his/her daily “comfort zone” and produces in her/him only questions, to which, perhaps, there may be no answers.
What is the process of creating your works? Spontaneous or with a long preparatory process (technical, inspired by art classics or other)?
Before I begin a work of mine, I practice light forms of meditation that allow me to observe my thoughts, without identifying with them, so as to create a certain inner silence, allowing the manifestation of something deeper and more authentic.
Do you use a particular working technique? if yes, can you explain it?
The painting techniques I use most frequently are those of making several layers of color, from which I obtain shapes by subtraction (partial removal of applied layers of color) that I complete with spontaneous lines drawn with charcoal.
Are there innovative aspects to your work? Can you tell us what?
I think the most innovative aspect in my works consists in the approach I use to make them, as described above.
Do you have a format or medium that you feel most comfortable with? If so, why?
The format that is most congenial to me is 100x100 cm, approximately. I find the composition on this format more harmonious, whether it is canvas or wood .
Where do you produce your work? At home, in a shared lab, or in your workshop? And in this space, how do you organize your creative work?
I produce my works mostly at home for convenience-sometimes I feel I need to complete or start a work during night hours. In the workshop I mainly do preparatory work for the s of the works or packing for shipping.
Does your work lead you to travel to meet new collectors, for fairs or exhibitions? If yes, what does it take you?
Yes, it leads me to travel every time I attend an art fair or exhibition. Meeting with collectors and gallery owners is a confrontational experience, most of the time enjoyable.
How do you envision the evolution of your work and career as an artist in the future?
I see the path of being an artist as a great opportunity for growth and self-discovery.
What is the theme, style or technique of your latest artistic production?
My works basically have no theme, although a man-made worldview often emerges in my works.
Can you tell us about your most important exhibition experience?
The most important exhibition experience so far was the London Biennale in Chelsea. Of that experience, I really enjoyed the confrontation with other artists. I felt very much “at home.”
If you could create a famous work in art history, which one would you choose? And why ?
I would choose Francis Bacon's “Study from the Portrait of Innocent X” because it expresses the vacillation of a power that has promoted and perpetrated violence for far too long in human society.
If you could invite a famous artist (living or dead) to dinner, who would it be? How would you suggest they spend the evening?
I would invite Francis Bacon and suggest that we down a bottle of a fine 2012 vintage champagne, sitting by the sea, in silence.
Olimpia Gaia Martinelli 
