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      Artist Interview: Tania Marmolejo

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      Tania Marmolejo Andersson is a Swedish-Dominican American artist born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Her work juxtaposes the intimate and personal with the monumental, creating large-scale paintings of ambiguous female facial expressions. She also explores issues of gender and identity as a Scandinavian-Caribbean female artist, using portraiture and physical expression as a means of communicating emotions to the viewer, stimulating a striking empathetic response.Recently, I had the chance to interview Tania to discuss the artistic influences behind her work and her upcoming projects.Rom Levy: When did you know you wanted to be an artist?Tania Marmolejo: Since I was a little girl, I picked up a crayon and found magic.What is the inspiration behind your work?My own experiences as a woman, memories of my childhood and teenage years, thoughts and contemplations on life and the female experience.How does painting as a medium serve your concepts in contrast to the other mediums? Painting in oil allows me to quickly paint my thoughts (i do not sketch beforehand), and at the same time- take my time finishing the work and changing it as I go along and as my thoughts and feelings change.What is the concept in your paintings? Why are women the main subjects of your portraits? And what does the emphasis on the eyes bear?The concept is female life, women are the central figures because I work from my own experiences. The eyes are the vessels for communication. I want the viewer to be “caught” in a stare that won’t let go.Who are the women in your paintings? They are characters that represent feelings, experiences and memories. Not necessarily self- portraits, but there is a lot of me in each character.What can you tell us about your palette? It varies depending on the memory I am portraying, or the feeling I want to express. It can be a cool palette with bits of warmth, or a warm palette with hints of coolness.There are instances where more than one subject is depicted in your paintings, such as a bird or more female characters. Can you tell us more about these paintings?The animals sometimes represent other people, sometimes they are symbols, sometimes they are a little voice…the other female characters can be a mirror image, a friend, a sister. I let the viewer decide.I am interested in the ephemerity of paintings. If you are unhappy with a work, do you tend to destroy it or would you rather put it in storage for a while and alter them at a later date? I store them and alter later. I rarely destroy, though it has happened – so I can move on!As a New-Yorker, how is your relation to the location street culture? I actually don’t have a lot of similarity with the street culture, being more of a “classical” painter, even if my characters can be pop- surrealist in nature. I do have friends in the culture and I enjoy it, but almost feel detached from it as a genre.Did you ever paint a mural or have any interest to do so in the future?I have painted murals in a classic sense (on a wall in a home), but not an outdoor one. It would be an amazing experience to try.Being from various backgrounds culturally, how does that influence your work? My work can be very split in personality, and that comes from my dual Scandinavian- Caribbean heritage. The colors, themes, personalities can be very scandinavian or caribbean, depending on my mood and focus.Describe what a day in Tania Marmolejo’s week looks like?A lot of painting! Always. I am very disciplined and paint many hours a day. I tend to work very hard for several weeks leading up to a show, then I travel far to escape my studio and clear my mind.What is one thing you always need in your studio while working?Music! Though silence is nice too, once in a while. Light- lots of light. Tell us about your upcoming plans?Aside from the solo show at Volery Gallery, which I am very excited about, 2023 is full of solo shows in Asia and Europe, and some group shows too. So I see a lot of my studio walls in my future!Photo credits: B4 Flight More

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      Cheng Cheng Yi “Dragon Summoner” Limited Edition Print – Available November 10th

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      Chinese contemporary artist Cheng Cheng Yi have collaborated with ArtPort for his latest limited edition screenprint entitled “Dragon Summoner”. Dragon Summoner comes in an edition of 25 and measures 70 x 56 cm. The print features Yi’s signature characters that often tell stories about adolescence and the dreams of the young generation.Born in 1985, Cheng Cheng Yi is a contemporary artist from Beijing. Since his graduation from the prestigious Anhui Normal University in 2011, Yi has been constantly honing his technical skills and style, from gentle brush strokes and soft colours to his current unique and elaborate aesthetic, a mix between shape and bold, captivating tones.Skillfully and meticulously executing his works with utmost care and attention to every detail, Yi plays with codes, geometric shapes and silhouettes that remind us of Damien Hirst and Yayoi Kusama, placing the figure of a boy – his own self-portrait – in an urban environment. With the use of a primary palette and monochromatic backgrounds, the artist conveys his vision of the individual living in contemporary society.Dragon Summoner will be available on 10 November 2022, Thursday. 7PM HK Time (7AM NYC, 4AM LA, 9PM Melbourne, 12PM UK, 8PM Tokyo) at ArtPort website.ArtPort is a publishing house established in 2020. ArtPort supplies limited high-quality editions and prints by artists from the new contemporary art wave. Created around the theme of travelling, ArtPort aims to have people on board, offering them a journey through the art world and an easy way to bring it to their homes. Each edition is a unique and exclusive collaboration between ArtPort and leading contemporary artists. More

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      New Mural by 2501 in Bolzano, Italy

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      Jacopo Ceccarelli aka 2501 recently work on a project in South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy. He designed and painted the walls of the outdoor area of ​​the Alperia Greenpower company headquarters on Via Claudia Augusta — the project was curated by Outbox.Alperia Greenpower is an Alperia subsidiary active in the field of energy production from renewable sources and operates the Alperia Group’s hydroelectric power plants in South Tyrol.2501’s stylistic signature is characterized by the use of black and white lines and figures that follow each other and alternate in space, which is why he was chosen as the artist. Hypnotic lines and moving images chase each other on the walls of one of the Alperia offices to create a mural inspired by the world of energy. Here is how out of nowhere, between one brushstroke and another, turbines, cables, alternators and transformers come to life.In all his creations, whether it be canvas, paper, or walls, there is an obvious progression in size, detail and complexity that accompanies 2501’s works. His installations, in comparison, grant his audience a more natural, organic contrast to what is customary in his other pieces. His ability to play with different forms of media while remaining devoted to line use has allowed him to develop into the incredible artist that he is today.Check out more photos of the project below. More

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      “300,000 Km/s” by Felipe Pantone in São Paulo, Brazil

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      Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone completed his recent work on Faria Lima avenue in São Paulo, Brazil. Entitled “300,000 Km/s” the mural is 35m high x 9m wide which took 10 days to finish. It is the first large scale mural Felipe hand paint after the pandemic, being the last one in Buffalo, NY in May 2019.” A friend of mine told me that it feels like a splash of light for the city; that’s exactly how I see it” the artist mentioned.Felipe Pantone evokes a spirit in his work that feels like a collision between an analog past and a digitized future, where human beings and machines will inevitably glitch alongside one another in a prism of neon gradients, geometric shapes, optical patterns, and jagged grids.Based in Spain, Pantone is a byproduct of the technological age when kids unlocked life’s mysteries through the Internet. As a result of this prolonged screen time, he explores how the displacement of the light spectrum impacts color and repetition.Check out below for more photos of the mural. More

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      “E SOM DAL GATTO – Struttura G069” by Giulio Vesprini in Reggio Emilia, Italy

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      Street artist Giulio Vesprini recently worked on a project in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The mural entitled ‘E Som dal Gatto‘ was created together with the inhabitants of the neighborhood, to tell the story and its symbols.  The work was made possible thanks to the synergy between local institutions and the private world, with the aim of redeveloping and regenerating a suburban space in the city, enriching it with meanings strongly connected with the life of the place.“I reinterpreted this facade with elements of color and graphic structures that have clear references to the life of the Social Center and that emerged during the meetings held with residents of the area. In fact, yellow represents the walkway that connects the district to the Crostolo embankment, the round signs are a dedication to the game of bowls and football, green and blue are the synthesis of water and nature present in the district with a reference to the Gatto Azzurro and the crostolo stream that joins the Po river. The red, on the other hand, recalls the colors I mapped in the neighborhood.”Graziano Tura, president of the Gattaglio social center, underlined, among other things, the beauty of the common experience of members and inhabitants of the neighborhood in the relationship and collaboration with the artist: “Giulio Vesprini is now truly one of us.”With a subtle minimalistic approach, Vesprini focuses on the idea of ‘public space’ and more specifically on spaces where graphic and wall can be united at any given moment: the non-private space and space that is economically uninteresting can become utility space. His artworks are often about contact with architecture and graphic elements.By applying abstraction, he creates intense personal moments masterfully created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles. His practice provides some graphic tools with a minimalist approach in the world of art: these meticulously planned works resound and resonate with images culled from the fantastical realm of imagination.Credits:Artistic assistant: Daniele Peccioli-Jacopo CostaPhoto Drone: Matteo Consolini More

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      “REMO and the Earthly Elements” NFT Drop by Joey Tadiar

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      Joey Tadiar, a London-based Web 3 artist and creative director of Kapsule Studios, has announced the release of his first solo NFT art project.The announcement comes as NFTs and digital art are on the cusp of becoming mainstream, and as select NFTs enjoy skyrocketing values. Joey’s NFTs will be available for purchase on Nifty Gateway, an established, premium NFT marketplace used by the world’s biggest digital collectors. As this will be Joeys first NFT offering, these works are sure to be appreciated and become his most sought-after creations.As a digital artist and oil painter, Joey’s artwork is notable for its caricature references, innovative use of bold colours, and a fun, approachable style. His work, which is simultaneously inclusive and unique, has earned him a spot spearheading the creative direction with Warner Records and Bose on the Stickmen Toys NFT collection.Joey’s upcoming NFT drop ‘REMO and the Earthly Elements’ was inspired by his desire to reignite his childhood curiosities and bring his dream of creating a series of toys to life. The collection features four stunning digital artworks, which collectors will be able to use to unlock physical artworks, including access to Joey’s early ideation sketchbooks, oil paintings and custom made, hand-painting resin toys.Starting life as a sketchbook of scribbles, REMO has now been reimagined for the digital world as beautiful 3D character. Joey’s dream is to attract a familial community of collectors who want to be a part of his journey as an artist, helping to create the REMO brand by building a world revolving around stunning digital and physical artworks and a series of sought after toys suitable for serious art collectors and the next generation of art aficionados.“Since becoming a dad earlier this year, I’ve had this burning desire to reignite all those childhood curiosities and bring my “When I grow up” dreams to life. Maybe one day, my son will be able to tell his friends ‘My dad made that!’” – Joey Tadiar, creator of REMOWhile this is his first NFT offering, the London resident is hardly new to the art scene.Joey attended acting school as a child and studied English literature and creative writing before pursuing a master’s degree in acting and screenwriting in New York City. After moving back to London, he took up oil painting, a hobby that turned into a profession during the 2020 pandemic. From there, it was on to digital and 3D art.To read more about Joey Tadiar’s “REMO and the Earthly Elements” NFT drop, you can visit this link. More

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      A Mural “We Will See” by Sebas Velasco in Ingolstadt, Germany

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      Sebastián Velasco was born in Burgos, Spain in 1988. He got a Masters degree in Painting from the University of the Basque Country in 2016. Velasco started drawing when he was a child but it was only in 2004 that he began to paint in the street.Sebas started to paint with some classmates in his hometown when he was 15 or 16. Then he moved to Bilbao where he met some other graffiti artists and he continued painting and developing to become a muralist.“We will see” project was a collaboration with LANDMARKS project assisted by Jose Delou (photographer) in Ingolstadt, Germany.Sebas about the project: “It has been a pleasure sharing with Jose Delou the research process of the theme and previous context shots for this wall.”Take a look at more images below and check back with us soon for more updates. More

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      A New Mural by Pref in Liège, Belgium

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      Pref is a British graffiti fine artist and muralist. He is known for his multi-layered typographic style graffiti, incorporating an exploration of common words and key vernacular phrases.He has developed his role and reputation as a graffiti artist over 20 years, and trained initially at Chelsea College of Arts before going on to work in graphic design. Pref’s multi-layered style means that an element of deciphering is introduced, the viewer being asked to disentangle images and meanings from the artwork.The project was a collaboration with SILVERSQUARE to celebrate the recent first phase of the opening of SQ Guillemins (Liège), to create a gigantic mural right in front of the coworking space.The idea proposed by the artist is based on the phrase “shake hands” in a woven style.Anyone who gets off the train and arrives in Liege is now greeted by this colourful giant mural.Take a look at more images below and check back with us soon for more updates.Photo credit: Jules Césure More