Where do you practise tattooing? Hum.. In my living room? On whoever has a spare piece of skin they are willing to waste? Nah more seriously, I don’t actually tattoo. Maybe one day! You work in black and white a lot - what is it about the aesthetic that you love so much? I didn’t really choose to be honest. I think it is the natural outcome of me working with geometry a lot. A fineliner is just the best medium for it. And quite honestly, I suck at mixing colours. What’s next for you? More digital stuff for sure! And maybe colours (it’s time I learn) What artwork are you most proud of and what is its meaning to you? I think it would be ‘oneness’ because it so personal to me. It is surely my most emotional piece. I’ve done it after we learned my grandma had cancer. Part of her diagnostic and treatment was made here in Australia and I accompanied her every step of the way. It really changed my outlook on life as well as my understanding of my mind and body. What I wanted to convey in this piece is that your body and mind are talking to each other. What you say, think or feel, everything has an impact on your body. Positive or negative.
As I said earlier, art is my way of expressing myself. My artworks are representations of those different steps of my life or ‘spiritual’ journey if you like to call it that way. They are born from the things I’ve learned along the way, what life taught me at a particular moment. It is kind of visual representation of my quest to find the ‘meaning of life’ (or at least my life). I don’t think humans are meant to live constantly looking for more money, material goods and all that crap. I believe there is something more to life on earth. What inspires you daily? Everything. Like, literally everything. Melbourne is such an inspiring city, I mean even the bins are technological artefacts here! Do you have any rituals that you perform when being creative? I cannot even imagine drawing without music, they are totally indissociable things. What Australian artists are you currently crushing on? I would say Mark Conlan. He’s actually Irish but he lives in Melbourne (it counts right?!) His illustrations are just magical and it is definitely my biggest inspiration for my digital project at the moment. And he does draw quite a lot of space shit, which is my jam, in case you didn’t notice. IG: @mariforitart
Some of your work is very spiritual, explain why this is an important factor in showing who you are as an artist.
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