I create to reveal the beauty within darkness and the darkness within beauty—because one cannot exist without the other, just as we cannot.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
Sculpting is what I’m most drawn to. There’s something transformative about watching an idea step off the page and exist in the real world.
Where do you find inspiration?I wish I could say inspiration comes easily. Sometimes it finds me just as I’m falling asleep—an idea I have to chase, pulling me out of bed to capture it before it disappears. Other times, it lives in the creativity of others, in a single word or fleeting image. And then there are moments when my mind is left without a drop of inspiration, and I struggle, as we all do, to find the ideas to keep going. However, if you look long enough, inspiration has a way of showing itself anyway—quietly.
What would you do with $25,000?What I would use this money for is finally taking the leap and putting on my very first art gallery show—one that features different perspectives and shared struggles in life. There’s more I want to say about the vision, but it’s still a work in progress, and I’m not ready to reveal everything just yet. I’ve lived in LA for eight years, and like many before me—and many after—I’ve struggled the entire time.Now, I’m ready to take another shot at pursuing my passion for creativity.
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