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Zakiyah Huertas

I love to create art because it allows me to show up as my truest self. I am just the creator most days; the art reveals itself to me.

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

I would consider my style to be imaginative and slightly abstract. I feel as though I’m drawn to representation, rather than actuality. My work can be categorized as dreamlike and whimsy, otherworldly and even trippy. I often find myself in an odd intrinsic, hypnosis when making; I never truly see (with my human eyes) what I’ve come up with until I come to….and then I amaze myself.

Where do you find inspiration?

My muses stem from nature as well as the nature of humanity. I always want to know what qualities like “goodness”, “divinity”, “mystery”, look like simply. While creating my mind molds on the idea of giving intangible human qualities shape and form through the naturalness of flowers and plants: who purpose is to be briefly beautiful before letting go of life, and giving of themselves to life again, in a new and yet again brief way. Similarly to the growth cycles of ppl spiritually and inwardly.

What would you do with $25,000?

With $25,000 I would absolutely put myself in a better position to live and maintain what I’ve already got. Thats just speaking practically, but I would also put some money towards being able to travel places where I could build community in the art world and find my people. I would also use some to fund a personal art project that I've been thinking about for years now; that I believe could be bigger than just what it’ll do for me. I want to consider others & leave something here, in real time.

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