Was 2022 a good year for you?
I had a very specific goal for 2022 and it was being included as a Finalist in the 16th ARC Salon, and I achieved it. So in this sense was a very good year, I didn’t have a goal for selling art or having a show.
I like when this happens: you set a very detailed goal and you achieved it.
What were some of the highlights in your art career?
My work was included in 4 Art Catalogs that will be part of The Lunar Codex that next year will be deposited on the moon. My work “Sunbath” was in the show Painting The Figure Now 2022 curated by Dr. Samuel Peralta at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art.
I am finalist in the prestigious 16th ARC Salon with my piece: Self Isolation or the Unsung Story of How Dreams Unconsciously Interfered with my Daily Life in two categories, Drawing and Figurative
My first collective show in Ireland in the Art Show Pandemic curated by Conor Walton with my piece “Self Isolation in the Manner of an Ex Voto with music of Bob Dylan” I was in two Online exhibitions at PoetsArtists: Mujer and Desperately Seeking Madonna.
What were some of the pitfalls?
No sales, only a print from Saatchi Online. I was rejected 14 times from shows, publications, public art, grants but I don’t know if is entirely bad, in some ways it means that I was very active sending submissions.
I also felt disappointed when my work was not included in the show “Is this a photograph?” My follower growing in TickTock has been null for six months, I think I have been shadow banned there.
Did your art sell?
No, but that was not one of my goals.
Were you included in any shows?
Mujer, PoetsArtists
Painting the Figure Now, WMOCA
Pandemic, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin Ireland
Desperately Seeking Madonna, PoetsArtists
Were you published in any art magazines or periodicals?
I was published in the catalogs of the art shows
How has social media affected your daily practice?
I have been shadow banned from TikTok and my posts are constantly censored because of nude content. My followers have grown organically on Instagram but on TikTok my followers haven’t grown in the last 6 months.
It was not a good year for me on my social media channels.
What are you looking forward to in 2023?
I want to participate on the Salt Springs Art Prize for Canadian Artists and I’m also interested in the show Painting the Figure Now 2023 curated by David Wilson and Kiki Kim. And if I am lucky enough, and my work started to gain traction, I could be included in an Art Fair.
