Q. Welcome to U1 Gallery. We deeply appreciate your willingness to join us for this interview. Could you kindly introduce yourself and your work? Additionally, what initially inspired you to pursue a career in art?
A. I am a self-taught artist based in La Spezia, Italy, father of one little girl. I am graduated in mechanical engineering and I have always played the complicated role of mediator between my rational side and my creative side, always in conflict with each other.
Since I was a child I have always been attracted by the visual arts, I don’t remember precisely, but I think I started drawing very early in my life, all over the walls of my parents' apartment. My painting activity started in 2008, discontinuously, depending on when I felt like doing it. At the moment art is not my first job, but it is a part of my life I would never change, it is a fundamental activity that I could not renounce. It is my safe little place.
Q. Could you describe an artwork or series from your oeuvre that you consider pivotal in your career?
A. I often painted surreal landscapes with water and elements that should normally be in the water but instead are located outside it and vice versa. I prefer night or evening atmospheres with spotlights, especially I love the atmosphere that is perceived in the blue hour. These are certainly some common elements in a wide range of my artworks.
Q. Could you elaborate on your creative process and the methods you use to express your work?
A. Most of the time, I let the materials and colors connect and guide me during the process. But it is an iterative process of repetition and exploration to create something that resonates and helps me attain inner peace and joy.
Q. Where do you draw inspiration for your work?
A. I always try to paint something related to what I remember about my dreams, but it is a pretty difficult task. Other inspirations could come from memories of some places I saw, reworking these in my mind according to the feelings I have from the memory.
Q. What do you hope the audience takes away from your art?
A. I use to let people make their own idea on what my artworks would communicate, I don’t like to make suggestions about interpretation.
Q. What is your dream project? Could you share your future plans and aspirations as an artist?
A. I would like to perform some totally abstract artworks, but differently from what most people think, in my opinion it is very difficult to obtain a credible result despite that art could appear technically simple at the first sight. Instead I believe that good experience and maturity are needed to express oneself effectively with the abstract, as well as a great sense of composition.
I hope one day I will feel comfortable with the abstract painting.
Contact
Artist : Mattia Perucca
E-mail : mattia.perucca@gmail.com
Instagram : @perru_artworks
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