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Episode 6: Painting, Tattooing, and Going with the Flow ft. Jael Buscema (jaeljesabel)

For this episode I spoke with visual artist Jael Buscema about her work, her process, and much more. This episode was recorded in September 2020.

In this episode we talk about:

-The different mediums Jael creates in-painting, tattooing, and writing

-Jael's experience as a child with art and creativity

-Starting to paint in university

-Her experience in university

-Her first exhibition and taking painting more seriously

-Being told art can't be a viable path

-Her mother's experience as an artist and influence on Jael's experience

-Her process for creating paintings

-Working with acrylic paint

-Writing a story for her paintings

-Symbolism in her work

-Her love for music and singing

-Her childhood dream of being a musical artist

-Learning to hand-poke tattoo

-Enjoying the process of self-tattooing

-Selling prints of artwork

-Turning paintings into woven tapestries

-The longevity of tapestries

-The difficulty of covid-19

-Resisting the pressure to be productive

-Regularly visiting family in Argentina

-Moving to Australia from Argentina as a child

-Her experience as an Argentinian immigrant in Australia

-Self-love and healing through returning to Argentina

-Travel

-Her experience with other exhibitions

-Going with the flow and not trying to plan the future

Jael's artist bio via her website: Argentinian folk artist, reclaiming stories and knowledge from pre and post-colonial Latin American history influenced by racial, socio and environmental burdens of colonisation, and the rebirth of ancestral knowledge that was once suppressed from Indigenous traditions. She applies realism and spirituality with portraits, nature, and symbolism that represents the ancestral connection that is formation of a story.

Jael's links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaeljesabel/

Website: https://www.pendejadelsur.com/

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