We recently connected with Fabrizio Bianchi and have shared our conversation below.
Fabrizio, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?
While I am in a comfortable yet busy position of painting nonstop, I have often wondered if starting my creative career sooner would’ve made a difference. Opportunities beyond the level of experience and success probably would’ve been more pivotal by now, but I have learned a lot in the process of what I have accomplished in the order they actually happened.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I’ve been an artist all my life, always sketching, painting with acrylics or brainstorming on a computer. As a first generation North American, second generation Argentinian, and a third generation artist in the family, I have gained a sense of appreciation and community between cultures as a bilingual Spanish speaker, hoping to make local audiences understand the importance of cultural and intellectual diversity through my art and instruction.
With two degrees in fine arts and having worked in a variety of industries in graphic design, digital retouching, video game art, and art instruction, I have taken advantage of working digitally 9-5 then paint in the evenings to experience both sides of the creative world. Over the past couple years, I have become increasingly active in the art scene displaying my artwork in over 25 shows last year and through invitations this year, with more shows planned this and next year.
What has kept me motivated and driven to keep creating is to never settle with one look or style, but letting the ideas blend together through multiple paintings. Mostly focusing on the concepts of abstraction and expression, I have painted with many mediums and surfaces for personal or commissioned work. The more I paint and design, the more possibilities present themselves for future projects. The delicate balance between value and price of my artwork is always a challenge, but in the end I want to make my artwork more accessible so that each piece is like a large business card hanging in someone’s home.
In addition to my work and art routines, I have been teaching art classes in the Triangle so that students can be inspired and motivated like I was early on in my undergraduate studies, My dream gig is to have instructional videos for beginners and advanced students to learn a few new creative techniques online.
What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?
Go to more art shows, take an art class, follow artists local or outside your area on social media, even buy some art so you can appreciate different mediums and subject matters on a regular basis. Without having those engagements and collaborations in the arts, the general audience may not understand or value how much time and skill was involved in creating one’s form of expression and the conversations generated during or after finishing the piece.
We can gain a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us through the engagement of different perspectives, familiar and controversial topics, and thought provoking and sometimes heated discussions. The more we understand each other through artistic means, the more understandings and possibilities we can experience in our daily lives.
How did you build your audience on social media?
My two main motivators with social media have been patience and persistence. People are constantly scrolling through their phones looking at new content, and the artists I have noticed being revisited are the ones that show the creativity being displayed on a regular basis, or from fewer posts but with considerable amount of creation or activity between posts.
So even if you create something you just started, your audience will notice a progression or journey that could lead to a great piece or series. Even if the work is just a sketch, the idea is that your audience recognizes and appreciates your commitment to your passion than if just posting a few times a year.
Once people start noticing your work, their comments can lead to potential opportunities to sell, discuss or refer you to others who might be interested in your work. And trust the process, not the product. Even if you don’t get a ton of likes or comments on something you devoted a lot of time and energy into, the point is that you keep creating and keep posting. Never slow down just because the world doesn’t notice, as long as you see a journey that keeps going!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: fabzart21
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabrizio.bianchi.1004
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabzart/
Image Credits
Fabrizio Bianchi