Category: Interviews

I am learning to take a step back, go for a walk or even sleep over a project. I'm learning to be more patient with things. To give projects space and time. But in the end it's such a balance you have to find in it. Some of my best work has been when I didn't overthink anything and just put myself out there.

Some artists seem to have been seen before they were experienced. In the case of Kati Horna, her granddaughter Kati Polgovsky Horna remembers her through the everyday: her home, her presence, her way of being. The exhibition “Kati Horna and Her Friends” at the Georgina Pounds Gallery offers a shifted interpretation of life in images.

I've learned to gather a lot of references for each project and to fully immerse myself in the process. I truly merge with what I do; sometimes I realize that, subconsciously, I dress in the colors of the image I'm working on.

There was significant pressure to produce such a large body of work on a shipping deadline, with some pieces still drying as they left the studio. It required a lot of discipline and trust in my process.

Taking self-portraits is a practice that began without me even realizing it, and one I've never shared until now. It's been a way for me to get to know myself, in my most vulnerable and even playful moments. It's like looking back and realizing all the lives I've lived.

I'm learning to trust my mistakes and incorporate them into my work. I try not to overthink while I draw and let myself be guided by my mood at that moment.

While I was on the crane building the final piece, I made aesthetic decisions about it. I was thinking about how interesting it is that many contemporary artists make drawings and then have their pieces manufactured. I feel that very creative moments are lost during the production process.

Lately I've been experiencing nostalgia as a latent emotion; before I thought it was a bad thing, but with time I understand that it's not all bad. I love remembering the past, my friends from design school, and those years.

Mistakes are key to finding the right sound or feeling; making mistakes is the most fun part. Sometimes mistakes stay in the final version because they add a different touch. But trial and error is the only way to get there. 

There are things from the past that still pierce me like thorns. With great patience, I'm getting rid of them. I trust what my mother used to say when I was little: that all thorns, in time, eventually come out.

Analog photography is a back-and-forth of emotions and frustrations. Patience is the greatest virtue in this learning process. Through so many mistakes, you begin to understand more about how it works, and honestly, it’s such an enriching feeling—even though it can also be discouraging at times.

Working with paper and printed photographs is a continuous learning process. It develops my compositional skills, color sense, and creativity in general.