Being an artist despite what the world says with Angelique Bacia
Being an artist despite what the world says with Angelique Bacia
How to follow your intuition in a world that sees art as a hobby?
What can you as an artist bring to the world?
In this inspiring talk with abstract painter Angelique Bacia, we navigate through issues that most artists face in their journey: how can you follow your passion to create art when the outside world doesn't see it as a real job? Angelique shares with us her journey from the safety of a corporate world, to following her happiness as an artist. She talks to us about using abstract art to explore different emotions and connect with other people. In the end, we also discuss the importance of believing in yourself and what you as an artist can give to the world.
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Angelique Bacia is a self-taught contemporary abstract painter who lives and works in San Diego, California. Angelique has been creating art in some form or another throughout her life, but it was not until Brexit that she became a full time painter.
Living in England at the time, the ugliness and noise of Brexit compelled Angelique to try to inject some positivity and quiet back into the world. Driven with the same thirst for knowledge that previously allowed her to write, edit, perform in and produce a comedic web series about vampires, Angelique threw herself into learning everything she could about painting. Then using that knowledge, she took oil to canvas, chose a positive word and abstracted how that word felt, trusting it would come through.
Inspired and influenced by Gerhard Richter's Weiss and Grey paintings, as well as works by British artist Jessica Zoob, the concept of quieting noise has become the obsessive focus of Angelique's work. Having switched to acrylics and continuously educating herself, her goal with every work is to tame a loud canvas into something calm and quiet.
Angelique holds a degree in Criminal Justice from Georgia State University. She has most recently exhibited in the Art Museum of South Texas and has shown in galleries in Camarillo, Oceanside, and Encinitas. Angelique's work has also been shown in several on-line publications including FVM Global Magazine.⠀
