Artist profile
Clarissa
Miglioranza
Clarissa Miglioranza is a self-taught visual artist. Originally hailing from the chaotic and unruly city of Sao Paulo in Brazil, she now lives a calm and artistic lifestyle in Australia.
Her abstract paintings are the reflection of her very intimate emotional processes. It often takes her months or years to see what was really behind them.
She is inspired by her own curiosity and ability to surprise herself as she allows each step to come from the source. It's a never ending practice of surrendering.
Career Highlights
- In Bloom Exhibition
- Palava Exhibition
Artist Interview
What medium do you work with, and why have you chosen them?
I'm not particularly attached to any medium but I work with acrylic paints frequently for its versitility and fast drying quality, which allows me to be spontaneaus as I work with layers.
How does your artwork get from initial concept to exhibition stage?
I like to keep the process as free as possible as the aim is to connect with the ever flowing river of pure creativity. I never have an idea in mind before I start painting. I intuitively add layers of colours until I start seeing shapes, which I use as cues to continue. Never knowing what the outcome will be, I keep it playful and interesting. I enjoy taking space from my artworks and coming back to them as I feel charmed to. Some pieces take a whole year to get finished, and when it happens, I'm amused by life's movement and transition of seasons being displayed on canvas in such an organic and subtle way.
Can you tell us a little more about your creative working environment/studio?
Being in a studio is a mindset shift more than anything. As I've moved around, I learned it's important to be able to get myself ready to create wherever I am at. Playing the keyboard, singing mantras, meditating and breathwork practices allow me to enter the studio frame of mind. My current space has a beautifully ruined rug, with art books laying around, journals, sketchbooks and piles of canvases. It's an organised mess as any artist would say.
