She has received the Auguste Rodin prize, presented a tv show and few weeks ago one of her works, a 70 thousand usd painting, was stolen from a Pasadena private collection. In this interview the Chilean artist set in Concepcion, answers many questions.
How do you feel that thieves are stealing your art? I don’t really know how to feel, I probably shouldn’t say it, but I feel kind of flattered. It’s nice to see people enjoying your art. Anyway it’s nicer to see people paying it. But it wasn’t your money, the painting was sold to a collector. Yes, it’s always surprising to see how the prices go up and up. When I sold it, the painting wasn’t that expensive, and that was only around two years ago.
What’s up with your name? Ha! People are always wondering about that, De las Tormentas (of the Storm) it’s my actual last name, not a pseudonym. My daughter, who is a filmmaker, enjoys making puns with it, she was the one who named our tv show Pintando en la Tormenta (Painting in the Storm), and she also happens to be the director. You seem to be very close to your family? Yes, very close to them all, I also have an excellent relationship with my son in law. Really? Yes, people don’t believe us, but he is like a son to me, I get him cookies, I cook his favorite meals. For instance, he has written a series of child short stories, and I have illustrated them. We are super close.
You seem like a happy person, what do you want to communicate with your art? I want to communicate emotions, personal thoughts, ideas I explore on my daily life. I want to share the beauty that’s around us.
Tamara de las Tormentas is a visual artist from the Bio Bio Region, resident of the Chiguayante commune, with more than 30 years of experience in abstract painting, landscapes, oils and graphite. She has worked in various areas, being also the host of the online TV program “Conversing with Tamara”, as well as an actress and executive producer of the movie “Opera Prima”. He began to work in black and white, to eventually get to the colors, “I began to mix and bring my art to life, to capture in it what I saw in reality,” said the visual artist.
Despite being away from the spotlights and concentrating on her art, during this year, Tamara wants to carry out some activities to spread her extensive artistic work. “I decided to make some changes, I realized that, in my own land, my art is not known, so I will do some exhibitions, we are studying together with the Rural Village Corporation and the Conception of Art, to make an exhibition of my works in the Windsor Room, I think it is an important step to work the closeness and knowledge with the community, ”he said. You can visit her exhibition online here, additional info at Tamara de las Tormentas Art Gallery.
For our spanish language readers :
Tamara de las Tormentas, artista visual de la octava region, residente en Chiguayante, con mas de treinta anos de experiencia en la pintura abstracta, paisajes, oleos y grafito. Se ha desempenado en diversas areas, siendo tambien conductora del programa de Television “Conversando con Tamara” y actriz y productora ejecutiva de la pelicula una “Opera Prima”.
La destacada artista visual chilena Tamara de las Tormentas recibio el premio Auguste Rodin a las Artes Visuales de manos de la directora del Centro Cultural de Tome Valeria Gajardo. La Concepcion del Arte ha sido la entidad organizadora de la exhibicion Onirica y proximamente de la exposicion Dualidades.