We had the good fortune of connecting with Fabrizio Bianchi and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Fabrizio, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?
An artistic career is not pursued, it is practiced with persistence and passion. Without those two factors, my lifelong ambition of creating and exploring new ideas would be an occasional hobby that would rarely find a public spotlight. I knew early on in my undergraduate career that regardless of the path taken, it would involve traditional fine art skills and more independent thinking for myself and employers.

What has made this journey even more impactful is that the passion has never subsided, especially when attending art shows, galleries, and other artists in the Triangle. Some of the best inspiration has come from those interactions, which I still look forward to doing every month.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
My art speaks to relationships between man and Earth, my North and Latin American roots, abstract versus reality, past versus present. I don’t create so that people would understand my world–I create for people to understand their own. I work and think in the abstracts, so that different interpretations may evolve out of my creations. While my artwork displayed can be considered finished, the result is a reflection of the artist as a work in progress. I am always striving to explore new approaches to interpret and understand the world around me.

My creative journey has not been easy with all its twists and turns of life reaching unexpected curves and detours. Yet with all the complexities of social connections and communication in order to better understand human behavior and all its social cliques and circles, staying focused with the creative process on a daily basis is rewarded with a moment of refuge and solace that makes the efforts all the more worthwhile.

What lies ahead for next year already seems more promising than this one, so hopefully by this time next year I’ll have a more fulfilling and uplifting story to tell.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If all expense paid, I would take them to Argentina starting with a couple nights in Buenos Aires and enjoying the best food and culture including tango, art museums and shows. Then hop over to Bariloche for skiing and the best homemade chocolate. Then travel down to Patagonia for hiking and possibly horse back riding.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
There’s been so many inspiring artists and venues along the way, but one artist comes to mind who has helped motivate and push my creative pursuits further: Luna Lee Ray from Carrboro, NC. She has been a pivotal force in the community with her artwork and efforts at Frank Gallery and other venues and has given me great feedback and advice from aesthetics to technical matters that made a difference in how an artist should present their work.

A number of art venues have been inspirational with their shows and calls for art: Carrboro ArtsCenter, Durham Art Guild, Frank Gallery, Hillsborough Arts Council, Lump, and others.

Instagram: fabzart21

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/fabzart

Facebook: www.facebook.com/fabrizio.bianchi.1004

Image Credits
All artwork created and copyrighted by Fabrizio Bianchi

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