Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another SLD media of your host Alvaro here on a spectacular Monday to bring you another exciting guest. Today we're gonna be shifting a bit from Holmes and we're gonna go straight into art. For that we're gonna have our good friend Ignacio Ana. He's a super successful sculptor here based in Miami who was named Artist of the Year by the Latin Grammy and he also just recently got featured on Forbes as one of the most up-and-coming artists.
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Yeah and I'm gonna cook to there and I'm gonna cook to my work here in Miami. So then I will make a new tour from the, I'm sure some pieces that I have here. I love it, I love it. Well thank you so much for joining us today.
It's a pleasure to have you one of our episodes. Yeah thank you, thank you very much for the invitation to be part of the Superlooker Group. So I'm glad to have the invitation. No of course and you know what it's very interesting because we always talk about our different pillars in the business, luxury homes, luxury grants and influencers slash high network individuals and you've been in the category of this amazing lifestyle of luxury because your pieces have not only become one of the most spoken pieces now being featured on Forbes and winning the Latin Grammy Awards but you're also putting these pieces, which are amazing by the way.
I'm looking forward to seeing them now on your gallery but you're putting them into properties as well right? Yeah yeah yeah. My goal is to put these books or, to prevent my super debt all at the table. So my goal is to put them in the biggest and more luxury building in America.
I love that. Yeah yeah. The goal. Okay no that you're already doing it.
I've seen some of your properties. I mean some of your sculptures are some of the most incredible properties here Miami but I want to know exactly and share with the audience what is it that makes your work so special? I think the most important is to have the Alaca something very unique though. That's like a script from the rest of the artist.
So I think my art is very unique and you can recognize my work. You are in Italy, Dubai everywhere. You will think one of my art and you will know that it's mine. I'm not going to be there and you will see my art that you will connect with my name.
And then I always try to get close my the art and the art of the grammar art. So I love the connection with the art of the art. So I would like very very close to the art of the art as well. Yeah so tell me a little bit about what comes to your mind when you're creating a new sculpture.
You know what I always think that when I wake up in the morning I start to create from the beginning. It's incredible. Like I feel so like I make it like I have this I don't know of course you probably know but every day for me every second is art for me. I was thinking to create something different that's a new something in Cralo.
So every moment of the day it's art for me. Yeah I love it. The art of living. Yeah totally.
Everything like I try to confirm that or all we do for something new to make it new to see people, see some reaction play with that or you can make a new part. What's the difference on the process? Do you have clients that come to you and say, Matthew I want one of your sculptures from scratch. Yeah and they give you guidance or like go with it.
How did it work? I'm different kind of artist because you know when I'm very open to receive the comments of the client or someone really wants something like a tailor made for him for his building or for his house. So I'm very flexible about it. And I also love that because they take me out from there so I always wake up with my style like I have a child I just need to do that because it's come from me from naturally.
So every time the client comes to me and I think something different. I love that because it takes my mind, I think again I still think it's wise and I get out of my comfort enough. Now when it comes to the whole process how long does it take you to build a sculpture? From the moment you start thinking about the idea until it's done.
You know what I always stand like a busy brain. I have a lot of ideas. You work, you took the work, you try to grow everything from the beginning. If I'm driving a car I make a stop and draw the idea.
It's just me. I don't know. I don't want to say that it's me being able to be stable but almost always. Always.
I make people and I have thousands of them. Sometimes maybe I make an exhibition of that because it's very beautiful. But you hold ideas camp very like I very east, sometimes very east. You don't expect it.
But something you have flash on, I take notes fast. So how do you get to have these people to say I want your culture versus any other artist? If I to be unique for first. Also I like luxury.
So oh my good ending. It's one of them. So I work with GoLabs sometimes. Like a very noble material.
My work is very unique and fine. So now this client has good taste and they chose my app for that. How have you monetize or how have you go through your entire marketing strategy? For being an artist I'm very like an engineer about that.
I have everything in excel. I don't want to be like a bad boy. I can walk away without any of these work in the life. I don't want to be like that.
I want to buy my money in my life. I put it like I effort in that. So I work in that. I don't know.
Four hours in the morning working in my footwork. I'm like a professional. I'm very disciplined. I'm very disciplined.
So I have meetings. I have a boat to build. That was great at least of the contact of the developers. So I want to reach out there.
I want to start with them to make something big. I want to make my goods for big and big every day. What are the materials that you use for these sculptures? I don't use bronze to make my scooter.
But sometimes I make some layers of bronze. Because the bronze can't do the coloring the time. They have different colors. They always say the same colors.
They give you a more luxury. So what would you say has been the most difficult thing you went through? What did you learn from it? I think every day, every day, for me is different.
Every day is different. Every day is different. Every day is different. I learn from every day.
I try to put that in my yard somehow. And that's the thing that I think is beautiful. I live in Chile and I live in America now. So for me, it's not easy to have my family in Chile.
So sometimes it's beautiful. You're living in Miami school. You're alone. You're working hard to make a dream, to make a big culture.
So yeah, beautiful but not a situation. Luxury comes in so many different shapes and forms from feelings to materials. What is really luxury to you? For me, Luxury is free.
I think sometimes it's kind of freedom. You have the freedom to take your time to touch the things in a different way. It's a field. So when you're rushing, the best luxury to have time.
What routine? Do you have any morning routine? You know what? I'm very jealous about it.
I got some friends I get about me because I can't wake up at the time that I want. I can make a decision. For me, every day is different. So that's why I like I read some sentences, like my durations sentences in the morning.
Someone picks me that. A good friend of mine. There you go. Yeah, yeah.
But you know what? I think sometimes when I think in time, you know, because my intoncents took a lot of things to me. So I have any time to hear my intoncents and talk to draw and create stuff. I give you a pay for that and then I like to work like four hours in the morning and four hours after.
Oh, yeah. Thank you, Matthew, for the time of bringing this today's class. Now I'm the gallery. I was going to say, yeah, we think I will love to see a little gallery so you can share the behind the seats.
I have one beat that I made. I really couldn't get that. That is one of the biggest cookers in my eye. I need to pick the top.
So I will show you the food that is like a kind of studio and beef. I'm going to see how they make this. Thank you. Oh, wow.
It's all in bronze. So I play with the color. Everything is bronze, but this is patting. I have to change the color of oxidation of the bronze with fire to get that color.
And like you say, my cookers are talking about relaxed, having fun, very joyful. This one is the first cooker that I made when I arrived in Miami. Very, very, very, very Miami. Very Miami time.
Yeah, how about this one? Like I'm more considerate. Wow, very cool. It's nice.
And you have time. I want to show you something because now I have to work in a new collection of scooters related about sport. So I will show you some of them. The second, the color.
So I got to work like, like you say, you know, I was in a bad moment when the coffee started. It's got to be like in my home all day. So I was in that time. I don't walk away.
And I was broken. So I had to make like a, I can make beautiful art that I think is broken. So I had to make broken scooters, you know. And I thought it was like a to show through my art, my feeling.
So I thought to make a collection about a broken scooter by what related about sport. And then after that, I already made like a big fight. It was really about broken or I create a new life. And then we show you what I was doing.
Oh, nice. It's a pillow made it all in gold. It's dirt and one of my famous shoes in America. I love it.
I have an eye one with this layer in gold. Oh, you do. And also I have this one about that book. So I had this collection about pillow.
It's really because it's back a day is wrong and it's so hard in the same time. I need it to soak it wide. Make sure that one is elevated so nobody tries to kick it. So they'll go through it.
I know I have here. I like this one too. He's a diver. But he wanted to know because he wants to go for it for green, you know.
You want to jump to project in the light, no? That way, for the sooner, but he wanted to jump to the green. And now it's very nice. This one is so beautiful.
Look at this. Oh, wow. The name is the chocolate girl. Wow.
Very relaxing. Super cool. I thought to make this one in 15 feet now. I'm looking for a place now in my young two coaches.
Well, I'm sure we can work on finding a property for this. Yeah. We have found a favorite. Yes, that's a very nice one.
Thank you for showing us around. Yeah, cool. That's my answer. I'm going to show you a book.
And where is this answer that people can go visit? Yeah, this gallery is looking at me coming at the world. Yeah. The name is Koopana.
Perfect. Very nice. Well, I'm sure. Like all the people can see my work in Instagram.
They will know my work in Instagram. Perfect. So for those that are watching or listening this now or later, make sure that you follow it. Matthew, to see more of what he's doing.
Amazing art. I really love your journey and everything that you're accomplishing. So congratulations once again. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. I can wait to see where you're taking it. And I'm here to support in any capacity.
Yeah, thank you very much. Thank you very much. And thanks again for everybody tuning in today. We hope you enjoyed it.
And remember, embrace its beautiful success in life. My name is Alvaro and I'll see you next time.