Name: Isabella Andronos
Country: Australia
Website: www.isabellaandronos.com and www.flickr.com/photos/isabellaandronos
Country: Australia
Website: www.isabellaandronos.com and www.flickr.com/photos/isabellaandronos
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
When I was ten I was really into tigers and the cat family so I used to draw them. But I think I think I started making art before then…
When I was ten I was really into tigers and the cat family so I used to draw them. But I think I think I started making art before then…
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
I am inspired by the people I love and the people around me. I’m also inspired by cinema, places, good stories, images. At the moment I’m really interested in abandoned spaces and houses that look haunted.
I look up to a lot of people. Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors. I really like the images made by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Gustav Klimt, Bill Viola, Alphonse Mucha, Charles Addams, and Ted Serios. Thomas Walther’s collection of vernacular photographs is great too.
I am inspired by the people I love and the people around me. I’m also inspired by cinema, places, good stories, images. At the moment I’m really interested in abandoned spaces and houses that look haunted.
I look up to a lot of people. Margaret Atwood is one of my favourite authors. I really like the images made by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Gustav Klimt, Bill Viola, Alphonse Mucha, Charles Addams, and Ted Serios. Thomas Walther’s collection of vernacular photographs is great too.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
I’d really like to ask Alfred Hitchcock about his set in Rear Window. I would really love to have a conversation with Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman. I’d like to ask Sally Mann about her ambrotypes in her “What Remains” series. Also I’d like a drawing class with Egon Schiele.
I’d really like to ask Alfred Hitchcock about his set in Rear Window. I would really love to have a conversation with Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman. I’d like to ask Sally Mann about her ambrotypes in her “What Remains” series. Also I’d like a drawing class with Egon Schiele.
If you had to put up one piece of artwork on your wall and stare at it for a year, who would it be by and why?
The La Dame à la Licorne tapestries. Or the snapshot of my great grandmother at her dressing table in the 1920s.
Tell us about your creative process.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
My art reflects my life; my loves, my interests..
My art reflects my life; my loves, my interests..
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
The word “technical” to me has all kinds of connotations with digital photography- Photoshop, RAW files, pixels, printing quality. I try to avoid focusing wholly on those elements, but I think it’s important to be both passionate and technical. As an artist I would probably describe myself as “obsessive.”
The word “technical” to me has all kinds of connotations with digital photography- Photoshop, RAW files, pixels, printing quality. I try to avoid focusing wholly on those elements, but I think it’s important to be both passionate and technical. As an artist I would probably describe myself as “obsessive.”
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
I determine when a work is finished by whether I like it or not. If I don’t like it, it’s not finished.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
I would never exploit animals in my artwork; I don’t believe in killing animals for art or exhibiting animals as art. I don’t believe in eating animals either. Don’t buy me taxidermy for my birthday!
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Watching films seems to help to cure creative blocks; I like to re-watch my favourite movies over and over and over again. Whether it’s a character, a set, a scene, or dialogue it can be inspiring. Although, if I need to get away from the screen I will go on a walk and try and find a seascape or a house that I like. Going to flea markets with friends is good too!
Watching films seems to help to cure creative blocks; I like to re-watch my favourite movies over and over and over again. Whether it’s a character, a set, a scene, or dialogue it can be inspiring. Although, if I need to get away from the screen I will go on a walk and try and find a seascape or a house that I like. Going to flea markets with friends is good too!
Do you dream about your artwork?
I had a dream that I was taking photographs of clouds whilst being in the clouds -what I saw in my mind as I was dreaming was the view of the landscape through the camera; of the aperture opening and clicking shut after I pressed the button. It was sort of like the James Bond gun barrel sequence, except with a camera. Then I woke up and was annoyed that I didn’t have the photographs I’d taken.
I dream of places, and when I wake up and wish I could take photographs of them. Once I dreamt of an enormous majestic room that had a four-poster bed with airy golden curtains. The bed looked out through a huge floor-to-ceiling bay window onto the black ocean and the night sky. I woke up and wanted to go there, so maybe one day I will try and re-create that space for a film, a photograph or a drawing.
I had a dream that I was taking photographs of clouds whilst being in the clouds -what I saw in my mind as I was dreaming was the view of the landscape through the camera; of the aperture opening and clicking shut after I pressed the button. It was sort of like the James Bond gun barrel sequence, except with a camera. Then I woke up and was annoyed that I didn’t have the photographs I’d taken.
I dream of places, and when I wake up and wish I could take photographs of them. Once I dreamt of an enormous majestic room that had a four-poster bed with airy golden curtains. The bed looked out through a huge floor-to-ceiling bay window onto the black ocean and the night sky. I woke up and wanted to go there, so maybe one day I will try and re-create that space for a film, a photograph or a drawing.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
At the moment I like my moon prints and moon film; because it’s a project I have wanted to start for a long time.
At the moment I like my moon prints and moon film; because it’s a project I have wanted to start for a long time.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
I really like to use expired film to create photographs because you never know what you’re going to get. I use 35mm film, 120 film, 500 polaroid film, mini fujifilm, 110 film, and I’d really like to get my hands on some 127 for my box brownie... As far as cameras go, my favourites are my canon AV-1, my Hasselblad and my little fixed-focus camera which is shaped like a caterpillar (albeit a little childish). I also use my now outdated Canon 350D.
when I draw my favourite thing to use is the progresso woodless graphite pencil. I also like kilometrico pens (because you get a kilometre of ink), fine liners, charcoal sticks, heavy pencils, my crayola washable markers, pantone markers, water colour pencils. I love gouache too.
I really like to use expired film to create photographs because you never know what you’re going to get. I use 35mm film, 120 film, 500 polaroid film, mini fujifilm, 110 film, and I’d really like to get my hands on some 127 for my box brownie... As far as cameras go, my favourites are my canon AV-1, my Hasselblad and my little fixed-focus camera which is shaped like a caterpillar (albeit a little childish). I also use my now outdated Canon 350D.
when I draw my favourite thing to use is the progresso woodless graphite pencil. I also like kilometrico pens (because you get a kilometre of ink), fine liners, charcoal sticks, heavy pencils, my crayola washable markers, pantone markers, water colour pencils. I love gouache too.
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
I’m currently doing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at
What kind of career do you ultimately want? And what kind of career do you think you'll end up having (or already have) realistically?
I currently work in a photo lab, which is quite good work. My favourite part of the job is restoring the old photographs which people bring in (even though I like them more before the restoration.) I would love to publish a book of words or a book of images. Ultimately I would like to have a career as a film maker. I’m interested in costume design and set design too.
I currently work in a photo lab, which is quite good work. My favourite part of the job is restoring the old photographs which people bring in (even though I like them more before the restoration.) I would love to publish a book of words or a book of images. Ultimately I would like to have a career as a film maker. I’m interested in costume design and set design too.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
My mother really likes to tell the story of how she used to let me draw on the walls at home when I was a kid, so the answer to the first question is “yes!”
Which direction do you see your art heading in the future?
I would really love to make a feature length film with a proper script and actors. I would also love to buy some Super8 film and go wild, to build some lavish sets, to make some ambrotypes, and to have an exhibition but not necessarily in that order. I’d like to collaborate with other artists and create great things!
I would really love to make a feature length film with a proper script and actors. I would also love to buy some Super8 film and go wild, to build some lavish sets, to make some ambrotypes, and to have an exhibition but not necessarily in that order. I’d like to collaborate with other artists and create great things!
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
My hero is Morticia Addams!
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