...”I just want to be happy and I am working on it, I am changing on myself what I want, I am growing”...

Natália Fašková is one of the young artists who is studying at the Art Academy in Banská Bystrica. She is very temperamental and open to the world. Her artworks are still developing and so is her mind. Here is a short interview which will tell you more about her personality and her artworks.

Q: Name your artwork in one word.

A: Happiness.

Q: What nickname or pseudonym would you give to yourself?

A: I am not sure I would give myself a pseudonym, but I would most likely use the name Patália – that is how my friends like to call me because I am a very noisy person and I destroy almost everything that is in my hands.

Name: Alien

Name: Perun flower

Q: When did you get interested in art?

A: I cannot really remember. I think I was always interested in art. Every time we (me and my sisters) went to visit our grandmother we always had things like pencils, watercolors, and papers prepared on her table. We even set a limit- 13 pictures per day. As a child, I really enjoyed drawing and people around me started to like it and so I started to take it more seriously. I always wanted to improve myself and in a way be better than my older sister.

Q: Where are you founding an inspiration?

A: I get inspired by places where I am alone and where it is always silent. I only listen to my thoughts and it is for example when I travel or when I do my morning routine in the bathroom. When I get those “rough” ideas I develop them through conversations with people, my teachers in school and friends. I am also inspired by different artists, by their works and their ways of thinking.

Q: Do you like experiments and do you like trying new techniques?

A: I love it the most out of all the things. Who would like to do the same thing all the time? I really love it when I can try new techniques and materials.

Portrait of Ľ. Štúr

Portrait of M.L. Štefánik

Q: Do you feel the need to express your opinions?

A: If I could not I would not be interested in art. Of course, some works are just studies, some are experimental but the most important thing is the need to express yourself because it has a meaning.

Q: Does criticism bother you?

A: I acknowledge the criticism. I am grateful for all the feedback. Without criticism, there is no way to improve and transform.

Q: What kind of values should an artist have in your opinion?

A: An artist is just a human being. In my case, the moral values are put above everything else. An unprincipled person will always be a jackass, even if she/he has talent. There is maybe one thing that differentiates artists from other people and that is the ability to create/appreciate beauty.

Name: Antiflow

Q: Does religion play a big role in your art works?

A: In the past yes, but it is not that significant anymore. I want to change something, I want to leave something in this world for future generations. I am interested in people and in the world that we all live in.

Q: What would you tell to your young self if you had a chance to meet her?

A: I would try to convince myself not to study art. It is not useless, but I can still create things without school.

Name: Doomed for Patriotism

(statue of Ľudovít Štúr who is shown as a prisoner)

Goal: National pride and love lacking in our community. A fighter for our national identity shown as a prisoner is a sign of forgetting who we are as a nation , we are forgetting our traditions and our past.

Miroslav Cibula 5.A