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Who is JeanPaul Mallozzi as a person as well as an artist?

A big dork who likes to tell stories.

How would you describe your art?

There is a little crumb of personal experience with each piece, not just from my life, but others that are around me.

You have a quite distinct style where you cover faces with water colors. When did you first start this technique?

I’ve been working with it for a few years now. It came while I was making a body of a work for a show, and the work was very labour intensive and I had a mood swing in my apartment. I thought it would be a cool idea to illustrate a mood swing, but combining my love of rendering with my admiration for abstract art.

You signed with the Margulies Agency. What prompted the decision and what is in the planning?

I have seen what Michael Margulies has been doing for a few years now with some of the artists he is currently representing, and it has been good work. His family’s involvement with art is well known, but I admired him taking a new step into actually finding new artists and working to give them great opportunities for exposure to a broader audience. After he saw one of my pieces shown at David Castillo’s Invitational last year, he asked to sign with him. That was an easy decision to make.

Tell us about your August solo show at 101/Exhibit in Miami.

It’s my first solo show and I’ve been working my ass off for it and its entitled kN0B0DY, it involves relationships and individual trials. It’s mostly mixed media works on paper.

Can you elaborate more on the art we’ll see?

“Spring Never Falls” is the biggest piece I’ve made to date. It’s 8ft feet long. The piece is about bullying, particularly girls bullying. I don’t want to give too much away, cause I want people to come see it.

What’s the hardest part about putting together a solo show?

Aside from the money one has to spend?! Making sure you have a solid body of work, that each piece can stand on its own, but also can work as a family when put in the same space.

Have you ever seen an exhibition that changed your outlook on life?

Not an exhibition, but one or two single pieces of work. Correggio’s “Jupiter and Io” I’ve loved since I was 10, and while I was living in Vienna, I was about to leave the museum and I decided to take check out one room which I thought I missed, and I just happened to see it in there, and I flipped out. Also saw Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” in Rome and I cried a little. I totally admit it.

Do you have any anecdote or more news you would like to share with us?

I just learned how to play darts a few days ago and now I’m a tad bit obsessed. Also, there is a possibility of my work being seen during one of the big fairs at Art Basel (Miami Beach) later this year.

What is your artistic interpretation of a Wonderland?

I think it would be something like living in that film “Amelie,” where the music is really good, the colors are saturated, and I find myself playing freeze tag with friends in the day, and eating junk food and playing video games at night.

KN0B0DY will open at 101/Exhibit gallery in Miami’s Design District on August 10th between 6pm – 10pm.

Words: Heike Dempster

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What was your creative thought and processes for your London Map series? Which single-handedly made you a household name in the UK.

[laughs] Well I am not yet a household name, but maybe one day! At the time of creating the London map I lived and worked close to Portbello Road market, and so my plan was to design something original to sell tourists and visitors. The map was spotted by a wall art company, who in turn supplied to Habitat, and from then on my map took on a life of its own.

Can you recall the moment when Vogue contacted you about illustrating a world map of beauty products, for the December issue?

I always love it when I see a juicy looking email in my inbox! I can’t remember the moment exactly but I am always pleased to work for Vogue, in fact I have just finished a new set of illustrations for them which will be in the May issue.

Ooh… Sounds interesting, please can you elaborate? What can we expect from the May issue of Vogue magazine?

I was recently asked to do a few illustrations for the May issue of Vogue, for a regular feature they have. I kept the colours very spring/summer, using pastels and ‘sweetie’ hues, and the overall feel quite light. I was able to draw most of my illustrations from life, and I setup little scenes in my studio to take inspiration from.

Your latest project “365 Days Of Drawing” consists of you committing yourself to do a drawing a day for a year. How far are you into this project and do you slightly regret starting the mamouth challenge for yourself?

Far from it, it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. The difference between an illustrator and an artist is that an illustrator creates work for someone else, and an artist does it for their own gratification. I do appreciate my job and I love drawing for a living, but I can’t tell you the amount of times good work has been curbed or even ruined by the whim of an editor or a marketing team. For years I put off doing my own personal work as I was daunted by the idea. I am about half way through the project now.

You have already achieved enormous applause for your contribution to illustration and recently won The Guardian competition for your drawings in H.E. Bate “Darling Buds Of May.” What does the future hold for Alice Tait?

I love travel and have not done nearly enough of it, so I have come up with a plan to go abroad lots, drawing all the while, and gently steer my career in the direction of travel illustration. I have started my own range of products, based on Paris and London. The Paris range will be on sale in the Eiffel tower this year and the London one coming to the UK soon! Meanwhile, my online print shop is coming along well and so I am going to be working on some screen prints and etchings to add to the range.

If you was stranded on a deserted island miles away from civilisation what three items would you take with you? And why?

A deserted island sounds like bliss to me! I’d take my husband and my little sausage dog called Roger, and my bible. And if I needed to draw, I could do it in the sand.

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