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03
2008
Interviewing Austin Camilleri – “if you don’t produce, you get constipated and if you get constipated, you don’t produce.”
Posted by: Emmanuel Caruana in Austin CamilleriWhen did you first become aware that you had a flair for expressing yourself in art? |
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| I was born to a family of artists. My mother used to live next to my grandfather’s studio, so it came natural to get dirty with clay and paint from a very early age. | |
| Did you attend any school of art to learn and perfect your artistic abilities? |
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| When I was studying BSc in chemistry and biology at the University of Malta, I won a scholarship to study fine arts at the Accademia in Perugia for four years. | |
| Back in Malta, I worked as an Art teacher but did not stay long as I felt I should dedicate my life completely to art. It was quite hard at the beginning but this gave me the freedom and flexibility that suited best my character. Being a freelancer meant I could travel, live, continue my research and training abroad much more easily. |
