{"id":1309,"date":"2017-07-22T00:53:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T00:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/miami-based-artist-tatiana-suarez-talks-about-home-heritage-and-leaving-positive-energy-behind\/"},"modified":"2017-07-22T00:53:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T00:53:03","slug":"miami-based-artist-tatiana-suarez-talks-about-home-heritage-and-leaving-positive-energy-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/miami-based-artist-tatiana-suarez-talks-about-home-heritage-and-leaving-positive-energy-behind","title":{"rendered":"Miami-based Artist Tatiana Suarez Talks About Home, Heritage and Leaving Positive Energy Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-55177\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tati1.JPG\" alt=\"tati1\" width=\"620\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Asia Morris<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On a balmy Wednesday evening in the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)\u2019s sculpture garden, artists, creatives and fans alike gathered to hear Miami-based artist Tatiana \u201cTati\u201d Suarez speak during her first ever live interview.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by <em>Pow! Wow! Long Beach<\/em>, sponsored by Olukai, hosted by MOLAA and moderated by Long Beach-based journalist Sarah Bennett, who posed thoughtful questions about the artist\u2019s background, what it\u2019s like being a woman in the male-dominated realm of street art, how she garners inspiration and incorporates her Miami upbringing, Brazilian and El Salvadorian heritage into her work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-55178\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tati.JPG\" alt=\"tati\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Suarez is responsible for the mural going up on one of the museum&#8217;s exterior walls, featuring an alligator and one of the artist\u2019s signature feminine figures. One of the highlights of the interview included learning about the evolution of her female characters and how they\u2019ve become a form of communication with viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re vessels for me to communicate personal stories, emotions, folklore and I\u2019m also really into pop culture [&#8230;] so I\u2019ve been doing a lot of little water color studies based on female characters from movies that I\u2019m a big fan of,\u201d Suarez said. \u201cThey\u2019re ways for me to get ideas and stuff out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her work is also heavily influenced by nature. Having started out painting canvases for gallery exhibits, the next step was introducing her characters to the natural world, meaning getting them out there in mural form where the public could more easily access the work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-55179\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0818.JPG\" alt=\"DSC 0818\" width=\"620\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Suarez&#8217; mural progress at MOLAA captured on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, my favorite part is when you get to travel to different cities and you want to give something back, so for me I see these women as protectors, or they\u2019re watching over people,\u201d Suarez said. \u201cI want people to see them in this way, hopefully they give someone positive energy, something they need that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Tatiana Suarez via her website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tatisuarez.com\/\">here.<\/a>\u00a0Watch the entire interview via the <em>Pow! 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