WHO IS CLARITZA

She is magic, she lives and breathes Art

The artist Claritza "Musa" Morey was born in 1982 in Caracas, Venezuela.

She grew up in a family related to the fine arts, dance and music surrounded by collections of literary classics, encyclopedias, art books, history and general culture.

From an early age she has been self-taught and independent, she has constantly dedicated himself to the study of fine arts, design as well as the development of her aptitudes for music, until she was able to count on the tutoring of professionals with extensive experience in these disciplines.

Throughout her life she was fascinated by ancient civilizations such as Medieval, Gothic, Viking, Celtic, Japanese among others. I investigate their customs and architectural evolution, their arts, music, clothing, symbols and beliefs.

Thus, she has also been fond of magical and esoteric themes, epic narratives, mythological sagas, fables and myths, fairy tales, the sword and witchcraft, not forgetting historical novels.

Interests that were becoming more complex in her teenage years and that were present in her illustrations and even the music she preferred to listen to and sing. During those years she concentrated on reading everything that was within her reach, that made her feel closer to those distant realities, sometimes dark, ethereal and imaginary.

Professionally she is dedicated to the specialties such as visual arts (painting, traditional and digital illustration), sculpture, mural painting and decorative arts, music (soprano singer), graphic design (identity and advertising), web development and clothing design. She also works in the investigation of plastic arts, writing, participates in various artistic and cultural projects.

Vision & Inspiration

ARTIST STATEMENT

Her art seeks to provide a look at pagan culture, its richness and nuances, breaking the paradigms and canons of what is usually seen in art galleries.

The spiritual connection of the artist with Mother Earth and her closest children is reflected in each artistic creation, the harmony, symmetry, life and movement of her compositions, the use of mixed techniques that reflect her passion and need for freedom.

Her constant search for creative means not only captures irreverent ideas and dreams on a canvas or cardboard, the purpose is to tell a story that moves or leaves a deep impact on the viewer.

"Art must tell stories, overflow imaginative and very colorful beauty, it must be something rebellious, exuberant, capricious, curious, it must possess an atmosphere of mysticism, transmit a dreamlike halo."

Her work is based on deep research into the pagan traditions of the Indo-European peoples, Asia, the Near East and all of America.

The fairy world at all its hierarchical levels is present in her artistic work, emphasizing its importance in folklore.

For the conceptual and compositional construction of each visual project, the artist Claritza Morey employs the use of symbols, exuberant elements of nature, peculiar objects and beautiful ornaments with the aim of reflecting the features of the pagan cultural heritage.

For her, it is vital to transmit ideas, emotion and even motivate interpretation and desire for knowledge in viewers of wide age ranges.

In each artistic creation the boundary between “the concept of reality and fantasy” is blurred, connecting the viewer with dreamlike and mysterious worlds that attract the most skeptical, making it clear that the figures considered mythical are living culture thanks to the current movements of reconstructionism and rescue of ancient traditions before the common era (BCE).

The artistic movements that inspire her are Pre-Raphaelite, Medievalism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts Movement.

Each of the artistic and cultural rescue movements mentioned have been key factors in the formation of its artistic identity and technical development, they have even served as a source of inspiration for the constant search for knowledge and new techniques of expression.