Wandbilder von Amalia Caratozzolo

Amalia Caratozzolo selbstständige Illustratorin. Sie hat an der International School of Comics sowie am Institut für Illustration des Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Rom studiert. Amalia lehrt zudem Gravur und arbeitet seit 2013 für die italienische Zeitung Corriere della Sera.

• Amalia, where are you from and where do you live now?

  I'm from Messina, a seaside town in Sicily, but I've been living in Rome for seventeen years.

• How would you describe your artistic style?

  It's very difficult for me to describe my artistic style. I think it's very graphic, synthetic. And when I can... with irreverent content! My favorites :)

• Vector or watercolor?

  Vector!

• New York or remote mountain hut?

  New York!

• Becks or Merlot?

  Becks! I love beer very much!

• And a little Proust: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

  That perfect happiness does not exist? It sounds very dark as a thought. In fact, it would be easy to be happy, but mankind, by nature, wants more and more, so it's difficult to stay happy for a long time. What a difficult question!

• Which living person do you most admire?

  I would say Franca Leosini, she is a great woman and journalist.

• What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

  I would certainly say faith.

• What or who is the greatest love of your life?

  My beautiful cat, her name is Olga and she's my love! I have a future as cat lady in store for me ;)

• If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?

  I would like to be a mighty witch, who, with her magical powers, makes the world a better place. It's nice to dream!

• The world needs more...

  good vibrations, positive thoughts. And certainly much more irony: irony will save the world!

• I’ve changed my mind about…

  I'm very stubborn, so it's difficult for me to change my mind. But when it happens, I always think it's a good thing. It's interesting to see the world from other points of view!

• What most people don't understand is that…

  you must not take yourself too seriously.