Over 1,000 interviews · Since 2003
We are curious about
their work,
not the moment.
Leila Antakly has been talking to the artists, designers, musicians and thinkers shaping culture since 2003. This is the archive of those conversations, and where they led.
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Illustrator & Fine Artist Felicia Atanasiu
Felicia Atanasiu grew up in Bucharest and arrived in Toronto not knowing what illustration was. One life drawing class later, she found her path. Her work layers post-communist Eastern European memory against 70s psychedelia and avant-garde fashion — transparencies and ornamental drawing colliding into something that is unmistakably hers. This is the conversation we had with her.
“Visibility has never been our measure of significance. We seek out artists and inspiring individuals whose work sparks curiosity, challenges assumptions, and leaves a lasting impression.”
Every project, image, and story is about framing a series of questions that are deeply important to me as a human being.- Shirin Neshat