Art World Insights with Art-Pie's Pierrick Senelaer

 

 

As you'll know each month one of our 40 artists takes the lead as artist of the month, however February sees Art-Pie founder Pierrick Senelaer take up our questions on just what the art world means to him and how he got into it. And of course, a spot of sword fighting,

 

Name: Pierrick Senelaer

Job Title : Art blogger/curator

Age: 37

Where do you live:  Crouch End (London)

 

Life ambition: 

Come top result in all online search engines when searching for "owls wearing monocles" or look back and don't regret anything, life's too short.

 

Tell us, what is art pie all about?

Documenting and sharing the creativity I come across in London and beyond. And most recently work with emerging artists and helping them get discovered by putting on shows where they would be featured.

 

What inspired you to start art pie, and what is the ethos behind it?

Art-Pie started online as a single page blog about 3 years ago. I was already going to many art shows across London as well as appreciating more and more street and urban art and culture. This is also at that time that I got into web design and development and it became obvious that given my ability to design and build websites, I should document what I was seeing in all these museums, galleries and in the streets: www.artpie.co.uk was born.

 

Art-Pie has now grown into something slightly bigger and has even an online shop. More recently, at the present time actually, Art-Pie got involved with curating art shows and intend to carry on going down that route where emerging artists are at the forefront of the whole idea and concept.

 

Describe a typical day in the life of Pierrick Senelaer in no more than 10 words.

Coffee - Twitter - Long Hours - Browsing Art - Social Medias - TV – Sleep.

 

What is the best and worst thing about what you do?

Best - Being amazed and surprised by some art out there. Never know what the next piece of art you'll see will be.

Worst - Not having enough time and money to travel the world to visit art fairs, museums and art galleries.

 

Who, or what is your greatest influence on your life?

My late grand dad for giving me an insight of what you can achieve in life when you have ambition and belief in yourself. All the people around me achieving things that they worked hard for.

 

Who is your favourite artist or work of art at the moment?

Big fan of Ian Francis's work

 

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?

Gallery owner or art dealer, and spend my time at art fairs around the world.

 

Please recommend one piece of essential reading.

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

 

And just for us, if you could time travel to one era or event, when would you choose?

Middle Age - always been fascinated by knights, castles, kings and sword fights. I would probably last half a day in that era though.

 

Tea or Coffee?

Coffee first, then tea for soothing.

 

Who would be your dream dinner guest? 

Stephen Fry - a knowledgeable and tolerant modern mind that must have tons of interesting things to discuss.

 

What super power would you have for a day?

Flying

 

What are you listening to a the moment?

The Black Keys, The Killers, Broken Bells, Don Carlos.

 

Lastly, please give us one piece of advice.

At least try, it might work, actually it will most probably work if you try.

 

Thank you Pierrick!

 

The Curious Art-Pie show will running from 6th-12th February