Miggie (1988) - Never give up, never!

Huge painting in a wide black frame Directly from the artist Oil and acrylic paint, made in 2026 Wood panel My name is Miguel, but among friends and now also in the art world I’m best known as Miggie. It’s my artist name and also my nickname. I was born in 1988 in the Netherlands and live in Maastricht, a burgundian city in the south of the Netherlands, right near the Belgian and German borders. The international environment I live in provides an important source of inspiration for my work. Daily I encounter different cultures, styles, people and stories. That versatility fits well with the way I view art: curious, free and without fixed boundaries. Art has been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. From a young age, drawing and painting were a natural way for me to express myself. When words fall short, an image can tell a great deal. As a child I drew portraits, comic characters and endless doodles. Later I discovered graffiti and street art. That discovery had a major influence on how I look at art. The energy, freedom and direct visual language of graffiti spoke to me deeply. Art didn’t have to hang only in a museum or gallery for me; it could also arise on the street, in the middle of society, between buildings, people and daily life. The combination of large forms, bold colors, typography, spontaneity and different layers continued to fascinate me. My interest in art developed further and eventually I deepened my passion at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts. There I had the opportunity to develop my skills further while also experimenting with different techniques, materials and ways of working. The program helped me become not only technically stronger but also to think more clearly about my own visual language and what I want to tell as an artist. My style My current work is a combination of street art, pop culture and contemporary visual art. I draw inspiration from art history, popular culture, social developments and above all from the world around me. Sometimes it’s a recognizable image, a person or an object that catches my attention. At other times a idea arises from a color, a form, a text or a random combination of images. Artists like Dillon Boy, Banksy, Jeff Koons and Marcel Duchamp have inspired me in different ways. Yet I strive to walk my own path. I don’t believe art has to fit into one style or one technique. It’s precisely the mixing of different influences that makes my work interesting. I enjoy pushing existing boundaries and letting different techniques and materials work together. My paintings are colorful, expressive and often built up in multiple layers. In one work different images, patterns, texts, textures and details can come together. Sometimes you immediately recognize what you see, while in other works you have to look longer to discover all elements. That’s what I find interesting: a work of art doesn’t have to reveal everything at once. Most of my inspiration comes from the visual culture we live in daily. We are constantly surrounded by advertising, television, social media, brands, music, films, comics and other forms of popular culture. These images influence how we look at the world. I use elements from that visual language and then give them a new context within my own work.

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