I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. ~Ruth Bernhard
My name is Margalit Ariella Shapiro-Katz and I am 17 years old. I have a passion for the arts. Visual arts are how I express what I am feeling and thinking. I have been creating art since I could pick up a crayon. It is deeply a part of who I am. Over the past few years I have taken photography classes at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain with Christina Hajosy.
For over 6 years, I have been developing my drawing, painting, multi-media, and other types of art through studies with Meliss Hanes. My two favorite forms of art are acrylic painting and photography. Acrylics: I love how I can make the colors form a body or an object, how I can make a brushstroke show so much emotion. I love photography because I can capture a moment and save it. With photography, nothing in the world is boring. You can find beauty in so many places and things, beauty that you would never have guessed was there.
My photography was shown in Boston City Hall in the summer of 2010 and my photography and paintings were shown in a gallery in Ashfield, MA, in the fall of 2010. Village Books in Roslindale Square displayed my art and photography for the past three years during Roslindale Open Studios; last year, I was one of two featured young artists there.
Recently I held an art show of my work, including 85 photographs, acrylic paintings, block prints, charcoal drawings, and a room-size art installation that included a mutli-media art presentation.
I was born in Guatemala and adopted by my family here in the U.S. at the age of 4 months. I live in Roslindale with my two moms, a cat and a dog. I love animals and music of all kinds. My goal in life is to become a human rights activist. This is another passion of mine.
My artwork uses a mixture of color, texture and emotion. I love to make people happy and I live to put smiles on their faces. My inspiration comes from what I see and hear in the world. Currently my artwork is dedicated to all my family in Guatemala and to my trips to visit my homeland.
