The men's bedroom does not have to be boring. Karifurava カリフラワー karifurawā

Karifurava - artistic nickname Przemek Wójciak.

Painter, illustrator, musician. His works can be seen in galleries in Melbourne, Brussels, Madrid. He often draws his inspiration from Asian art, and his favorite artist has always been Toshio Saeki.
As he emphasizes The leitmotifs of his work are usually naked women, and the paintings are characterized by a very limited color palette.

Berke:
What does the word karifurava mean?
Karifurava:
My artistic nickname comes from the first word that I learned from Japanese and means cauliflower. Cauliflower is a symbol of health, happiness and prosperity. I liked the name that sounds serious, but if you already know its meaning, it simply means a vegetable :) and it is simply funny. I began to sign my murals with this nickname, and then I started using it as a signature in my paintings and illustrations.

Berke:
What did the beginnings of your work look like?
Karifurava:
As a child, I drew many vases, suns, rainbow and cars :). Later, in junior high school / high school, I painted a lot of pastels. Then I was fascinated by surreal topics, traditional tattooing and Asian art. After graduating from high school, I went to economic studies, where I was called a "sketchbook". During the lesson, instead of urgently noting, I drew women in various poses, fat men, and motives that can now be described as "ignorant style". After the second year of study at the WSB Academy, I studied at the Faculty of Graphics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and focused mainly on the drawing, painting and workshop graphics. I put a lot of emphasis on drawing naked characters. For a long time, my routine was to start the day with sketching a series of various poses, hands and feet.

Berke:
Are your works reproducing real events?
Karifurava:
It is rather my fantasy and the sum of the things I have experienced, read and I believe in. I often present visions that come to my mind before going to bed when I focus, meditate or when I have a hangover;) [laughs]: But I try not to drink alcohol :)

Berke:
Where does your style come from?
Karifurava:
I owe it many years of work. I have developed my own design process, which I have been constantly improving for several years, and it all starts with a handwritten drawing.

Berke:
What influences you as an artist?
Karifurava:
The music I listen to. I like melodic techno and chillout electronic music. I also compose many songs, collect instruments and produce music in a melodic techno atmosphere. I am definitely under the influence of artists whom I am a fan, I really like literature related to life after death and esotoric themes.


Berke:
What inspires you?
Karifurava
I think that travel and meeting various people are the most inspiring.
And the place I like to visit most often and I don't bore Berlin.

Berke:
What is the bedroom for you?
Karifurava:
The leitmotifs of my work are usually naked women. My paintings and illustrations are also characterized by a very strong but limited color palette. I like to surround myself with simple objects in my form because they don't impose their character. Then he feels free. The bedroom is a place for me where I start my creative journey. It has to be light, simple and comfortable. Before bedtime he writes everything in my head, and then shows it in his works. In Berke furniture. I like this ascetic simplicity that is not imposed on form. The perfect project is for me Shortie bed. The precious wood material goes perfectly with the smell of my canvases [laughs]


Przemek Wójciak:Karifurava 

Arrangement: Mint Light Studio
pictures: Maciej Służenko, Małgorzata Stępień