Kiel Martinez is a Hong Kong artist, and a graduate from Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) with a Higher Diploma in Visual Arts and Culture. Most of his preferred mediums earlier on were based on painting and drawing with acrylic paint, oil paint and charcoal. But lately, he’s been more interested in different type’s mediums such as multi-media, photography, installation and performing art. Other than that, he also has basic experience with programs related to digital illustrations such as Photoshop and Illustrator. He does not want to simply express himself through one medium alone and rather prefers to experiment with different mediums to broaden his skills in art, because he believes that the mind holds too much creativity and knowledge to be limited to one medium.

A lot of his art pieces are about darker topics, tackling issues such as fat shaming, depression, suicide and hypersomnia to name a few. He chooses to use darker themes because he believes the harder and more negative side of life is what helps humans grow, he rather express the difficulties about life rather than the happier side of life because it is more interesting, relatable and human compared to just going on about happy you are.

His future goal is to one day become an art teacher and pass on his skills, knowledge and passion for arts to the next generation, just like how his teachers in high school encouraged and motivated him to start arts in the first place.

 

馬天基是一位香港藝術家，畢業於香港知專設計學院視覺藝術與文化高級文憑。早期作品的媒介喜愛用塑膠彩、油畫顏料和炭筆進行創作。後來，他對多媒體、攝影、裝置和表演藝術等不同類型的媒體更感興趣。除此之外，他亦用過Photoshop和Illustrator軟件來創作。他不想只通過一種媒介來表達自己，更願意嘗試不同的媒介來拓展他的藝術技能。

他的藝術作品多關於黑暗的主題，探討肥胖、抑鬱症、自殺和嗜睡症的議題。他選擇以黑暗為題是因為他相信生命中最困難和負面的一面會令人成長。他寧願表達生活中的困難，而非生活中快樂的一面，因為比起開心，黑暗面更有趣躺和人性化。

他未來的目標是做一位藝術老師，將他的技能、知識和對藝術的熱情傳遞給下一代，就像他的高中教師鼓勵和激勵他進行藝術創作般。

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