There was much pain in my childhood, pain I could not put into words, because I did not have the words, and because my surroundings in the province rather would talk about the weather and food, and my father would not talk about my mother

My definition of an artist is that an artist MUST make art. We have no choice; it is a compulsion of sorts. If I do not make art, I get very depressed, cranky and weird, I can’t sleep -- just ask my wife. So, I make art because I must.

I was born in 1961 in Salvador, a colorful, vibrant city on the northeast coast of Brazil, a cultural melting pot, strongly influenced by the African culture.

Annette Falk Lund is a visual artist from the former DDR, now living in Nothern Jytland/Denmark. She makes a living as a self-taught artist. Read her story in this interview

Freja Friborg is a visual artist and a musician from Greater Copenhagen, Denmark. She has traveled the world using artmoney, art and music to get by. Catch a glimpse of Freja in this interview

Jonas Waaben is an IT consultant and musician from Copenhagen, Denmark. His company, the web agency Korpus, accepts artmoney as payment. Find out why in this interview