Today we’d like to introduce you to MT Paneguini.
Hi MT, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
Since I was a very young kid, I knew I wanted to be an artist. “Which kind?” they would ask. “Yes”, I responded.
Jokes apart, I actually wanted to be a writer first. Started with fanfiction at the age of 8, started writing my first sci-fi at age 12. Did it go anywhere, did I finish? Nope. It happens, I was a baby girl.
At some point I started taking theater and decided I was going to be an actress. My mom didn’t like that too much and sent me to a Cinema University. At this point I was doing a million idiotic youtube videos with my three younger brothers and writing like I was running out of time. So it did make sense.
I hated it. I hated it because the amount of stress one can hoard in their chest on a movie set is enough to send me to jail for murder. I didn’t want to spend my “first offender” on this.
During my college years, the rave monster inside of me was also born. To alleviate all the stress, I lie to myself. So, of course, I did a 180º career shift to music production and DJing. Took my theater years to count, and I made myself into a Drag Queen DJ as well. A comedy set where the music (the most unexpected remixes of pop songs you could ever imagine, one after the other) was the joke. Moved to Berlin, the capital of bafoonery and mischievousness.
There, oh, it was there. That all the art philosophy I learned at uni came to reality. There was no limitations to art. There was no border between media and formats. People just lived their creativity to their fullest. So The Fake Art was born.
The Fake Art was/is (I guess it is still alive in me and my beliefs) the artistic movement I founded with two friends. TFA is another story for another time, cause that would consume all my space of mind and letters that could fit into this interview.
That was 2019. Good year, great summer. But unfortunately, God had other plans, and COVID came. Took my own beliefs to the test. An artist is always an artist. They will find a way to express themselves, doesn’t matter how. And that’s how I ended up… painting. Of all things. Can you believe it?
Where did my writing talent go? The canvas. Almost every piece has a message, a worded message above the visual one, of course. Many times disconnected to the story of the monsters on the fabric. I guess it is my way of gathering up all my visions, all my ideas, the whole and holy way I see the world and human nature into one form of media.
But that’s only today. Today, 2025, I paint.
I write. I sing. I dance. I act.
Tomorrow? Only God knows, and He always knows best.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I guess the biggest challenges I faced were related to taking my art seriously. I never did, not in the sense of common – I obviously take it seriously. But human expression isn’t supposed to be THAT serious. I have and always will have the heart of a kid. A kid does things because they feel good, to make others feel good. Not to fit an standart or expectations or to be seen as a great master of its craft.
My music was all jokes. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t made with skill. The point was to be fun. FUN. Many, many, many people didn’t like that approach.
For some reason the same argument and view-point doesn’t apply to my visual art. Go figure.
People see me not taking strokes, techniques and industry expectations to the dot and applaud me for that. That’s what they like about my paintings.
Why is it so different from music? Why is it so different from writting? Can I not have fun on other medias? Is it just the canvas that is free from seriousness?
Food for thought I suppose.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I create. I guess that is the easiest way to describe it.
My work extrapolates the field of productivity. I am a great friend. I am a good leader. I listen, I give a good ear. That is all part of my art. To be a decent human, a beacon of light and freedom in a world too focused on productivity and perfectionism. Too focused on looking successfull than being so. Too busy looking happy to be happy.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs or other resources you think our readers should check out?
The best books I have read in the last years that inspire me:
Chainsawman (part 1 >>>)
literally anything by Junji Ito
Katabasis (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Red Rising (the author is problematic but the saga is spotless)
Thursday Murder Club
The adventures of Amina Al-Siraf
Dandadan
TV Shows that altered my brain chemistry:
The Law according to Lidia Poet
Ted Lasso (sue me, its pretty awesome ok?)
Contact Info:
- Instagram: instragram.com/mtpaneguini
- Other: https://instagram.com/spiritualuproar
