I have to write a motivation statement,in a text form not in a letter form. is this ok?

I was not always aware of which my place in the art world was; my perception of art has changed throughout my life. I am in a constant need to process the things that happen around me using art as a way of connection with the world. This intense pursuit of meaning is full of fear, indecision as well as joy and revelations which at the end changes me.

During high school, Art seemed a good way to express myself so I took painting and drawing classes but, over the years, I found in art a form of communication and a way to generate impact, so I became very interested in street art and murals and even painted a few in my home town. When you are a 17-year-old honoured student graduated in a business-orientated high school, the decision of studying art is not an easy one because every component of the society around tells you that you are never going to succeed or find a job. At least, that’s what it feels like living in a country with such an unstable economy like Argentina. I got scared and decided to take a Major in design instead.

As I grew older that fear disappeared, but by that time I was in the middle of my career to be a graphic designer, so I started to find ways to re orientate it and take it closer to art, moreover far from its commercial use.

During those years and specifically during my semester abroad in Madrid, when I took fine art classes, I developed a strong interest for conceptual art. This experience was a game changer for me. In the course of this semester I could realise that art was not only about traditional techniques like painting and sculpting, but that there was also a huge variety of ways to generate meaning and to reach people.

Although I don’t have the same skills as a fine art graduate does, in my career of graphic design I learned about colour theory, composition, morphology, aesthetics, art history, semiotics, sociology, and a variety of creative processes, besides I am proud of how I was able to combine these skills and use them to express the concepts and themes that I wanted to address as an artist.

After I came back to my country I took visual art classes for a year and started working on my final graduation project. During the writing process, I became more aware of feminist art. While I was looking for a research theme I was producing feminist pieces and I wanted to combine my interest. I was truly pleased when I found the work of artists like Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer and Marina Abramovik that helped me realize that graphic expression, art and feminism could converge.

Therefore, in my research project I chose to study the work of the Guerrilla Girls and how this group of artists used art and design as a tool for change and found a way to create more visibility for their message. The visual elements used to translate the theories of feminism, the influence of the avant-gardes and the communication guerrilla are considered in this work and interpreted through semiotics. The progress of this investigation draws conclusions about the difference that the use of graphic design and advertising strategies such as humour and irony can make about the ways to communicate and reach the public with certain values that promote sociocultural change.

The discovery of the coexistence of activism, art and design, and the transformative potential that art has, was a crucial factor in the development of my progress as an artist and I am honoured to say that, an article I wrote about my graduation research project and in which I could encompass the use of graphic design as an artistic and communicational instrument for social awareness, has been published in the scientific journal “Ciencia y técnica” (year 11, n°1) of the Universidad Siglo 21

Throughout this study I was able to look at art in a different way and all started to make sense to me. All the things that I have learned along the way can be used not only as a way of expression but as a platform for reflection. Not only for artists but for society as well. Art can transform, I’m sure, and I want to be a part of that.

I think the Chelsea College of Arts is the right place for me because of the encouragement of culturally progressive and independent practice, experimentation and its international profile, which will help me experience opportunities that will help me develop my career as an international artist and I am delighted with the possibility of spending a year at one of the greatest art institutions in Europe. I am looking forward to being considered for the MA Fine Art, where I hope I can have the opportunity to improve my skills and learn from new experiences.