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Can you build a successful art career without letting success change the art you make?
In this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, painter Loribelle Spirovski is featured by the Professional Artist Association (
https://professionalartist.com/join), the world’s fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.
Loribelle is a Filipino-Australian figurative painter whose psychologically charged portraits have been exhibited internationally.
She has earned multiple selections for Australia’s prestigious Archibald Prize, including the 2025 People’s Choice Award.
Along the way, she learned that the job side of an art career can compromise the integrity of the work itself.
In this episode, Loribelle shares why trying to make the “right” art can hold you back, how to start earning from your art before a gallery represents you, and why working harder can eventually work against you.
“I was trying to please these imagined judges instead of being true to what I actually wanted to paint..”
—Loribelle Spirovski
Timestamps:
01:38 Lux Aeterna: Memory, Trauma, and the Body
05:21 Growing Up Between Cultures
11:32 Getting Into Residencies Without a Strong CV Yet
14:48 How Curators Actually Find Artists
17:03 Pricing Work When You’re Still Building Confidence
19:44 Memento Mori: When the Work Shifts Direction
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If you want to make it in the art world, talent is key - but so is mastering the business side. The Professional Artist Podcast is where fine artists and commerce meet.
Co-hosts Miguel L. Mayher and Cristina Demiany guide visual artists through an audio gallery, exploring how to show and sell your art, land commissions, apply for artist grants, license your art, and much more.
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Miguel L. Mayher is the Director of Education at the Professional Artist Association. Previously, he worked with Google Arts & Culture, striking partnerships with national museums. He is also a Global Economic Symposium Young Fellow and a One Young World Ambassador.
Cristina Demiany is a Senior Art Business Coach at the Professional Artist Association. She formerly served as Senior Program Manager at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and as Executive Director of the National Children’s Chorus.
The Professional Artist Association is a global organization dedicated to providing real-world education for visual artists, including painters, sculptors, and fine art photographers.