Meet Celio Bordin

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Celio Bordin a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Celio , we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
In my journey there have been many critical and truly devastating moments, both psychologically and physically. Multiple situations where I truly thought of abandoning everything… but then the great and inexhaustible need to create made me reborn each time. I understood that the creative gift is a powerful medicine, both for myself and for others: a special resilience that shines in the darkness of uncertainty and difficulties of this brief and intense life we live. Jealousy, envy, selfishness, egocentrism, greed, competition are some cancerous elements of our era that disturb the intimate creative gift. But it is precisely against these poisons that creativity becomes even more necessary.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I imagine a world that appreciates the miracle of life and our evolution: beings gifted with thought and consciousness. However, observing reality, I see how often we have self-limited ourselves within rigid social systems. Art and creativity represent a universal path to liberation: not only for the artist, but for anyone willing to connect with this dimension. It’s a form of language that transcends barriers and reminds us of our most authentic essence.
My approach doesn’t follow market logic or competition, but is guided by evolutionary research: transforming the perceptions and energies of places and people into visual language. Every live performance is a collective experiment where the audience becomes an integral part of the creative process.
Places charged with history – from necropolises to sacred sites – offer precious teachings. Art becomes a bridge between past and present, revealing connections and symbols that belong to humanity’s collective memory.
What I find most significant is when the finished work resonates with those who observe it, creating a silent but profound dialogue. Perceptual art has this capacity: to speak directly to the soul, bypassing mental filters.
The goal is to continue this infinite exploration and share it, contributing to awakening that sensitivity we all possess but often forget to cultivate.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
The three qualities I recognize as significant in my journey are:

-Problem-solving ability – the skill to find creative solutions even in complex situations

-Instinctive perseverance – that natural force that sustains us in difficult moments

-Adaptive capacity – the possibility of transforming every change into a growth opportunity

For those who share a love for beauty, I would suggest freely exploring what attracts you, following that natural harmony with existence and discovering what authentically stimulates your senses.
There’s no need to complicate life – the important thing is to remain open to experience.
Everyone has their own unique combination of talents and vulnerabilities, and both are precious parts of our journey. I’ve found value in keeping alive that spontaneous curiosity of childhood – that ability to look at the world with wonder, without too many mental filters.
To those starting their creative path, I recommend enjoying both digital possibilities and the richness of the material world. Technology offers fantastic tools, but it’s equally important to maintain contact with the physical, tangible dimension of things. There’s no need to choose – both dimensions can enrich each other.
Balance is found in listening to ourselves and in curiosity toward the world.

What is the number one obstacle or challenge you are currently facing and what are you doing to try to resolve or overcome this challenge?
We must acknowledge that the world has changed dramatically. Technology has simplified many creative processes, often replacing human capability with virtual alternatives. Today, anyone can create through sophisticated digital tools, generating an inflation of AI-produced content and programs accessible to everyone. This represents an enormous opportunity, but also a significant obstacle: within the massive global creative output, it’s increasingly difficult to find one’s authentic space. We’re witnessing an unbridled consumerism of ideas and a race toward success or artistic survival.
Reflecting deeply, I’ve realized that creative honesty stands apart from this landscape. However, it’s nearly impossible to completely dissociate from this global movement without risking invisibility.
The main challenge is economic: today’s art system seems to function primarily through investment. The more you invest in visibility, the more ‘talented’ you become because you’re visible. Talent alone often isn’t enough if you don’t have thousands of followers, can’t pay for galleries, curators, competitions, websites, catalogs… This dynamic risks suffocating thousands of deserving artists who can’t afford these investments.
To emerge requires a commercial mindset that many artists don’t naturally possess, because creating is something else entirely: it’s love, visions, time and dedication that brings forth something meaningful from nothing.
How do I survive creatively? Through faith in myself and love for creation, to which I dedicate most of my time. My collectors appreciate the authenticity of my works because they represent my genuine voice, not a market product.
I’m not interested in competing for success: creating for me is a vital necessity. I’ve learned that the universe knows how to reward at the right moment – the best things come when you’re not desperately chasing them. Only genuine pleasure in what you do can magnetize success, because observers perceive the creative love in the work and are moved by it.

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