Quotes

[sexuality] Sex in itself, being sexual, and expressing that, is one of the most natural things in the world.

[her work as a performance artist] Me being naked all the time has made a lot of people and magazines talk shit about me. 'Oh, the daughter of [actress] Veronica [Forque] is naked and full of blood.' This kind of stuff . They don't even try to understand what's actually going on in my work.

[introduction to the internet] Well, at 12-13 with Messenger. I used to talk to boys on Messenger because I actually didn't in real life. The internet was good for me to feel safe while flirting.

[her art debut] I consider my blood performances as my art debut. It was the first thing I really wanted to do. I poured 2 liters of fake blood out of a gasoline tank over me, naked. I performed it for people for the first time here in NY at Grace Exhibition Space on a lake in the forest where we, the girls, were all performing naked. It was like a dream.

[body image] I like to keep my body fit and harmonized. The body is the temple of the soul.

[dominating people] I'm actually dominant and submissive at the same time. They are poles, and I always go from one pole to another. I love dominating men, and men that are dominant. I basically like people that know what they want to do.

[balancing being shy and confident with nudity] I'm not shy with my body, but I am with my soul. I think it's just that: a balance. I suppose I get some attention for my soul or ego through my body. It's an equilibrated tandem for me.

[does being nude turn her on?] Kind of. I like to provoke.

[dealing with slut shaming] Well, I struggled a bit in school at age 14-15 when I first got breasts and started to like boys. Girls above and below me were mean and called me a slut and intimidated me. Further on in my life, I really didn't care about slut shaming. I'm proud of what I do.

[Instagram censorship] Instagram removed my account @mariaforque1 with 70k in a weird non-official way and not giving me specific reasons of why my account was removed. The only reason could be my CENSORED artistic nudes. I read in their terms of use they ban explicit artistic nudes, which I think is very serious as they describe themselves as a reflection of our diverse community, cultures, ages and believings. Anyway, I discovered in Instagram the only thing that produces a removal of a post or account are the reports you receive, not the content itself. Instagram is full of porn, self-injury, killing of animals or accounts pro bulimia and anorexia. You can see this in the video, were I attached the images and videos of all this content.

[nude art performance] One of my first performances "Renacimiento" was me laying naked on the floor for 3 hours as a dead body with stripper shoes. Twenty-two honey jars were poured over me, and one by my head with a real heart inside. So honey was my "chrysalis" come to life. Again, honey is one of my favorites. Water is my fetish. I can only masturbate with water.