Her pseudonym is Le’demone, her trajectory free of taboo and full of sensuality, tattoos and extroverted modeling! Artistic makeup, tarot and mysticism. I invite you to read this interesting interview with the beautiful Adilein Montero, Venezuelan born in Caracas in 1993.
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Astrid: Tell us how many artistic skills do you possess and what are they?
Adilein: I’ve been doing art for as long as I can remember, so I’ve done almost everything, among the most important are: dancing, singing, circus, styling and colorimetry. I designed clothes once, catwalk modeling and alternative modeling, event production, artist manager, I was a roller, I am a musician, artisan, photographer, everything a little. You should always learn.
Astrid: Of all the dance styles you practiced, which one would you choose?
Adilein: I’ve been dancing since I was 9 years old so I studied various types, literally from ballroom dancing to classical but my favorites are: commercial, salsa and bachata, rock and roll and contemporary.
Astrid: What is street art for you?
Adilein: It is a way of living, street art is the most natural way of expression that exists without parameters and without borders, street art gives you family and unparalleled experiences, on the street it does not even matter if you know or not, simply wanting to learn to do it is enough and the best artists in the world are on the street and it is really magical to see them be the best at something, Don’t brag about it, don’t be selfish. The street artist is a master by nature and that is worth a lot, nowadays I see him as the favorite part of my life and my history.
Astrid: Tell us about your mystical and tarot side.
Adilein: Well my grandmother was gypsy and raised me with the spiritual wisdom that characterizes me, somehow I think I was born with that gift, I learned from the tarot very small but growing up it became a very important life tool, it literally kept me alive for several years and I was never wrong. On the mystical side I think it is part of my essence, I have always had the ability to look beyond believing in the universe and its multiple beings of power and I am glad to have spent half of my life transmitting and connecting people with these beings. It’s gratifying to see how people without magic today are awesome beings, to know that your universal connection has something to do with it, it’s worth it in the end. It’s hard to be a witch and admit it, you are usually branded crazy and weird but those people who magic change their lives, they are worth everything.
Astrid: How demanding was modeling for you?
Adilein: A lot! at age 12 my mother decided that I should be a catwalk model, she dreamed of Miss Venezuela, I think, and that implied a discipline that was very exhausting for me, I have an experience where I had to lose 10kg in 15 days and it was really frustrating so much that when I turned 15 I totally moved away from the catwalk, I changed my image so that it was no choice anymore. And then I resumed them in an alternative way but it did not last long, in the same way as a public figure you must maintain an image that my rebellion prevented me so I preferred to become a producer and creator of commercial images, honestly I was no longer willing to make a model but I had the opportunity to participate in the Miss Tattoo of which I was in second place and after creating with my partner a company of alternative models, Most of them are influencers today and being part of their discovery process is an unforgettable experience for me.
Astrid: Entering the erotic field, what does it mean to you to be a webcam model?
Adilein: It was incredible actually, it is a field in which despite all the taboos that exist for me it was not so difficult, eroticism is quite good for me and being a webcam model is a good way to exploit it without disrespect, within that field you must do many strange things but all these actions end up generating giant experiences, You learn to know yourself, to know what you like and what you don’t, you know all the sexual fields that exist such as fetishes, BDSM, bondage, voyeurism, you learn that being a webcam does not necessarily have to do with sex, it is rather about loneliness. You learn to really love yourself because you get a lot of people who spend all their time flattering you and even if people don’t admit it, your self-esteem changes a lot. I think the webcam has been one of my best facets and experiences, I would do it again without any problem especially because it is simply a performance in which you end up becoming good and earning a lot of money without the need for anyone to disrespect you. You end up having friends all over the world, people who enjoy your existence, your voice, your attributes, your mind and that’s worth a lot. In fact the reason why I arrived in Medellín is because I became very good friends with a model called Ami and she opened the doors of her life and her house to me and so it happened to me in several countries, through the webcam you find beautiful and strange people.
Astrid: Tell us about your relationship with the tattoo medium.
Adilein: Well my first tattoo I did when I was 14 I really had no idea how important they would be in my life, from there I never stopped, ending up wrapped up with tattoo artists of big names like Roberto, Yomico, Alex, Emilio; or being part of the production of events like ‘Expotattoo Venezuela’, ‘Expotattoo Caricuao’, ‘Expo Arte y Tatuaje de La Estancia’ to name a few events, it was natural I don’t even know when it happened I was simply involved in the wonderful creation of these events, I ended up dancing on their stages, I suspended their shows and controlling the entire itinerary, They were really times of a lot of pressure, days without sleep, days without being able to do anything else but in the end they were days of enormous learning, I ended up knowing a lot about tattoos, techniques, brands, styles, body modification, security measures, ways to heal, I ended up being friends with incredibly good people in every way.
The most impressive artists I have ever seen in this medium and many today have very famous names and that is really inspiring. So much so that today I have almost 50 tattoos and at least 40 were for being a canvas of artists who fell in love with my skin as I did with their art, it had nothing to do with money and thanks to the universe that gave me magical beings willing to capture their magic in me, that’s how I see it!
That’s why my tattoos are so important in my story.
Astrid: What kind of makeup do you like to do the most?
Adilein: As a result of all these artistic media in which I had to grow, the personification of characters became my plus, today I have the ability to recreate characters almost perfectly with few elements. Cosplay, artistic makeup, halloween, are like my strengths in the world of makeup. I am very good at generating personality for photos through makeup In fact I only do this type of makeup today, obviously I master all kinds of event makeup but the artistic one is my favorite.
Astrid: Which public event do you think was the best experience you participated in and in which country it was?
Adilein: Oops I don’t have a lot! In Venezuela I have many: the Expotattoo and the Miss tattoo, the platforms in which I danced, the videos in which I went out, the parties I organized, the events of creative collectives of which I was part, are too many both in Venezuela I was part of many movements worthy of admiration in reality I could not just name one, in Cartagena/Colombia, I had the opportunity to be part of a giant art and poetry festival. In Medellín I was part of the freestyle movement although they do not know it, I love rap and I have always tried to make that part of my life, I know many singers who today are stars and that is worth everything. In Mexico I was part of a photographic exhibition that was in a gallery was also magical.
Astrid: Any message you want to give to people who still have taboo regarding relating art to sensuality?
Adilein: I would love for you to understand that being sensual does not make you an easy person or without your own value, that expressing your sensuality is not disrespecting yourself, it has more to do with the value you have to accept yourself as you are and expressing it becomes art the moment you love what you see why it looks beautiful no matter if you are naked, sexualize art a decision of the receiver and that’s fine, art is free interpretation, but you should not limit yourself by what they will say or as you will see, none of that if your nudes have more to do with art than with sex I swear the receiver will understand, today the world is very fucked up like living limiting yourself and telling yourself that you do not respect an unfeasible parameter on what you do. What is acceptable and what is not, if your eroticism takes something away from your life it is because what is gone does not deserve to be part of you.
As beings we must start by accepting ourselves, by not being afraid to express ourselves, why we do not care about the comments of others, we must be free with both our art and our sexuality, both go hand in hand because although your art is not sexual, it becomes something sensual at the moment you begin to love it and art without love is not art.
Thanks to Adilein Montero (Le’Demone) for allowing me to talk to her today about her outgoing artistic work. For me it is always an honor to be able to inquire a little more about the work of these wonderful artists, I invite you to visit their social networks.
Social media:
Instagram: @le.demone Facebook: Adii Montero Le Demone