Welcome to the latest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Ian Swanson. Ian earned his BFA from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and earned his MFA from the Pratt Institute in New York in 2013. A strong vein of…
Welcome back to Studio Sessions with my guest this episode, Russell Nachman. Russell earned his BFA from Colorado State University in 1990, and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996. In recent years, Russell’s focus has been…
Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Devon Clapp. Devon earned a BFA in Printmaking from the Montserrat College of Art in 2006, and an MFA in Painting from the Pratt Institute in New York in 2011.…
Welcome to Studio Sessions with our guest this episode, Traci Molloy Traci earned her BFA at Alfred University, and her MFA and Master’s in Arts Education from the University of Ohio. Traci’s work often focuses on death and loss, particularly…
Omer Fast’s 30 minute video work 5,000 Feet Is the Best takes its title from one of the lines in its dialogue. It is spoken by a jumpy former U.S. Air Force Predator Drone operator, reclining on a bed in…
Welcome back to another episode of Studio Sessions, this time with guest Alex Gingrow. Alex earned a B.A. in Visual Art from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, a post baccalaureate certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine…
Full disclosure: I am a huge fan of Lucy Kim—the work and the woman—so I was stoked to be asked to write this essay and to have this chance to rave about what I love about her work and what…
Welcome to the first episode of Studio Sessions where we will visit for a second time with Rob Andrews. Following our first hour-long conversation, I felt there was such a large percentage of Rob’s work and ideas that we didn’t…
Welcome to Studio Sessions, this time with guest Jennifer Schmidt. Jennifer earned her BA in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Delaware in 1997, her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999,…
In this episode of Studio Sessions I’ll be talking with Jeremy Olson. Jeremy earned his BFA from the University of Arizona in 2000, and his MFA from NYU Steinhardt in 2009. Primarily a surrealist painter, Jeremy’s recent series plays with…
Bruce Myren’s The Fortieth Parallel is a project of western depiction. Rooted in history, it takes cues from historic survey projects and their subsequent rephotographic cousins, Ed Ruscha’s explorations of buildings on Sunset Strip and the New Topographers’ unromantic views…
Welcome to Studio Sessions with guest this episode, Ryan Turley. Ryan earned his BFA from Parsons, The New School for Design in 2009, and his MFA from the Pratt Institute in 2011. Ryan creates pieces using a range of methods,…
Welcome to the next installment of Studio Sessions with guest Melissa Murray. Melissa earned her BFA from the State University of New York Purchase College in 2006. Her mixed media pieces often place highly-refined drawings of wild animals into interior…
You’ve stumbled across some sort of back alley entrance to a virtual digital theatre. The digital back lot that makes screen stare-stumblers of us all. There is something overwhelmingly familiar and disorienting in Derek Larson’s piece. Can one call…
In this episode of Studio Sessions I talk with Brooklyn artist Alex Kvares about his variety of drawings that often border on becoming psychedelic. Alex earned a BFA in painting from the University of Kansas, and an MFA in printmaking…
Welcome back to Studio Sessions and the interview with my next guest, Nikki Romanello. Nikki earned a BFA in sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008, and an MFA in sculpture from the Pratt Institute in 2011.…
Our guest on Studio Sessions this episode is Illustrator and activist Cristy C. Road. Currently working in Brooklyn, Cristy’s identity as a gay punk rocker makes a strong impression on the work she creates. Working in a very precise drawing…
Welcome to the newest episode of Studio Sessions with guest Musa Hixson Musa earned a BFA from Hampton University in Virginia, and an MFA from the Pratt Institute in 1998. The use of circles and spheres is a recurring theme…
Our guest on this episode of Studio Sessions is Maximiliano Sinani. Maximiliano earned his undergraduate degree from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz, Bolivia, and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Maximiliano’s works often involve…
From Above and Below is Sharon Harper’s first monograph, published earlier this year by Radius Books. With its lush 11×14″ reproductions, where images from seven distinct projects dating 2001 to 2012 are married and juxtaposed, it skirts the world of…