ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsMy guest today is Brooklyn-based artist Mark Zubrovich.  Mark and I talk about his recent stint on the Liquitex Artist Residency,  the first book he self-published "Stuff Bruce Likes to Sniff" as well as his drawing practice, love of surface, Marks thoughts about democratizing art, anxiety, effort, confidence, limitations, making problems for yourself, getting reacquainted with oil painting, scale & speed, tapping into your community, and a very awesome anecdote from his recent show at the Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque. About Mark:Mark's father is a deacon in the Catholic Church and his mother works for a maker and distributer of Halloween costumes. Mark received his BFA from Purchase School of Art and Design in 2015. Mark make paintings and fiber-based work about how the contemporary queer body finds stable roots. His focus centers around the anthropomorphic dog, a figure Mark's deeply connected to as a conduit for feeling out that queer body. In both its prevalence in art historical tradition and through trans-human queer spaces like puppy players and the furry community. His most recent work has been a deep dive into costume and textile as new modes of self portraiture, particularly tapping into the furry community's iconic ritual of creating an anthro alter ego for one self called a "fursona". He currently lives and work in Brooklyn NY. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!       If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com About the Podcast:host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Mark Zubrovich https://www.markzubrovich.com/ insta: @mzubrovich

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday's guest is Brooklyn artist, Nat Meade. Together we discuss Nat's practice and technique in depth. His painting surface, medium,  composition and scale; his small studies, drawings and casein sketches. Later in the episode, Nat and I talk about before and after he came a full-time artist, his early career and what it means to find the confidence to paint for yourself and making your weakness your thing. We finish up talking trends, social media, and curating. About Nat Meade:Meade's work explores the complex experience of moving through the phases of one’s life. The figures in his paintings become stand-ins for himself as he investigates the experience of becoming an adult, a husband, and a parent, each character viewed through the dual lens of self-scrutiny and societal expectation.Meade received his BFA from the University of Oregon and his MFA from Pratt Institute. His work has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, and has been reviewed in publications such as Artforum, Juxtapoz, The Boston Globe, and Hyperallergic. He attended the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture 2009, the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program in 2016, the Siena Art Institute in 2018, and the James Castle House Summer Residency in Boise, Idaho in summer 2021.Note:Nat Meade's solo exhibtion "Hank Stanoer's Bones" at Hesse Flatow is currently in its' last days. If you're a NYC listener, check it out by Oct 14, 2023 at 508 W 26 Street, Suite 5G, New York, NYIf you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review and subscribe and tell your friends!     If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com- About the Podcast -      host: Isaac Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mannguest: Nat Meadehttps://www.natmeade.com/insta: @natmeade

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Today's conversation is with LA-based artist, Liv Aanrud. Liv is a texile artist . . . a  painter . . . someone who makes paintings out of textiles? Doesn't matter. They're great. And so was this converation.  I asked Liv about the speed of her practice, her single figure compositions, beauty, where her paintings start, their color and pattern, her influences and collaboration experience. We also discuss the health and well-being in the life of a contempory artist, compromised studios - when it's time to move, liv's ten-year break, starting from scratch in los angeles, keeping longevity, balance and foundation in an expensive city, building a community and knowing when a community doesn't serve you. About Liv Aanrud work:Liv's  lush, maximalist compositions depict female figures as doubles, inviting the viewer to ponder whether they are reflections, two separate figures, or one person in various stages. Their ornate bodies are covered in  symbols that allow for many possible narratives and  create a sense of total integration into the world they inhabit. Through intricate details and a psychedelic palette, Liv hopes to transport viewers to a dreamlike utopia where they are left to slowly and joyously discover and decode the artwork.If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review and subscribe and tell your friends!     If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com- About the Podcast -      host: Isaac Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mannguest: Liv Aanrudhttps://www.livaanrud.com/insta: @livaanrud

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists   Today's conversation is with LA-based artist, and friend of the show, Katya Zvereva. We chat about her recent solo show “Yggdrasil” with Art Room LA,  post-solo blues, salesmanship, fashion collaboration, handmade clothing, collaborating with visual artists, developing new practices and good control vs. bad control vs. pure chaos.We also talk healthy living, communication, healing, living with a creative partner, and how Katya builds a 12 x 8 foot painting in her living room. We also talk about art materials for 15min.  Katya Zvereva was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1990. She received her Master’s Degree of Architecture from the V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute in 2013, and her Masters of Fine Art from New York Academy of Art in 2016.   If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review and subscribe and tell your friends!      If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com - About the Podcast -        host: Isaac Wexler-Mann  www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Katya Zvereva https://thehouseoffineart.com/katya-zvereva/ insta: @katyazvereva

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists!Back today is my guest Anne Harris. She is a painter, a curator, a writer, and professor at the Art Institute of Chicago. In today's conversation Anne speaks about Paul’s pisco sour, the artist spouse, therapy, loneliness, momentum, the Zone, music in the art studio and why painting is a vocation, not a career. Lot’s more too. Check it out!About Anne Harris:Anne Harris has exhibited at venues ranging from Alexandre Gallery and DC Moore Gallery in New York to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute and many more besides.  She is also the originator of The Mind’s I, a drawing project done with other artists which has traveled and exhibited nationally and internationally. As for her studio practice, in Anne’s own words she wants her paintings to, "function like an eyelid, veering from dry to wet, inside to outside, opaque to transparent, form to formless, mute to aggressive, space curved outward toward the viewer, held in by fragile surface tension, the picture plane as membrane, the entire painting an eyelid.”This is a two-parter folks, so don't forget to listen to part one from last week if you haven't already. Thanks for listening! You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM! If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Anne Harris www.anneharrispainting.com insta: @anneharris.painting 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Anne Harris. She is a painter, a curator, a writer, and professor at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited at venues ranging from Alexandre Gallery and DC Moore Gallery in New York to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute and many more besides.  She is also the originator of The Mind’s I, a drawing project done with other artists which has traveled and exhibited nationally and internationally.On today’s episode we discuss routine, productively, working slow, numb panic, depression, relevance, on trend/off trend, contracts, royalties, a culture that values art but not artists, drawing, invisible labor, how art develops it’s meaning over time and the Venus of Willendorf. As for her studio practice, well, in Anne’s own words she wants her “paintings to function like an eyelid, veering from dry to wet, inside to outside, opaque to transparent, form to formless, mute to aggressive, space curved outward toward the viewer, held in by fragile surface tension, the picture plane as membrane, the entire painting an eyelid.”Anne Harris was a blast to talk to, eloquent, honest and insightful. This is a two-parter folks, here’s part one. Enjoy. You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!  If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann  guest: Anne Harris www.anneharrispainting.com insta: @anneharris.painting 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today i speak with the LA-based artist Jen Hitchings. Jen’s work investigates the tenuous relationship between humankind and nature and in recent years she has embarked on a deeply self-reflective investigation of the psyche, relationships, erotic desire, and cosmic forces. Her influences range from the rural Japanese landscape, the Hudson River School painters, science fiction film posters, spiritualist archetypes, and contemporary surrealist painting.On today's episode: Jen and I discuss vertical vs horizontal compositions, deadlines, negotiation skills, her upcoming 21 ft-mural commission for Mailchimp, starting a painting, building a painting  and potential new directions in her painting practice. and a whole lot more. About Jen Hitchings:Jen Hitchings (1988, New Jersey) received her BFA in Painting & Drawing from SUNY Purchase College in 2011 and a certificate in Small Business & Entrepreneurship from CUNY Hunter College in 2018. She has attended residencies at Adventure Painting (Yellowstone National Park), DNA (Provincetown, MA), the Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), and Studio Kura (Itoshima, Japan). Solo presentations of her work have taken place at Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles, CA) in 2023, Taymour Grahne (London, UK) in 2023 and online in 2022, One River School (Englewood, NJ) in 2019, MEN Gallery (New York, NY) and PROTO (Hoboken, NJ) in 2018, and Ideal Glass (New York, NY) in 2017 which was accompanied by a 16 x 30’ outdoor mural. In 2021, she completed two large-scale outdoor murals at The Wassaic Project, on view through 2023. In 2023, she was commissioned by Mailchimp to produce a 9 x 21’ indoor permanent office mural at their new headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Recent group exhibitions have taken place at Richard Heller, Anat Ebgi, Good Mother (Los Angeles), Kutlesa (Goldau, Switzerland), Chen Projects at Louisa Art Center (Taipei, Taiwan), Taymour Grahne (London, UK), Ana Mas Projects (Barcelona, Spain), Gaa Gallery, Cindy Rucker, Pierogi (New York, NY), and The Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY) among others. She was a recipient of the Queens Council on the Arts’ New Works Grant in 2018. Between 2013–2020, Hitchings co-directed Transmitter and Associated Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, is the founder of artist-focused consulting agency Studio Associate, and Director of Career Services at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM! If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Jen Hitchings www.jenhitchings.com insta: @jenjonesjones

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday's  guest, Marina Ross is a Russian Jewish artist, and her paintings draw upon her experience of acculturation, The American Dream, and the trauma inherent within it as well as traditional feminine beauty, as a form of social capital, assimilation, and protection. These notions of power and control of the feminine body and the performance of femininity saturate Ross’s work. A few months back, I was in Chicago, and had the opportunity to swing by ArtRuss Gallery, where Ross’s latest solo show, Emerald City, was opening the following day. Ross walked me through her exhibition after which, we sat down and recorded this conversation. Ross and I discussed painting on paper, curating Emerald City, control and agency, working in bursts, accountability partners, community, cofounding the NYC Creative Salon, and her most recent work with the Chicago Crit Club.Ross also speaks openly about the loss of her son Rafi, and about painting’s role in coping with trauma. About:Marina Ross is an artist, instructor, and curator based in Chicago, IL. She earned her MFA in painting from the University of Iowa in 2018 and her BFA in painting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. Her work has been exhibited in New York at Sugarlift, Friday Studio Gallery, Art Helix, and Highline Stages and throughout Chicago at Goldfinch Gallery, Heaven Gallery, The Franklin, Sulk, and Baby Blue Gallery, among others. She received The Stanley Award for International Graduate Research from The University of Iowa and attended the Saint Petersburg Artist Residency in Saint Petersburg, Russia (2017). Her work is in numerous public and private collections. She runs a critique group for professional artists in Chicago and teaches art at Loyola University Chicago and Roosevelt University.If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM       If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com - About the Podcast -        host: Isaac Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann  guest: Marina Rosswww.marina-ross.com/ insta: @marinaross_studio

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today’s guest is Thai Mainhard. Thai is an abstract painter that live and works in Los Angeles. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thai draws inspiration from human experiences and tension found in daily life and her own memories of it. In this week’s episode I sit down with Thai to discuss how she starts a painting, the magic of good teachers, the function of mood, formula and what she calls ‘the source’ in her daily studio practice. We also discuss collage, scale, leaving the rectangle and how to leave the studio with a little bit of excitement to start tomorrow. You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM! If YOU have any questions YOU want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com   host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Thai Mainhard https://www.thaimainhard/ insta: @thaimainhard Intro and Closing Music  by ARRN https://arrn.bandcamp.com/

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. And we're back with Part 2 of my three-part conversation with Wisconsin-based artist, TL Solien. Today we conclude the exploration of his early (or phase 1) art practice, including a fun description of the origins of his pictographic works. We talk about his early career experiences in visiting and exhibiting in New York City and living for a time in Paris. We discuss family, and home-life, agreements, and finances, the difficulties following the art market crash, and TL's  experience entering the culture of academia. Then we come back around to the concept or self-respect, the second phase of TL's studio practice, collage, Moby Dick, building paintings towards vibration , space, implied linearity and more. As I mentioned last week, I am extremely proud of this interview, and very thankful to my guest for his patience and his willingness to share so much of life with me and the ARTMATTERS listeners. About:T.L Solien, born in Fargo North Dakota in 1949, received a BA degree in Art from Moorhead State University, Moorhead MN in 1973, and an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1977.TL Solien has been  invited to  participate in numerous exhibitions  of National and International magnitude including, the 1983 Whitney Biennial, the 39th  Biennial of American Painting at the Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.; Avant-Grade in the 80”s, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The American Artist as Printmaker,   Brooklyn Museum NY; Images and Impressions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Contemporary Drawings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Solien was the subject, recently, of a 25 year retrospective at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI, entitled “ T.L. Solien: Myths and Monsters", as well as a touring exhibition porganized by the Plains Museum of Fargo North Dakota, entitled "Toward the Setting Sun", comprised of 65 work, and supported by a 200 page catalog published and distributed by the University of Minnesota Press.TL Solien has had approximately 40 solo exhibitions over the last 25 years.TL Solien is represented in numerous corporate and public collections including, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;  High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; The Tate Modern, London;  The Smithsonian Museum ,Washington D.C.;  The Frederick Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles;  The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.;  The Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI. and  Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI.   TL Solien is currently represented by Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee, and his most recent solo exhibition was at OTI in Los Angeles, CA. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!       If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com  host: Isaac Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann  guest: TL Solien https://www.solientl.com/insta: @tlsolien

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The podcast for artists. I’m particularly excited about today’s episode with the artist TL Solien. Prepare yourself for an epic conversation, recorded over two separate studio visits, and subsequently over four hours of material. In light of this, I’ve edited this conversation down into three episodes, which will come out weekly until complete, unlike the usual bi-weekly format of the show. ● In episode 1, we get into TL’s painting process and his background and education.● In episode 2, we talk about his family, his explosive early career success, and the challenges that followed the art market crash, when he was forced to seek out adjunct teaching opportunities wherever he could, move frequently, and often on his own.● And in episode 3 where i pepper him with whatever i else i forgot, including his current painting ideology and focus. Also collaging and Moby Dick. I am extremely proud of this interview, and very thankful to my guest for his patience and his willingness to share so much of life with me and the ARTMATTERS listeners. About:T.L Solien, born in Fargo North Dakota in 1949, received a BA degree in Art from Moorhead State University, Moorhead MN in 1973, and an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1977.TL Solien has been  invited to  participate in numerous exhibitions  of National and International magnitude including, the 1983 Whitney Biennial, the 39th  Biennial of American Painting at the Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.; Avant-Grade in the 80”s, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The American Artist as Printmaker,   Brooklyn Museum NY; Images and Impressions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Contemporary Drawings, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Solien was the subject, recently, of a 25 year retrospective at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI, entitled “ T.L. Solien: Myths and Monsters", as well as a touring exhibition porganized by the Plains Museum of Fargo North Dakota, entitled "Toward the Setting Sun", comprised of 65 work, and supported by a 200 page catalog published and distributed by the University of Minnesota Press. TL Solien has had approximately 40 solo exhibitions over the last 25 years.TL Solien is represented in numerous corporate and public collections including, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;  High Museum of Art, Atlanta; The Metropolitan Museum, New York; The Tate Modern, London;  The Smithsonian Museum ,Washington D.C.;  The Frederick Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles;  The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.;  The Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI. and  Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI.   TL Solien is currently represented by Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee, and his most recent solo exhibition was at OTI in Los Angeles, CA.  If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!         If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com  host: Isaac Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann  guest: TL Solien https://www.solientl.com/ insta: @tlsolien

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsHappy New Years! On today’s episode i sit down with two terrific detroit-based artists. James Oscar Lee is a painter and textile artist, and Marcus Marcus, a multi-hyphenate, who develops music, performance art, and practical design. These two have been friends for years, and are frequent collaborators, one of the many reasons i asked them both to sit down and speak with me today. In this conversation we  discuss the shifting productivity of their artistic careers, the quiet after finishing up a project, how they stay confident while exploring new platforms or media, working for others, working together, old guy tools, and a brief look into their daily studio practice. About Marcus Marcus:A dreamer learning to execute in the fields of Performance, Music and Practical Design. Born in Detroit, Raised in Southfield.About James Oscar Lee:James Oscar Lee is a Detroit-based painter and leather goods designer. His colorful abstract style on large-scale paintings layers figurative gestures and disrupted landscapes that tell multiple stories upon closer inspection. Each stroke of a brush or drag of a palette knife is meticulously but emotionally placed, like that of a note by a composer. Deeply inspired by music, the avant-garde sounds of both local and well-known musicians in part guide his every action as he paints. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!      If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.comAbout the Podcast:Host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann Guest 1: Marcus Marcus https://open.spotify.com/artist/5thcH28PybtL9eWDG6DIbM?si=kOGHZRXBTR28DOmO8hKwuginsta: @hellclam Guest 2: James Oscar Lee https://www.jamesoscarlee.com/ insta: @understands_absolutely_not 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn today’s episode we have the dramatic conclusion of my conversation with the artist James English Leary. Last time, James and I spoke at length about the state of art education. Today we discuss his new watercolors, collecting art, different kinds of change, deskilling, space and depiction, 19th century French painting and how unconditional support for an artists work - like love - is for babies.  We also talk Renoir, Matisse, Hockney, Schnabel, Guston, Jack Witten, Ron Gorchov and Howard Hodgkin.This will be the last episode of ARTMATTERS in 2023 so I want to say a big thank you to all of my listeners! I hope you all have a great holiday and a happy new year:)See you back in 2024 for the next episode of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.About James English Leary:James English Leary is a painter and psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. His work has been exhibited in Greater New York at MoMA PS1, the Whitney Biennial, and the Sundance Film Festival. He co-founded the artist collective The Bruce High Quality Foundation which was the subject of a 2013 retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. Leary co-founded the tuition-free art school BHQFU where he was a director and teacher. He has lectured on the sociology and economies of the institutions of art history and taught drawing and painting at The Cooper Union School of Art.If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!      If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.comAbout the Podcast:    Host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mannGuest: James English Learyhttps://www.kandlhofer.com/artists/86-james-english-leary insta: @jamesenglishleary

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn today’s episode, I speak with the artist Jennifer Coates. In her recent paintings, ancient deities appear like ghosts in the abstracted landscape of rural Pennsylvania. Figures merge with their surroundings as weeds and trees become a site of both Pagan ritual and painterly event. The works hang together like tapestries with a variety of marks slowly accumulating in layers and zones to create a flickering but cohesive whole.  Coates is in conversation with art history, engaging Modernist landscapes, Baroque painting, and ancient Roman frescoes. Light effects are amplified and color is intensified, suffusing the paintings with the glow of synthetic chemistry. While oil paint references earth and flesh, Coates’s use of acrylic paint speaks to the history of plastics and dyes. Fluorescent paints, colors of safety and warning, are used to heighten the dense, hallucinatory scenes.About Jennifer CoatesJennifer Coates is an artist working in Brooklyn, NY and Lakewood, PA. She is the 2021 recipient of the John Koch Art Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2021 NYFA Award in painting, a 2019 Fellowship at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and a Sharpe Walentas Studio residency (2018-2019) (tel:(2018-2019)). Recent solo shows include Para Pastoral at Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY; Lesser Gods of Lakewood PA at High Noon Gallery, NYC; and Pagan Forest, West Chester University. Recent group shows include Psychedelic Landscape at Eric Firestone Gallery, NYC, Post Pop Landscapes at Acquavella Galleries in NYC and Palm Beach, FL, curated by Todd Bradway. Her work has been written about in Hyperallergic, BOMB Magazine, the Brooklyn Rail, Art Critical, the Huffington Post, Smithsonian Journeys, and Art News, among other publications.If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!       If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com About the PodcastHost: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann Guest: Jennifer Coateswww.jenniferlcoates.com insta: @jennifercoates666

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Today on the podcast I speak with Jaqueline Cedar. Brooklyn-based artist, and founder of the Good Naked Gallery. On this episode we discuss permanence and impermanence, romance and practicality, drawing out ideas versus immediacy, productivity, the 'more is more' practice and editing after the fact, the function of inspiration, 'nope' days, pleasure in the practice, how a painting develops, photography, painting from imagination,  grad school, teaching, multitasking, balance and 'checking-out',  goals, expectations and success, and the origins of the Good Naked Gallery. About:Jaqueline Cedar was born in Los Angeles, CA and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. In 2009 she received an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. Recent exhibitions include Long Story Short, New York (2023), Shelter Gallery, New York (2022), Shin Haus, New York (2022), Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe (2022), Ladies' Room, Los Angeles (2021), 11 Newel, Brooklyn (2021), Peripheral Space, Los Angeles (2021), Hesse Flatow, New York (2020), Drawer NYC (2020), Field Projects, New York (2020), Underdonk, Brooklyn (2018), and David Risley Gallery Velvet Ropes, Copenhagen (2018). Press includes Artnet, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, Two Coats of Paint, New American Paintings, Gorky's Granddaughter, Painters' Table, and The Boston Globe. Cedar's paintings and drawings address uncanny scenarios where characters engage themselves and one another with sincerity and purpose. Moments of desire, self-reflection, and lack of control motivate postures filled with bravado and vulnerability. In October 2019 Cedar launched the curatorial exhibition program Good Naked Gallery. Projects hover around the intimate and awkward with a focus on work that engages tactility, humor, movement, and play. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM!       If you have a question YOU want answered, or suggestions for future guests, please write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com - About the Podcast -        host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Jaqueline Cedarwww.jaquelinecedar.com/ insta: @jaquelinecedar

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn today's episode I speak with LA-based and Pierogi-represented artist, Andrew Ohanesian. We discuss hating a good idea, the beautiful bad idea, desperation, panic and 'that magic moment,' life reflecting the studio practice, communicating with an audience, experiencing art, memory, parring down narratives, the making of Mandies, control, being an artist assistant, the making of Dog Years and much more. Andrew Ohanesian was born 1980 in Southern California, received a BFA in Art from the University of California, Berkeley, and moved to New York City in 2005. His work spans large-scale site-specific installation, small mutiples and editions, with each series of work channeling an alternate version of himself, such as a lawyer, casino operator, or real estate agent to direct production accordingly. The ideas he chooses to investigate, criticize, and subsume are always topical to the economy and his personal navigation of life, often digging deeply into scars either visible or not - “pushing where it hurts.” He builds environments, strategically placing utilitarian soon-to-be anachronistic elements into the viewer's world to engage with under the auspices of using the object for its intended, manufactured purpose, but within the context of contemporary art. The experience is a nuanced slight-of-hand between the objects or space aggregated, the audience, and his psyche. Relationships between the person and the space, their ego, and what they deem as relatable or comfortable are questioned, disturbed, and shaken, altering their future perspective of their environment and themselves. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review and subscribe and tell your friends!    If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com- About the Podcast -    host: Isaac Wexler-Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mannguest: Andrew Ohanesian https://www.pierogi2000.com/artists/andrew-ohanesian/insta: @andrewohanesian 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this episode I sit down with LA  artist and Hunter Alum, Christian Rogers. We talk about his combined process of drawing, photography and painting, his cozy home studio, distractions vs flow-state, breaking rules, and rules that don't help, forcing a painting, painting variations (aka bad printmaking) overcoming challenges, joyful painting, deconstructing success, what is allowed?, ways to access the universal, who are you painting for?, positivity through negative experiences, and Christian's anathema: an incredible art collection he's built over the years from visiting centers for adults with disabilities. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review and subscribe and tell your friends!    If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.comEpisode Notes :If you live in the L.A. area, Christian Rogers' first solo exhibition in LA will open in at NOON Projects on September 15, 2023, so mark your calendars. 951 Chung King Road, Los Angeles CA 90012- About the Podcast -    host: Isaac Wexler-Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mannguest: Christian Rogerswww.christianrogers.info insta: @christianmakesthings

Welcome to the  triumphant return of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists! Kicking off season 2, we have the first episode of ARTMATTERS: L.A. Edition, featuring Los Angelos-based artist Hannah Knight Leighton. Hannah and I sat down in her beautiful studio and discussed the following . .  .. . .Drawing with Procreate, joy & labor in the studio, children's books, abstraction/representation, tufting, gesture in textile work, how Leighton got her start as a textile artist, the role of textiles in history and the role of women's history on contemporary textile artists, tough critiques,  scale shape & "little monsters", negative and positive spaces, healthy practices & desperation in painting. Episode note:If you live in the L.A. area, Leighton's work is currently on view as part of the Infinite Games exhibition at OCHI Gallery until August 5, 2023 . Check it out!3301 W. Washington Blvd.www.ochigallery.comIf you're enjoying the podcast so far, please leave a review or a star rating and tell your friends!    If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com- About the Podcast -    host: Isaac Wexler-Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Hannah Knight Leighton www.hannahknightleighton.cominsta: @knightmight

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: the podcast for artists!The long awaited episode 9 has finally arrived! This time I'm joined by london-based, multi-displinary artist Rosie McGinn. We discuss her early career experience, the origins of her current studio practice, her recent collab with Balenciaga, artist residencies, Sassy the Sasquatch and studio meditating. And a couple of other things i'm forgetting right now. Rosie's the best, and this episode isn't too shabby either. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please leave a review or a star rating. And tell your friends!    If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.comNOTE: There is a a brief section in this episode when my guest's audio track degrades slightly. It  lasts for a minute or two, so hopefully it won't impact the listening experience. Thanks for understanding. - About the Podcast -    host: Isaac Wexler-Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Rosie McGinnhttps://www.rosiemcginn.co.ukinsta: @rosiemcginnart

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS the podcast for artists!Today I’m joined by New York-based artist Tom Prinsell. Tom and I discuss his early career, commissioned art, mood boards, Blender and why he decided not to go to graduate school. And lots more. This week in Studio Notes, Tom shares his renewed focus on his color palette and i talk about my deep-dive into paint markers. This one was a real hoot. Give ‘r a listen! If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please leave a review or a star rating. And tell your friends!    If you have an art question you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com- About the Podcast -    host: Isaac Wexler-Mannwww.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Tom Princell www.tomprinsell.cominsta: @tomprinsell