ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists
ARTMATTERS is a bi-weekly podcast featuring in-studio conversations between host Isaac Mann and professional artists from around the world. Each episode explores technical practices, daily studio insights, career advice, creative blocks, and the emotional realities of making art. As a working artist himself, Mann brings both perspective and curiosity to discussions about hope, depression, expectation, success, and failure. The show offers emerging and established artists a rare glimpse into the real experiences behind successful creative careers.
Episodes
#81 with Beldan Sezen
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsMy guest today is painter and artist book maker Beldan Sezen, a Turkish-European artist based in New York and Amsterdam. Her paintings, held in private collections internationally, are built through a process of layered, gestural abstraction — response and revision until the composition resolves. Her painting practice sits alongside a long-running
#80 Spectacular! Leo Ambrosio, ARTMATTERS' Youngest Guest (Bonus Episode)
Welcome back to a very special episode of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This BONUS mini episode celebrates Episode #80 of the Pod - and features a very special guest. The youngest one in ARTMATTERS history, in fact.Before we begin, I want to take a moment to say thank you. To everyone who's listened, shared the show, supported on Patreon, and to all the artists and friends who kept tel
#79 with Matthew Weinstein
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsMy guest today is artist and writer Matthew Weinstein. Over the course of his career, Matthew has exhibited extensively in museums and galleries throughout the United States and internationally. His solo museum exhibitions include the Johnson Museum at Cornell University, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Mint Museum, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Mu
#78 with Erin M Riley
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsErin M. Riley is a Brooklyn-based artist whose large-scale woven tapestries explore intimacy, memory, trauma, and identity through meticulously constructed images assembled from personal photographs, found imagery, and internet culture. She received her BFA from MassArt and her MFA from Tyler School of Art, is represented by P·P·O·W in New York, a
#77 with David Humphrey
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday's guest is David Humphrey, a New York-based painter whose work has been shown nationally and internationally, and who has been recognized with some of the most prestigious awards in the art world, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize. He teaches in the MFA program at Columbia University, is represented by Fredericks &
#76 with Margaret Curtis
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOur guest today is Margaret Curtis, a feminist painter born in Bermuda whose vivid, densely layered canvases explore power dynamics at both the personal and societal level. Margaret is an inaugural recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, and her work first gained national recognition in Marcia Tucker's landmark Bad Girls exhibit
#75 with Catherine Haggarty
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday's guest is Catherine Haggarty, a Brooklyn-based painter, educator and founder whose work has been featured in Artforum, the New York Times, Hyperallergic, and BOMB magazine, among others.Catherine has exhibited widely across New York, LA, and Miami and has been a visiting artist at institutions including Cornell, RISD, Pratt and Rutgers
#74 with Brittany Fanning
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by Brittany Fanning.Brittany Fanning graduated from the University of north Virginia, and moved to South Korea in 2015. She spent seven years painting the neighborhoods around her, drawn particularly to the contrast between new Brutalist structures and traditional hanoks. After relocating to Los Angeles in 2022 he
#73 with David Ambrose
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by David Ambrose.David Ambrose was born in 1960 and lives and works in Bound Brook, New Jersey. He received his BA in Fine Arts from Muhlenberg College and his MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania.He has exhibited widely over the past four decades, including solo exhibitions at the New Jersey State
#72 with Will Hutnick
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by Will Hutnick.Will is a painter based in Sharon, Connecticut. He holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BA from Providence College. Hutnick is a 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Painting. His solo exhibitions include High Noon in New York, the McDonough Museum of Art, Geary Contemporary, and Pame
#71 with Bruce Tapola
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by Bruce Tapola.Bruce Tapola was born and raised in Ohio and received his BFA from the University of Utah, and his MFA from Montana State University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has received several awards, including the McKnight Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship (1995, 2001, 2017). His w
#70 with Hiba Schahbaz
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by Hiba Schahbaz.Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Hiba Schahbaz trained in traditional Indo-Persian miniature painting at the National College of Arts in Lahore. Her practice spans oil, wood, paper, black tea, and water-based pigments. Schahbaz received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute and has exhibited internati
#69 with David Hornung
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week's episode I'm joined by New York artist David Hornung.David Hornung is a painter and mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited in the US and UK. Over the course of a long career he has served on the faculties of The Rhode Island School of Design, Indiana University, Skidmore College, Pratt Institute, and Adelphi Unive
#68 with Fran Shalom
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsOn this week’s episode I’m joined by New York artist Fran Shalom. Fran has exhibited widely throughout the United States, including a solo show at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, and the Hunterdon Museum in New Jersey. She has been the recipient of a Pollock Krasner Artist Grant, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and an Art Omi Residency. Her work is
#67 with Sarah D'Ambrosio
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today is Sarah D’Ambrosio. Sarah is a Brooklyn-based artist who earned her BFA from Brooklyn College and her MFA at University of New Hampshire. She also studied at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Pennsylvania. Most recently Sarah has exhibited at the New York Studio School Projects at DUMBO and NADA Miami and her first solo exhibition
#66 with Jeff Wallace
Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Wallace joins host Isaac Mann to discuss his unique paper pulping technique, creative process, and journey into art-making after 25 years in another industry.Wallace had a solo exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery in May 2026 and has shown with other New York City venues including Cristin Tierney Gallery and Rick Wester Fine Art. He has participated in residencies at the A
#65 with Jameson Green (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest returning today is Jameson Green. Jameson is a New York-based painter whose work is in collections at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. He's exhibited with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech in New York, Paris, London, and Brussels.On last week's episod
#64 with Jameson Green
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today is Jameson Green. Jameson is an artist living and working in Hudson, NY. He holds an MFA from Hunter College. Green has exhibited extensively with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech, including solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Brussels, and Santa Monica. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Dallas Muse
#63 with Clova Rae-Smith
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today, Clova Rae-Smith, is a British jewellery designer based in New York City. Clova graduated from Central Saint Martins and was recognized as one of DAZED’s “UAL Graduates to Watch.” She specializes in grillz that blend fine art, fashion, and identity, and has quickly become one of the most sought-after jewelers in the industry. Clova
#62 with Robert Schefman
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today is Robert Schefman. He is a Detroit-based artist with a BFA from Michigan State University and an MFA from the University of Iowa. His work is in collections at the Detroit Institute of Arts and The Broad, along with other major institutions, and has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and other venues across the country. He's a
#61 with Kyle Staver (Part 2)
Kyle Staver is a figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow.Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, and the L
#60 with Kyle Staver
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today is Kyle Staver. A figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow.Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fello
#59 with Erik Sommer
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.Today I'm speaking with Erik Sommer, a New York-based painter who is also the founder of Mott Projects, a contemporary art project space.Sommer's work explores chance, beauty, and the attempt to control time through unconventional mark-making techniques. His practice incorporates industrial materials like concrete and drywall, reflectin
#58 with Michael Stamm (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.On this week’s episode Michael Stamm is back to continue with our conversation about his artistic practice and career insights.Michael Stamm is a Brooklyn-based painter with an MFA from NYU and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University. He also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016. Stamm has had solo and two-pers
#57 with Michael Stamm
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists!My guest today is the Brooklyn-based painter Michael Stamm. Stamm explores themes of strength and weakness, vice and virtue, and self-actualization versus obliteration in his work. Stamm received an MFA from New York University and MA in English Literature from Columbia University, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016.
#56 with Dennis Kardon
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.My guest today is Dennis Kardon. Dennis is a Brooklyn-based painter known for his influential work 49 Jewish Noses and his most recent solo shows at Lubov Gallery and Massimo De Carlo. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad, received major career grants including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and written for top art publications such as Artforum
#55 Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.This week on ARTMATTERS, we get back to our conversation with Brooklyn-based artists Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse. Like last time, this conversation explores their differing personalities, creative processes and the dynamics at play in the lives of a working artist couple. Today we discuss balancing introversion and extroversion, setting
Special Valentine's Day Edition: #54 with Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.This week on ARTMATTERS, I'm sending some belated Valentine’s love to all my listeners! In the spirit of the season, I spent my February 14th hanging out at the shared studio of artists Elliot Purse and Krista Louise Smith. It was the perfect way to mark the holiday, exploring the unique dynamics of working side by side with your spouse in t
#53 with Julie Harrison (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.Today we continue our conversation with Julie Harrison, a New York-based artist whose decades-long career has spanned drawing, photography, video, painting, and performance.In this episode we discuss framing and exhibiting works on paper, the overlap between drawing and collage, overcoming creative blocks, exploring new tools, building community
#52 with Julie Harrison
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.This week, we’re joined by Julie Harrison, a New York-based artist whose decades-long career has spanned drawing, photography, video, painting, and performance.In this episode we discuss Julie’s transition from grayscale to color and back again, her interest in scientific imagery, archiving and selecting reference materials, drawing techniques, e
#51 with Eric Fischl (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.On this week’s episode we are once again joined by the iconic painter Eric Fischl.Eric Fischl is an internationally acclaimed American artist known for his profound influence on figurative art. Born in 1948 in New York City, Fischl’s work captures the uneasy undercurrents of American life. His journey through art education took him from Phoenix t
#50 with Eric Fischl
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.Happy New Year! I’m thrilled to kick off 2025 with a milestone celebration of our 50th episode. I am also extremely excited to say this special episode features a great conversation with the iconic artist Eric Fischl.Eric Fischl is an internationally acclaimed American artist known for his profound influence on figurative art. Born in 1948 in New
BONUS: Episode 50 Preview, Big News and a Look Back
🎉 Special Bonus Episode! 🎉Welcome to episode 49.5 of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists—a special teaser leading up to our milestone 50th episode!We’ve got an incredible guest lined up for Episode 50, someone whose impact on contemporary art is legendary. I can’t wait for you to hear our conversation. Stick around until the end for a sneak peek—you might recognize the voice!Episode Highlights:A s
#49 with Jeff Way (Part 3)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists:Today we conclude our 3-part conversation with the artist Jeff Way. Jeff has lived and worked in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood since 1969. Featured in the 1973 Whitney Biennial and a subsequent solo exhibition, Way’s work has been shown at institutions like the New Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and the ICA Philadelphia. His i
#48 with Jeff Way (Part 2)
Today on the podcast we continue our conversation with Jeff Way, an artist who has lived and worked in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood since 1969. Featured in the 1973 Whitney Biennial and a subsequent solo exhibition there, Way’s work has been shown at institutions like the New Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and the ICA Philadelphia. His innovative Chalk Line Paintings, begun in
#47 with Jeff Way
Happy Thanksgiving and welcome back to another episode of ARTMATTERS!Today on the podcast we start our conversation with Jeff Way, an artist who has lived and worked in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood since 1969. Featured in the 1973 Whitney Biennial and a subsequent solo exhibition there, Way’s work has been shown at institutions like the New Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and t
#46 with Mark Joshua Epstein (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode we talk with artist Mark Joshua Epstein, whose work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally. A graduate of the Slade School of Fine Arts, Epstein has held residencies at prestigious institutions like the British School at Rome. His work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times and Hyperallergic
#45 with Mark Joshua Epstein
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode I speak with artist Mark Joshua Epstein, whose work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and internationally. A graduate of the Slade School of Fine Arts, Epstein has held residencies at prestigious institutions like the British School at Rome. His work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times and Hyperallergic
#44 with Helen Frederick (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest back again today is Helen Frederick, an artist whose career has spanned decades of innovation in printmaking, paper-making, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Helen earned both her BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and went on to found Pyramid Atlantic, a hub for contemporary printmaking, hand paper-making, and book
#43 with Helen Frederick
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Helen Frederick, an artist whose career has spanned decades of innovation in printmaking, paper-making, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Helen earned both her BFA and MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and went on to found Pyramid Atlantic, a hub for contemporary printmaking, hand paper-making, and book arts. Her w
#42 with Gerardo Camargo
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode we speak with visual artist, Gerardo Camargo.I joined Gerardo in his studio where we discussed his drawings and assemblages, and the choreography of home-construction. We also speak about limitation, scarcity, uncertainty and the ways Gerardo’s studio practice and perspectives shifted after he emigrated to the United States.
#41 with Cianne Fragione (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode we continue our wonderful conversation with the artist Cianne Fragione. Today, we discuss the use of non-traditional materials, hear stories from her early career and education, some early opportunities and career reflections from her time in the Bay area. We talk about recipes, patinas and dance, finding good alternatives to
#40 with Cianne Fragione
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode I get a whirlwind tour of the techniques, recipes and studio practices, of the spectacular Cianne Fragione. This conversation will be a two-parter, and will be concluded next episode. Today, in part one, we discuss making your own paints, why lead white is such a fantastic color, chaos vs organization, Cianne’s warm-up books,
#39 with Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Ebtisam Abdulaziz. Ebtisam is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. She explores issues of identity and culture through installation, performance, mixed-media, painting and works on paper. She has exhibited extensively and internationally including the 53rd Venice Biennale as part of the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi Pavi
#38 with Tom Bunnell
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today I speak with the Washington DC-based artist Tom Bunnell. Tom received his BA and BFA in Art and Art History from the University of Oregon in 1995 and his MFA in Painting from American University in 1998. Tom has exhibited nationally and internationally and he currently teaches art at St Stephen’s & St Agnes School and American Universi
#37 with Cheryl D. Edwards
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today begins my Washington DC Artists Edition, a six-part series I could not be more excited to release. Starting today with my guest, the wonderful Cheryl D. Edwards.Edwards is an African American artist who was born in 1954. She began studying art in 1987 in New York City in a class at the Art Student League taught by Ernest Crichlow. Edwards
#36 with Joe Hollier
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode I speak with Joe Hollier. Joe is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brooklyn. He is also the co-founder of The Light Phone.Joe and I met back in the day, participating in group shows around Brooklyn. Back then i knew him as a collage artist, who was also hard at work on a mysterious plastic gadget. That gadget turned out to be T
#35 with Dik Liu (Part 2)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists!Today on ARTMATTERS, Brooklyn-based artist Dik Liu and I finish up last week’s conversation. On today’s episode Dik talks about living in New York since the 80s, teaching, being a loner, his museum habits, painting when he doesn’t know the outcome, spending decades painting light and Leonard Bernstein. He also gave me some personal advice on my p
#34 with Dik Liu
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On today’s episode I speak with the artist Dik Liu. I studied with Dik back in the day and was thrilled when he accepted my invitation to join me for this episode. Dik F. Liu received his MFA from Yale University. He is widely represented in exhibitions throughout the U.S. As a teacher, Liu has taught at Cooper Union, Hofstra University, and
#33 with Langdon Graves
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On today’s episode I speak with NYC-based artist, Langdon Graves!Together we sit down in her Bushwick studio and speak about building objects, combining mediums, Trompe-l'oil, different kinds of drawing, efficiency, the lead-up to an exhibition, different kinds of flow-states, preciousness, physical fatigue after long studio sessions, teachi
#32 with Georgina Clapham
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists!I’m recording this intro from Washington DC where I’m rounding up a couple last interviews of the tour. It’s been a great trip so far and I’m very excited to share these conversations with you later this summer.On today’s episode i speak to LA-based artist Georgina Clapham. I met Georgina on the PLOP artist residency in London back in 2018 and I
#31 with Catherine Howe
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists!My guest today is Catherine Howe. Catherine is a New York-based artist who has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe for over thirty years, including exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, MoMA PS 1 in New York, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo. Her work has been reviewed by Art in America, Artforum
#30 with Anne Harris (Part 2)
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!A
#29 with Anne Harris
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 drawin
#28 with Jen Hitchings
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
#27 with Marina Ross
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 performanc
#26 with Thai Mainhard
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 teach
#25 with TL Solien (Part 3)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today is the final installment of my conversation with the artist TL Solien. In this last section, TL talks about building his dream studio, selling his dream studio, the best years of his career, dwindling interest, staying afloat, vulnerability, taking things personally, contemplating failure, building paintings in moments of fracture, learnin
#24 with TL Solien (Part 2)
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
#23 with TL Solien
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-weekl
#22 with Marcus Marcus and James Oscar Lee
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
#21 with James English Leary (pt. 2)
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 supp
#20 with Jennifer Coates
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
#019 with James English Leary
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday on the podcast, James English Leary and i discuss in depth our perspectives on the current state of art education, how that system has evolved over time, and what changes we hope to see from it in the future. James also shares his experience co-founding the Bruce High Quality Foundation. This is the first part of a two-part conversation with
#018 with Jaqueline Cedar
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, 'no
#017 with Mark Zubrovich
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 problem
#016 with Nat Meade
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 t
#15 with Liv Aanrud (LA Edition)
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 colo
#014 - Katya Zvereva (LA Edition)
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 t
#013 - Katie Hector (LA Edition)
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for ArtistsToday's conversation is with LA-based artist, Katie Hector. We talk residencies, her badass move to LA during Covid, her decision to leave graduate school, the artist as maker, balance, discipline, working in multiples, note-keeping, photographic reference, scale, "gesture intimacy and mystery", materials and abstraction, cold-calli
#012 - Andrew Ohanesian (LA Edition)
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, c
#011 - Christian Rogers (LA Edition)
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
#010 - Hannah Knight Leighton (LA Edition)
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,
#009 - Rosie McGinn
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
#008 - Tom Prinsell
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. G
#007 - Michael Greaves
Joining me this week on ARTMATTERS is New Zealand-based artist, Michael Greaves. I met Michael early on in my career, really when i was just starting out. Michael has been exhibiting professionally since 2001, which is just one of the many reasons i was so excited to talk with him today. To hear him discuss the ups and downs of his career, the changing art world, becoming a father, and the shiftin
#006 - Andrea Emmerich
Today on ARTMATTERS, I sit down with Brooklyn-based artist Andrea Emmerich.. Andrea and I discuss her approach to composition and image-making, "The Shift" (drastic changes in subject matter or practice), definitions of success, and feelings of jealousy in artists. This was a great conversation and it served to remind me just how many 'unique' challenges in an artist's l
#005 - Aaron Zulpo
Ever want to know what it's like to be in a relationship with an artist? How about two artists in a relationship together? Artist Aaron Zulpo and i discuss, and explore these and other topics such as the value of gallery representation, the contemporary influences of 20th illustration, and dramatic shifts in an artist's work. This episode is packed with thoughtful insights and cool idea
#004 - Mike Picos
Mike Picos is a Queens-based artist who’s coming off a two-person show at NYC artist-run gallery, The Catskills. Mike got his BFA at Cornell University and currently has one foot out the door — as he’ll be attending Yale University for his MFA this fall. Congrats Mike!Together Mike and I discuss his decision to apply to graduate school, leaving New York, his definition of success, his ongoing proj
#003 - Katya Zvereva
Episode number 3! Where I’m joined by my talented and awesome friend Katya Zvereva. We discuss publicizing your art, getting an agent, what today’s representation really offers artists and how Katya found her gallery. If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please leave a review or a star rating. I hear that's good for stuff. If you have an art question you want answered, write in
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