Karen Navarro is an Argentinian artist working and living in Houston. Having studied Fashion Design and Photography, Navarro’s work uses “deconstructed photography” to explore identity through layered pieces which incorporate both photography and a more sculptural element. In this interview, Karen speaks to social media’s influence on identity, an artist’s duty, and creating enticing images to challenge society’s perceptions.
Read MoreNina Blumberg is an experienced art advisor living and working in New York and has been running the popular @artstagram__ Instagram account since 2015. Nina spoke to Alison Poon about her many complementary roles both online and in person, the pros and cons of social media in an ever-changing art world.
Read MoreAlice Bonnot is an independent curator who lives and works in Lisbon, and focuses on developing sustainable curatorial and artistic practices. She spreads this message through various residency programs and lectures. In this interview, Alice speaks about the importance of sustainable practices and sustainable living, of the ecosystem and how Covid-19 has affected action against the climate crisis.
Read MoreOur friend launched a new gallery! Adele Smejkal just launched a new project focusing on a virtual gallery, The Artistellar. In this interview, Adele speaks to cultural writer and artist, Alison Poon about the digital future of art, what makes a virtual gallery interactive and finding the perfect mix between a digital and physical arts presence.
Read MoreMarco Galvan is the in-house curator for AucArt focusing on bringing an exhibition-approach to online sales. In this interview, Marco spoke to Alison Poon about the contrast between the Venice and London Art scenes, independent curation and sales curation, and discovering his own curatorial voice.
Read MoreCamilla Moresi is the owner the contemporary art gallery, G/ART/EN based in Como, Italy. Camilla turned her passion into a profession with the desire to discover and support new emerging art practices through her diverse program. Camilla spoke to Alison Poon about taking a leap of faith to change careers, new ways of exhibiting and G/ART/EN’s current exhibition, ‘Pliegue’.
Read MoreYishay Hogesta (b. 1990) is an Israeli oil painter living and working in Tel Aviv. Hogesta holds a BA in Film and Art and has adapted his cinematographic education to his current abstract format. Hogesta spoke to Alison Poon about developing his practice, methodologies of painting and creating personal connections through art.
Read MorePeter Cvik lives and works in Bratislava, Slovakia. Besides B.A. and M.A. Peter also holds a Phd in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (AFAD). Peter spoke with the writer, curator and entrepreneur Adele Smejkal about his solo show of landscape paintings entitled ‘Flow’ recently opened at White & Wise Contemporary Art Gallery in Bratislava.
Read MoreAyana Evans is a NYC based artist who was raised in Chicago. Evans received her MFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and her BA in Visual Arts from Brown University. She sat down with Anna Mikaela Ekstrand, an accomplished independant curator living in New York CIty to talk about the reality of being a performance artist, her work, and influences.
Read MorePaul Anagnostopoulos (b. 1991 Merrick, NY) is an artist working in acrylic and oil painting who graduated with a BFA in Painting in 2013 from New York University. Paul spoke with Ty Bishop, founder of FOA on the heels of his second solo exhibition, We Can Be Heroes, which opened in January 2020 at the Leslie-Lohman Project Space in New York, NY.
Read MoreSidney Mullis is a sculptor who makes work about puberty, the intimacy of forgetting, the performance of gender, and the resurrection of childhood selves. In this interview, Sidney speaks with Thomas Flynn II of FOA to discuss one of her latest bodies of work referencing the mutability of time, coming-of-age-rituals and her attempts to ressurect her 7-year-old-self, Sid-the-Kid.
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Ellie Ka Yu Ng is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Painting at New York Academy of Art. Ellie’s paintings are about possession and her obsession with beautiful outfits. Of her work, she states “I’m interested in fashion and obsessed with detailed-pattern dresses. But due to social norms of how and when these glamorous dresses can be worn, I decided to paint myself in them.”
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