Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists
My 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.

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About the Podcast:
host: Isaac Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Mark Zubrovich
https://www.markzubrovich.com/
insta: @mzubrovich

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Today'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, NY

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- About the Podcast -
     
host: Isaac Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Nat Meade
https://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.

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- About the Podcast -
     
host: Isaac Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Liv Aanrud
https://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.
 
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- About the Podcast -
     
  host: Isaac Wexler-Mann
  www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Katya Zvereva
https://thehouseoffineart.com/katya-zvereva/
insta: @katyazvereva

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Today'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-calling, curating, and life skills. Enjoy!

Katie Hector (b. 1992) in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is an artist, curator, and writer based near Los Angeles, California. Hector’s studio practice revolves around a series of process-based paintings that layer dye and bleach to create portrait-likenesses that symbolize loss, grief, intimacy, and longing. She earned a BFA in painting from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2014. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally garnering her recognition in the form of awards, scholarships some of which include: 2020 Lillian Disney Scholarship, 2019 Arquetopia International Residency, the 2017 Picture Berlin International Residency, the 2016 Merit-Based Scholarship at Urban Glass, the 2014 Scott Cagenello Memorial-Prize, and the 2013 Ruth Crockett Award.

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- About the Podcast -
   
host: Isaac Wexler-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Katie Hector
www.katiehector.com
insta: @katiehector 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

On 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.

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- About the Podcast -
   
host: Isaac Wexler-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Andrew Ohanesian
https://www.pierogi2000.com/artists/andrew-ohanesian/
insta: @andrewohanesian 

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

On 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.

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Episode 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-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Christian Rogers
www.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.com

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- About the Podcast -
   
host: Isaac Wexler-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann

guest: Hannah Knight Leighton
www.hannahknightleighton.com
insta: @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.

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NOTE: 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-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann
 

guest: Rosie McGinn
https://www.rosiemcginn.co.uk
insta: @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! 

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- About the Podcast -
   
host: Isaac Wexler-Mann
www.isaacmann.com
insta: @isaac.mann
 

guest: Tom Princell
 www.tomprinsell.com
insta: @tomprinsell