Britty Em is an Australian International selling artist, who works mainly in large scale acrylic paintings. Charming audiences with her colorful and playful portraits of iconic women, and everyday objects dressed up in opulent patterns and symbolism, the work takes audiences on a journey through the seemingly familiar, yet extraordinary. 

Britty Em integrates both concept and color to create crisp clean work that infuses elements of graphic design, pop culture and fashion. Her works clearly demonstrate influences from her formal education in both Fine Art and Architectural studies, presenting structure and balance. 

She is currently represented by 19 Karen Gallery and Gallery Red. 

“Working with acrylic on canvas, I paint the ordinary in an extraordinary setting. I find it artistically liberating to bring out the whimsical in everyday objects, enticing the viewer to reflect on the unassuming yet charming environment around them. My most recent work leans towards the concepts of escapism, loneliness and consumerism that we as a society are led to believe is always an increasing goal, and that our happiness fundamentally depends on obtaining material possessions or something outside of ourselves. In moments of hardship we tend to be overindulgent in an attempt to satisfy our insatiable urges, seeking solace in sugary treats and designer goods. Birds are a totem throughout the work as a creature that is often lured by shiny objects, not unlike human beings, which begs the question “Is this act of consumerism really that unnatural?” The work has further been exploring the corner or rooms where isolated objects, in particular chairs, are the focal point. The room poses questions about who sat in the chair, what room is this? What is going on outside the canvas? There is a sense of unknowingness yet familiarity. A doorway into another reality.”

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Today, Paddy Johnson joins us for her final mini episode to talk about why you need a network and the specific problems they can solve for you as an artist. 

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Chie Fueki (b. 1973) lives and works in Beacon, NY. Fueki was born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. She earned her MFA at Yale University and her BFA at The Ringling College of Art and Design. She is an inaugural recipient of the 2021 Joan Mitchell Fellowship. Her first solo exhibition at DC Moore Gallery will be in January, 2022. Other recent solo exhibitions include: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2005, 2008, 2013, 2021); Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY (2006, 2011); Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY (2002, 2003); Orlando Museum of Art, FL (2014); and Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY (2020). Her work was recently included in group exhibitions at Inman Gallery, Houston, TX; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Essex Flowers, New York, NY; The ReInstitue, Millerton, NY; Fredricks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY; Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, MA; Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY; Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY; LABspace, Hillsdale, NY; and Greater New York at PS1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, NY. She has public artwork at PS 92Q, Queens NY, and HHS Lerner Children Pavilion, New York, NY. Her work is included in permanent collections of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX; Orlando Museum of Art, FL; San Jose Museum of Art, CA;  the Hirshhorn Museum, D.C.; and the Pizzuti Collection at Columbus Museum of Art, OH.

As stated on DC Moore's website: Visually-striking and intricate, Fueki’s paintings picture contemporary life in spectacular motion. Created through a complex system of painting, drawing, cutting, and collaging onto wood panels, her practice is centered around the depiction of figures, symbols, and abstract spaces using multi-layered ornamental surfaces and fields of color. Drawing on her experience as a Japanese-born artist growing up in Brazil and later practicing in the United States, Fueki’s work embraces the visual language from these three distinct cultures. As Fueki explains: “I consider myself a mixed-language painter with interest in eastern and western perspectival systems, architectural graphics, pop animation, pre-Renaissance European painting, and exuberant color.”

SHOUT OUTS: Joshua Marsh, Bridget Caramagna, Alexi Worth, Ellen Altfest, Jackie Gendel, Hope Gangloff, Benjamin Degen, Caitlin MacQueen, Todd Knopke

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Christina Massey is an artist and curator based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has won multiple awards including an FST StudioProject Fund Grant, Brooklyn Arts Fund Grant, SIP Fellowship at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Puffin Foundation Grant. Massey’s work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Art Spiel and Art Fuse and is in the collections of the Janet Turner Museum, Art Bank Collection in DC, Credit Suisse and multiple private collections. Her work has shown at such venues as John Doe, Blackbird and Equity galleries in NYC and in museums such as Noyes Arts Garage in Atlantic City, the deCordova Sculptural Park & Museum outside of Boston and the Ormond Memorial Art Museum in Florida.

Massey is the founder and curator of the WoArtBlog highlighting the work of contemporary female identifying artists. Her curatorial projects have shown at such locations as the Pelham Art Center, BioBAT Artspace, Hunterdon Museum and ISE Foundation. Artists she has worked with early in their careers have gone on to win such prestigious awards as the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, Joan Mitchel Foundation Grant and the Guggenheim Fellowship. 

She is also the founder and creator of the USPS Art Project, an initiative created on social media encouraging art collaborations during the pandemic in support of the postal system. Over 1000 artists participated in the project, and over 4000 artworks were created. The project exhibited and traveled around the country showing 6 different states and was featured in such publications as ArtNet News, Vassari21 and ABC News.

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Today, Paddy Johnson joins us for a mini episode to talk about why building a network is important for your career growth.  Paddy talks about  why it’s less what you make, but who you know, who knows you, and who those people know, that determines success. 

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South African-born Liezel Strauss co-founded Subject Matter in 2011 in Tokyo with her husband Jon Hindley with the dream of making art more accessible. Liezel went on to create ArtGirlRising of which she is the co-founder and director. In 2019 she was named one of UN Women's top 100 female innovators worldwide, as part of their She Innovates Global programme.

Liezel was inspired to create ArtGirlRising by The #5WomenArtists campaign, created by the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). Over the last 3 years we have donated more than £12,000 to charities and not for profits, including NMWA, Women for Women and Tessera Arts Collective. 

Liezel is smart, warm, funny, honest and overall a blast to talk to on the show! I know you will enjoy hearing from Liezel.

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Today Paddy Johnson joins us for a mini episode to talk about the consequences of an industry that most join for love, but doesn't financially support us and why understanding the full nature of this context gives you agency. 

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Scott Zieher is a poet, artist, and art dealer born and raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has published seven books of poetry, most recently, THE BROWNSVILLE QUARTERLY, a book-length poem in the form of a newspaper that was published to coincide with a solo exhibition of collages at Marvin Gardens in June 2019. His next book 900 RECENT POEMS will coincide with a solo exhibition at The Real Tinsel in Milwaukee next June. He and his wife, Andrea Smith-Zieher opened the contemporary art gallery ZieherSmith in 2003 in New York City and recently relocated to Nashville, TN, where they continue to maintain regular, nomadic programming. 

ZieherSmith is a contemporary art gallery established in New York in 2003 by Andrea Smith Zieher and Scott Zieher. The gallery has staged hundreds of critically acclaimed exhibitions and projects including the debut solo shows for Eddie Martinez, Rachel Owens, Paul Anthony Smith and others, and has participated in over 50 international art fairs internationally, including Art Basel Miami Beach. We relocated to Nashville Tennessee in 2019.

SHOUT OUTS: Kelsey Harrison, Memphis, TN, Brandon De Sha, St. Louis, MO, Jodi Hays, Nashville, TN, Keith Nelson, Milwaukee, WI, Greg Klassen, Milwaukee, WI, Vadis Turner, Nashville, TN, Aaron Harper, Madison, TN, Dana Robinson, Brooklyn, Zack Rafuls, Brooklyn, NY

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What makes the art industry distinct from other industries? How does this create distortion in our industry? How does Netvvrk, the membership program I run, offer a correction to this problem?

Every other industry works like this: You create a product that responds to a customers needs or desires, and you sell that product at a price that pays for your labor and reflects what the market will bear. The fine art industry works like this: You create a completely individualized and idiosyncratic work of art, with exorbitant labor costs and little relationship to what a customer wants. Then you give it a price point that exceeds what most people in your income bracket can afford. You already know this. You also know that you can't succeed if you treat the industry as completely different than others. It's unique, yes. But if you decide you don't need to set goals, identify ideal viewers, and communicate clearly about your art, you'll never gain enough visibility to secure the commissions, grants, and shows of your dreams. You also can't succeed if you treat the industry the same as any other. If you treat your business the same as selling shoes, you're not going to be talking to your ideal viewers, and no one will take you seriously and you won't be able to secure the commissions, grants, and shows of your dreams. (A good example of this is artists who sign up for services that offer templated social media advice based on what works for other industries, and claim this will ensure you'll sell stuff.) So, how do you get what you want? In the art world, it's all about relationships. Relationships bring us opportunities and connect us to the people we need to meet to advance our careers.

That's why I started netvvrk, which is a business networking site for mid-career artists that offers professional development services so you can leverage the network you're a part of. Our members have shaped netvvrk. It's built on generosity and kindness, and propelled by the seriousness of our members.

Head over to https://www.netvvrk.art and use the code ILYW20 to get $20 off your first month of your membership of Netvvrk, a business networking and professional development training designed to support artists who want to get more shows, residencies, and grants.