Loie Hollowell was born in 1983 in Woodland, California. She earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Originating in autobiography, her paintings explore themes of sexuality, often through abstractions of the human body with an emphasis on female forms. Using strong colors, varied textures, surface build-up and geometric symmetry, her works evoke bodily landscapes that allude to specific body parts in the form of symbols such as Mandorlas and Ogees. Hollowell has had solo exhibitions with Pace gallery in Palo Alto, CA, and is about to open a solo exhibition in March at Pace Hong Kong. She has also had solo exhibitions at Feuer/Mesler gallery in Manhattan and at 106 Green gallery in Brooklyn. She's been in group exhibitions at Anton Kern in NYC, White Cube and Massimo De Carlo in London, Kohn gallery and The Landing in LA, and at Ballroom Marfa in Texas. Brian met up with Loie in her Brooklyn studio and they had an engaging talk about growing up the child of a painter and teacher, the meaning and symbolism of her paintings, the environment, drawing versus painting, all the while joined by her two active cats who tried their best to join in the podcast.