Leeza Meksin is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist working in painting, installation, and public. Born in the former Soviet Union, she immigrated to the United States in 1989. Leeza has created site-specific installations for The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City , The Kitchen in New York City, BRIC Media Arts in Brooklyn, Brandeis University , the former Donnell branch of the New York Public Library, and in a National Endowment for the Arts funded project in New Haven, CT for Artspace.  She is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist grant and in 2013 co-founded Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run gallery and curatorial collective in Brooklyn.  Leeza received a MFA from The Yale School of Art, a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA&MA in Comparative Literature from The University of Chicago.  She teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Brian met up with Leeza at her current show at Miller Contemporary and talked about her well travelled youth, her love of fabric and the many ingredients that inform her work.

Leeza Meksin is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist working in painting, installation, and public. Born in the former Soviet Union, she immigrated to the United States in 1989. Leeza has created site-specific installations for The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City , The Kitchen in New York City, BRIC Media Arts in Brooklyn, Brandeis University , the former Donnell branch of the New York Public Library, and in a National Endowment for the Arts funded project in New Haven, CT for Artspace.  She is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist grant and in 2013 co-founded Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run gallery and curatorial collective in Brooklyn.  Leeza received a MFA from The Yale School of Art, a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA&MA in Comparative Literature from The University of Chicago.  She teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Brian met up with Leeza at her current show at Miller Contemporary and talked about her well travelled youth, her love of fabric and the many ingredients that inform her work.

Devan Shimoyama is an artist currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born in 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State University in 2011 with a BFA in Drawing & Painting before obtaining his MFA at Yale University School of Art in 2014. He was awarded the Al Held Fellowship at the Yale School of Art in 2013 and has had a residency at the 2015 Fire Island Artist Residency. He recently recieved the 2016 Pulse Prize. He’s shown at Samuel Freeman, Lesley Heller, BravinLee, Kravets Wehby and Lehman College Art Gallery to name a few. He has several upcoming solo shows including an exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. He is also currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. Brian met up with Devan at his solo booth with Stems Gallery at the Independant Art Fair and we talked about his formative experiences in Philly, music and cinema and the ideas and meaning in his work.

Devan Shimoyama is an artist currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. He was born in 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State University in 2011 with a BFA in Drawing & Painting before obtaining his MFA at Yale University School of Art in 2014. He was awarded the Al Held Fellowship at the Yale School of Art in 2013 and has had a residency at the 2015 Fire Island Artist Residency. He recently recieved the 2016 Pulse Prize. He’s shown at Samuel Freeman, Lesley Heller, BravinLee, Kravets Wehby and Lehman College Art Gallery to name a few. He has several upcoming solo shows including an exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. He is also currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. Brian met up with Devan at his solo booth with Stems Gallery at the Independant Art Fair and we talked about his formative experiences in Philly, music and cinema and the ideas and meaning in his work.

Carl Ostendarp is an abstract painter based in upstate New York. He has had over 33 solo national and international museum and gallery exhibitions and more than 170 group exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include his just completed show at Elizabeth Dee Gallery in Harlem; Everything Falls Faster than an Anvil at Pace Gallery, London; and Pop Abstractions at Garth Greenan Gallery and Fredericks & Freiser, New York City. Carl has a long history of not only showing his work but curating excellent exhibitions. He  taught at NYU, Tyler, Rutgers, SVA, and The Cooper Union prior to his 14 years at the helm of the Graduate Studies Program at Cornell University. Ostendarp received his B.F.A. from Boston University and his M.F.A. from Yale University. Brian met up with Carl at Elizabeth Dee Gallery on the last day of his show to talk about his past days in NYC, his curated shows, the role of humor in painting and a bit of soul jazz.

Carl Ostendarp is an abstract painter based in upstate New York. He has had over 33 solo national and international museum and gallery exhibitions and more than 170 group exhibitions. Recent exhibitions include his just completed show at Elizabeth Dee Gallery in Harlem; Everything Falls Faster than an Anvil at Pace Gallery, London; and Pop Abstractions at Garth Greenan Gallery and Fredericks & Freiser, New York City. Carl has a long history of not only showing his work but curating excellent exhibitions. He  taught at NYU, Tyler, Rutgers, SVA, and The Cooper Union prior to his 14 years at the helm of the Graduate Studies Program at Cornell University. Ostendarp received his B.F.A. from Boston University and his M.F.A. from Yale University. Brian met up with Carl at Elizabeth Dee Gallery on the last day of his show to talk about his past days in NYC, his curated shows, the role of humor in painting and a bit of soul jazz.

Yui Kugimiya is an artist born in Tokyo and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, her MFA from Yale University and attended Skowhegan in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include shows at Taymour Grahne in New York, Gallery Enrique Guererro in Mexico City, Marlborough Broome Street and Kunsthall Stavenger in Norway. She has also had recent group exhibitions at Kansas, Bermuda Galley, White Columns, David Castillo, Gasser & Grunert, and the Journal Gallery just to name a few. Her work is in the collection of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Brian met up with Yui at her current show at Taymour Grahne gallery in Tribeca and they spoke about her youth in Tokyo, her transition to the Northeast, her dabbling as a punk drummer and the moves she makes in her animations and paintings.

Yui Kugimiya is an artist born in Tokyo and lives in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art, her MFA from Yale University and attended Skowhegan in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include shows at Taymour Grahne in New York, Gallery Enrique Guererro in Mexico City, Marlborough Broome Street and Kunsthall Stavenger in Norway. She has also had recent group exhibitions at Kansas, Bermuda Galley, White Columns, David Castillo, Gasser & Grunert, and the Journal Gallery just to name a few. Her work is in the collection of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Brian met up with Yui at her current show at Taymour Grahne gallery in Tribeca and they spoke about her youth in Tokyo, her transition to the Northeast, her dabbling as a punk drummer and the moves she makes in her animations and paintings.

Timothy Hull is an artist who was born 1979 in New York, NY. He received an MFA from the Parsons School of Design in New York, and a BA from New York University. Recent solo exhibitions include: “For Ammonis Who Died at 29 in 610” at ASHES/ASHES, Los Angeles, Painting in the Imperfect Tense, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York in 2016 and Pastiche Cicero at Fitzroy Gallery in New York in 2014. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Mitchell-Innes and Nash, The Hole, the Tate Modern, the Morris Museum of Art, and the Nomas Foundation. His work has been featured and reviewed in the New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, Interview Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Brian visited Timothy’s studio in Greenpoint and we talked about the imp ortance of seeing work in person to the current role of criticism to the lure of the Hudson Valley and much more.

Timothy Hull is an artist who was born 1979 in New York, NY. He received an MFA from the Parsons School of Design in New York, and a BA from New York University. Recent solo exhibitions include: “For Ammonis Who Died at 29 in 610” at ASHES/ASHES, Los Angeles, Painting in the Imperfect Tense, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York in 2016 and Pastiche Cicero at Fitzroy Gallery in New York in 2014. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Mitchell-Innes and Nash, The Hole, the Tate Modern, the Morris Museum of Art, and the Nomas Foundation. His work has been featured and reviewed in the New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art, Interview Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Brian visited Timothy’s studio in Greenpoint and we talked about the imp ortance of seeing work in person to the current role of criticism to the lure of the Hudson Valley and much more.