Sound and Vision

Lauren Luloff received her MFA from the Milton Avery School for the Arts, Bard College and her BFA from Pennsylvania State University. Her recent solo exhibitions have been with Ceysson & Benetiere, New York, Geneva and Luxembourg; Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY; Marlborough Chelsea, New York, Annarumma Gallery, Naples, and the Hole, New York. Recent group exhibitions include Galerie Lelong, New York; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, CANADA Gallery, New York, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, The Queens Museum, Queens, NY, and The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TX. Her work been reviewed and featured in The New York Times, Art in America, Vogue, The Village Voice and The Brooklyn Rail among others. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Morgan Blair is an artist born in Worcester, Massachusets and based in New York City. She received a BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008.

She has had exhibitions at Andrew Rafacz in Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago, the Newcomb Art Museum in New Orleans, Mountain Gallery in Brooklyn, Thierry Goldberg in New York and many others.

She has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Liner Magazine, Endless Editions and the Sundance Film Festival.

Brian met up with Morgan at The Hole Gallery at the site of her solo show and they talked about mixtapes, YouTube videos, art puzzles, magic eye and a lot more.

Morgan Blair is an artist born in Worcester, Massachusets and based in New York City. She received a BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008.

She has had exhibitions at Andrew Rafacz in Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago, the Newcomb Art Museum in New Orleans, Mountain Gallery in Brooklyn, Thierry Goldberg in New York and many others.

She has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, Liner Magazine, Endless Editions and the Sundance Film Festival.

Brian met up with Morgan at The Hole Gallery at the site of her solo show and they talked about mixtapes, YouTube videos, art puzzles, magic eye and a lot more.

Adam Henry is an artist born in Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He received his BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1997 and an MFA from Yale in 2001.

He has shown his work internationally in venues such as 247365 in NYC, Present Company in Brooklyn, Lucien Terras in NY, Meessen De Clercq in Brussels, the Hole Gallery in New York amongst many others.

His work has been covered in ArtNews, Harper’s Bazaar, ArtForum, the New York Times, the Village Voice and many others.

He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the LMCC Residency at the World Trade Center. He has a current show at ParisLondonHongKong Gallery in Chicago called ‘As Fiction’ which runs until October 28th. I stopped by Adam’s Williasburg studio, not far from my own apartment to talk about Catholic school, being in school when painting wasn’t the thing, old bands like Braniac, day jobs and much more.

Sound & Vision is produced, recorded and facilitated by Brian Alfred. The introduction was recorded by Michael Lovett of the band NZCA Lines. You can also catch him performing in the band Metronomy. The intro/outro music is by Shawn Seymour from the band Lullatone.

Please subscribe, rate and review Sound & Vision on iTunes. You can find studio snapshots and additional information at soundandvisionpodcast.com. You can find more information about my own paintings and animations at paintchanger.com. Thanks for listening and supporting this podcast and thanks to all the artists who share their stories with me.

Adam Henry is an artist born in Colorado and grew up in New Mexico. He received his BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1997 and an MFA from Yale in 2001.

He has shown his work internationally in venues such as 247365 in NYC, Present Company in Brooklyn, Lucien Terras in NY, Meessen De Clercq in Brussels, the Hole Gallery in New York amongst many others.

His work has been covered in ArtNews, Harper’s Bazaar, ArtForum, the New York Times, the Village Voice and many others.

He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and the LMCC Residency at the World Trade Center. He has a current show at ParisLondonHongKong Gallery in Chicago called ‘As Fiction’ which runs until October 28th. I stopped by Adam’s Williasburg studio, not far from my own apartment to talk about Catholic school, being in school when painting wasn’t the thing, old bands like Braniac, day jobs and much more.

Sound & Vision is produced, recorded and facilitated by Brian Alfred. The introduction was recorded by Michael Lovett of the band NZCA Lines. You can also catch him performing in the band Metronomy. The intro/outro music is by Shawn Seymour from the band Lullatone.

Please subscribe, rate and review Sound & Vision on iTunes. You can find studio snapshots and additional information at soundandvisionpodcast.com. You can find more information about my own paintings and animations at paintchanger.com. Thanks for listening and supporting this podcast and thanks to all the artists who share their stories with me.

Bonnie Collura is an artist born in Long Island who currently lives, works and teaches in central Pennsylvania.

Boonie makes sculptures from various materials that often approach the figure with an element of abstraction.

She received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1994 and her MFA from Yale University in 1996. She is the recipient of a 1997 Emerging Artist Award from the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, a 2003 Rolex Protégé nomination, a 2005 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a 2010 United States Artists Fellowship nomination, and a 2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship. Bonnie’s sculptures, drawings, and outdoor works have been exhibited in domestic and international galleries and museums spanning the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and India. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Forum, Art in America, Art News, Flash Art, BOMB magazine, Beautiful Decay, Tema Celeste, Sculpture Magazine, Time Out New York, Up & Coming: The Emerging Art Scene in New York, and several other print and on-line publications.

Bonnie is currently an Associate Professor at Penn State University, teaching in the Sculpture Department. Brian met up with Bonnie to talk about her early childhood, her days in school, her time working as an assistant for Robert Gober and her recent work.

Bonnie Collura is an artist born in Long Island who currently lives, works and teaches in central Pennsylvania.

Boonie makes sculptures from various materials that often approach the figure with an element of abstraction.

She received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1994 and her MFA from Yale University in 1996. She is the recipient of a 1997 Emerging Artist Award from the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, a 2003 Rolex Protégé nomination, a 2005 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a 2010 United States Artists Fellowship nomination, and a 2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship. Bonnie’s sculptures, drawings, and outdoor works have been exhibited in domestic and international galleries and museums spanning the United States, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and India. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art Forum, Art in America, Art News, Flash Art, BOMB magazine, Beautiful Decay, Tema Celeste, Sculpture Magazine, Time Out New York, Up & Coming: The Emerging Art Scene in New York, and several other print and on-line publications.

Bonnie is currently an Associate Professor at Penn State University, teaching in the Sculpture Department. Brian met up with Bonnie to talk about her early childhood, her days in school, her time working as an assistant for Robert Gober and her recent work.

Karel Funk was born in 1971. He received a BFA from the University of Manitoba in 1997 and an MFA from Columbia University in New York in 2003. He’s had Solo exhibitions at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Rochester Art Center, MN, and the Contemoprary Museum of Art in Montreal. He has been included in group exhibitions at venues including the Montreal Museum of Fine Art; the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, in Helsinki; the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg; and the Fondation Antoie de Galbert, Paris. His work is held in major museum collections, including the Guggenheim and the Whitney in New York, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada.

Brian met up with Karel at 303 Gallery, where he recently had a solo show of paintings which was reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker and several other places. They spoke about art school, working in Canada, electronic music, painting to movies and more.

Karel Funk was born in 1971. He received a BFA from the University of Manitoba in 1997 and an MFA from Columbia University in New York in 2003. He’s had Solo exhibitions at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Rochester Art Center, MN, and the Contemoprary Museum of Art in Montreal. He has been included in group exhibitions at venues including the Montreal Museum of Fine Art; the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, in Helsinki; the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg; and the Fondation Antoie de Galbert, Paris. His work is held in major museum collections, including the Guggenheim and the Whitney in New York, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada.

Brian met up with Karel at 303 Gallery, where he recently had a solo show of paintings which was reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker and several other places. They spoke about art school, working in Canada, electronic music, painting to movies and more.

Born in Kolkata, India, Sangram Majumdar has an MFA from Indiana University and a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His recent solo exhibition “Foreign and Domestic” opened at Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, TX. Other recent solo exhibitions include the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects in NY. In 2016-17, his work was part of a travelling exhibition at Drew University, NJ, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN and University of Vermont.

Recent selected group exhibition venues include Freight & Volume, NY; Geary Contemporary, NY; James Cohan Gallery, NY and Gallery Zürcher, NY. Awards include a Purchase Award from the 2010 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, a MacDowell Fellowship, a residency at Yaddo, the 2009-10 Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Space Program Grant, a MICA Trustees Award for Excellence in Teaching, and two Maryland State Art Council Individual Grants in Painting.

This past summer he was a visiting artist at the Vermont Studio Center and the Chautauqua School of Art. He has lectured on his work at Columbia University, CCA, Cranbrook School of Art, PAFA, the New York Studio School among others. Sangram lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is a Professor of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Brian met up with him in his Brooklyn studio to discuss his childhood, his family, making paintings, teaching, music and much more.