The Gogh-Getters have their first guests, and they did not set the bar low, instead they gave you a treasure trove of items to write down.
Alex Johnmeyer is a 17-year painting veteran, St. Louis Magazine's Best Fine Artist of 2021, a queer and transgender artist and advocate, and the co-founder of the St. Louis VisualArtists Network — a Facebook group and monthly meeting now connecting 7,000 artists across the St. Louis region. His solo show at the Angad Arts Hotel explored his journey as a transgender man through oil paintings including thenow-iconic "Let Me Spell That Out for You" painting. He has six paintings permanently installed at SLU Hospital, is a resident artist at Green Door Art Gallery and Artisans in the Loop, and is preparing to be the sole juror of an LGBTQ exhibition at the Foundry of St. Charles in 2028.
Kimberlyn Renee is a self-taught surrealist pop artist who went from her first gallery show in 2023 to 29 exhibits, 13 art fairs, 12 galleries, and 7 awards in 2025 alone. She paints fluorescent candy, cereals, and music icons directly on vintage vinyl records,using UV-reactive and glow-in-the-dark paints, and even travels to art fairs with a blacked-out phone-booth booth so people can experience her glowing work.
They met because of a Lucky Charms painting. They're showing together with The Gogh-Getters at Sacred Grounds Cafe in Edwardsville from April 10 through June 14. And in this episode, recorded live at Eaker's Family Barber Shop, they talk about frosting bags and texture paint, black lights and fluorescent color, the business of being an artist, and why the St. Louis art community goes so much further when people like Alex refuse to stop sharing what they know.
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Alex Johnmeyer: @superkeenalex
Kimberlyn Renee: @kreneeart
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Recorded at Eaker's Family Barber Shop: Website, Instagram
Edwardsville, Illinois
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