Afleveringen
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Ahead of his MA degree show, artist Jonathan Tignor talks about his recent interest in visual binaries, finding a balance between research and intuition, the life cycles of paintings, and much more.
Jonathan Tignor's (b. 1997, Dallas TX) paintings betray a concern with narrative. However, this is a conflation of his interests in imagery and tension. Stories are built around tension, and Tignor uses this as the building material in his paintings. Consequently, the narratives that then unfold are never clear. They simmer in ambiguity and allow space for the creative act within the processes of looking and interpretation. Tignor's paintings ask viewers to linger with the strangeness of what's before them and question the role of their viewership through images that integrate themes like violence and precarity. There is a desire to look, a desire to look away, and a persistent wish to see something you shouldn't.
Tignor is a London-based artist originally from Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Colorado College with a BA in Creative Writing in 2019, and went on to receive a Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art at the Burren College of Art in 2023, and a MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2024.
• Jonathan's work: https://www.jonathantignor.com/
• Jonathan's Instagram: @jtig.art
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Artist Leroy Winter talks about his early interest in illustration, searching for the balance between control and letting go in the studio, the lineage of the subject matter that appears in his first solo show, and much more.
Leroy Winter is a painter from San Antonio, Texas, currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Leroy graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in December 2021, obtaining his Bachelors of Fine Art. He has shown in a number of group shows from 2019 to 2021. In July of 2022, he presented his first solo exhibition, Mirage, at Martha’s Contemporary in Austin, Texas. Fascinated by the prominence of mythmaking in American culture, Leroy investigates symbols and iconography closely tied to narratives of the Western frontier and seeks to unearth the significance of these narratives beyond their precarious and hollow qualities. In his recent paintings, Leroy focuses on creatures that we associate with the Frontier, and seeks to portray them as spectral onlookers of the ceaseless expanse of settlers. The ghostly appearance of the creatures portrayed in these paintings, manifesting as apparitions in the distance, aim to provoke the viewer to question their relationship with nature and, more specifically, to challenge the narratives that have been projected on the land that they inhabit.
• Leroy's work: https://leroywinter.com/
• Leroy's Instagram: @leroy__w
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Artist Anya Rosen talks about about the role of literature in her creative process, the meaning of home in the context of her nomadic lifestyle, and balancing her multidisciplinary practice with her work in agriculture.
Anya Rosen (b. 1989) is an artist currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Inspired by the fraught relationship between humanity and natural resources, Anya has spent the past six years working on farms across the eastern coast of the United States. Anya has participated in artist residency programs in Iceland and Colombia, at Breckenridge Creative Arts in Colorado, Vermont Studio Center, and most recently at Trestle Gallery & Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. She recently showed work in "In The Flesh", a two-person show curated by Castellain Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, and has also exhibited work in the Pensacola Museum of Art, Brooklyn Art Cluster, Site:Brooklyn, Trestle Gallery, at While Supplies Last in Seattle, Washington, and at the Cementa Festival in Kandos, Australia. She has been featured in several publications including ArtMaze Magazine, Floorr Magazine, Ain’t Bad, Matador Review, and Friend of the Artist.
• Anya's work: https://www.anyarosen.com/
• Anya's Instagram: @wannabeanya
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Artist and educator Clara Nulty talks about her approach to teaching, her relationship to watercolor, the balance between spontaneity and intention in some of her recent works, and much more.
Born and raised in New York, Nulty now lives and works in Louisville, CO. Nulty completed her MFA in Painting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 2021. She also holds a BA in Studio Art from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2014. She currently teaches painting and drawing at Front Range Community College and Colorado State University. She has shown at galleries across the United States. Recently her work has been featured in exhibitions at Ortega y Gasset in Brooklyn, NY, Site: Brooklyn in Brooklyn, NY, the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Smith House in Bloomfield Hills, MI, Alluvium Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI, and D’Art Gallery in Denver, CO in a show curated by Dr. Gwen Chanzit. In 2022, Clara Nulty will have two solo exhibitions at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center in Birmingham, MI and Firehouse Art Center in Longmont, CO.
• Clara's work: http://www.claranulty.com/
• Clara's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claranultyart/
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Ahead of his final weeks at RISD, artist Joel Seow talks about everything from his early love of dinosaur illustrations to the recent introduction of egg tempera to his practice.
Joel is an artist from Singapore who is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. Approaching representational painting with a contemporary sensibility, he is concerned with ideas surrounding autobiography and personal symbolism, the tension between intimacy and urban isolation, and how one’s memory and state of mind interact with familiar spaces. His works have been featured in exhibitions in both Singapore and the United States.
• Joel's work and bio: https://joelseow.myportfolio.com/
• Joel's Instagram: @fakeseow
