Studio Visit with Matt Hall

​I had found out about Matt Hall’s work, like so many other artists I have found recently, through Instagram. I loved the way he was combining traditional skeletal articulation and conceptual ideas.  Pouring over the sculptures and cabinets on his website, I saw little hints of Joseph Cornell, Mark Dion, and a sort of Mellvinian…

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Eric Coppinger

I met Eric through his Instagram @knitsbyed. The day I found his work he also discovered mine which lead to an active Insta-friendship. Over the next several months we would comment and like what the other was up to. Then one day, we both messaged each other through different online platforms about doing an art…

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Risja Steeghs

How did you get into your art practice?  When I was 18, just before I was going to start art school in Arnhem, I got sick. While I waited for a cure for my illness, I bided my time by creating art from my bed. The problem was, since my illness struck my nervous system and affected my brain, painting and drawing,…

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Welcome to Venison

Venison Magazine is a quarterly online publication founded in 2014 by the Bay Area artist, Amber Imrie-Situnayake. Our goal is to hunt out fresh, emerging artists whose experimentations with process and media create compelling work that is crucial in an ever-evolving art culture. We track the underrepresented, the undiscovered and the unestablished and invite all…

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How to Give a Shit No 1

I am sitting in a small theater within the Orange County Museum of Art on Friday, April 15th between two of my favorite artists, my girlfriend Maja Ruznic and one of my closest friends Kim Kei. We’re watching the new documentary “Eva Hesse” while eating some sweet and sour turkey jerky that we snuck in, and sobbing. We’re watching the…

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Lyle Carbajal

Lyle Carbajal is an artist who at the time of this article’s release is residing in New Orleans, Louisiana. We were drawn to his series Romancing Banality which was conceived in Houston, TX where Carbajal resided at the time. This work interested us because of how it spoke to socio-economics, border land culture, and immigration. We believed these conversations…

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Meline H​öijer Schou

I came across Meline and her work by browsing Instagram. Initially, I couldn’t grasp what was going on. Looking at art is incredible, but understanding it is even more so. I was a bit overwhelmed, which naturally meant I had to get to know this artist. After studying her work and speaking with her—I’ve become…

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