Josh Hagler

I met American artist, Joshua Hagler, at the opening of his solo show The Adopted at Jaus earlier this year. With extensive research, he’s using various mediums to explore the role of religion. The variety of figures, shapes and endless texture against large scale canvases, begs us to ask  the same questions he poses about religion, its history and our relationship…

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Angela Gram

Adriana Villagran interviews Angela Gram, a painter, writer, and educator living and working in New Jersey.  She received a MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.  She is also a co-founder of the blog Quantumartreview, a source for art criticism, essays, and interviews that investigate the intersections…

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Anya Weitzman

Anya Weitzman and I met up over coffee and donuts in Pittsburgh, during her moving week this past April.  Anya is a sculptor, jewelry designer, metalsmith, and founder of Mod Evil Studio.  Influenced by anthropology and gender studies, Anya creates pieces that give the wearer a deep sense of their own power, following her interest in…

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Paula Morales

Guatemala born mixed-media artist Paula Morales explores time, migration, futurology, utility and desire in her installations, gifs, and video work. In this interview Paula speaks with us about the inspiration behind her works, and how the forms in which they take utilize us to travel through time. Your work has been described as dealing with…

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Studio Visit with Chris Vogel

So I want to know, how do you make these? I understand it involves super thin wood and some kind of resin? Please tell me more! My work is very much making sense of different materials. I collect scraps like crazy and stash them at my studio throughout the year. Wood, fabric, paper, tools…it’s all…

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Bonnie MacAllister

How did you realize or notice that you were an artist?  Much of my work is performative, through writing and composition of texts, plays, and songs.  I was crafting these at a young age.  In college, I was more interested in film and photography, but I was always writing and performing my words.  After starting…

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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 13

Dear Reader, My final edition of “How To Give a Shit” is a meandering farewell letter. It’s been one full year of the column, and a deeply valuable experience for me personally. I write this as I prepare to leave for shows in Europe and, ultimately, for a two-month residency in France with Maja. To be honest,…

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Blind Spot at Design Matters, Los Angeles

Blind Spot Opening Reception | Saturday, December 10, 2–6pm Opening night performance | Armando Cortes at 3:30pm Exhibition Dates| Dec 10th to Jan 20th, 2017 Design Matters Gallery 11527 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Mon – Fri 9am – 6pmFeatured Artists: Shiva Aliabadi, Jeremy Bailey, Armando Cortes, Matthias Dörfelt, Aaron Giesel, Kang Seung Lee,…

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