August 2, 2024
This week Lily Madden joins the podcast to talk their work and solo exhibition “Coffins for Cicadas” opening at Haw Contemporary August 9th from 5-8PM in Kansas City.
Lily’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.
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This week Amy Reidel returns to the podcast to talk about her recent mixed media and installation based works that combine abstract and figurative elements to explore the relationship between being a caregiver during a period of global turmoil.
Read MoreThis week Dan Oliver joins the podcast to talk about his paintings that are influenced by Surrealism, Pop-Art, and growing up in middle America.
Dan also talks about his recent exhibition “Shelter” at JPS Gallery in Paris (France) as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at Lorin Gallery in Los Angeles, April of 2024.
Read MoreThis week Erin Raedeke joins the podcast to talk about her colorful paintings based off of observation that explore a variety of subjects that include still life, interior, landscape, and portraiture.
Erin has a solo exhibition “46 Years” that opens on Saturday July 22nd from 5-8 PM at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago. The show will feature 46 4” x 6” paintings, each one based off one of her 46 years of life. Works are available and can be reviewed on the gallery page.
Read MoreThis week Kit Palencar joins the podcast to talk about his studio work, which largely explores figurative elements and the landscape through a variety of 2-D materials. Kit has work featured in the exhibition “Paintings from the field” at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with fellow artists Ben Cohan, David Linneweh, Adam Mysock, Kit Palencar, John Reddington, Gary Schirmer, and Jake Wells.
Read MoreThis week Lillian Young joins the podcast to talk about her work, which utilizes lost or forgotten moments of Black history through painting and mixed media installation works.
Lillian currently has work in the exhibition She/Her, at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas (TX) through April 29th as well as an upcoming solo exhibition at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in June of 23’.
Read MoreBill Conger joins the podcast to talk about his sculptural works that incorporate a wide range of found materials that are repurposed and configured to give them new life. In the episode we talk in depth about his new solo exhibition entitled “Gold” that opens at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago on Saturday October 15th, from 5-8 PM.
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Virginia Green joins the podcast to discuss his recent paintings that combine a variety of materials to “explore mechanisms of desire, pleasure, and transformation that are oriented within his experience as a queer transgender male”.
Read MoreThis week GiGi deGrood joins the podcast to talk about her colorful abstract paintings that will be in a group show called: Hue and Me, at The 410 Project in Mankato (MN) from December 10th-19th.
Read MoreLea Anderson joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice, that uses a wide range of materials and processes to create variety of 2D, 3D, and installation based works.
Read MoreErika B. Hess returns to the podcast to discuss her recent paintings and her I Like Your Work Podcast since her last appearance on Studio Break for episode #207.
Read MoreJoshua Jay Johnson is known for his print and drawing based works that take anywhere from three to nine months work to complete.
Read MoreKendra Bulgrin joins the podcast to discuss her paintings, which include portrait and figurative works, miniatures, and animals as a means of exploring themes of identity, home, and nature.
Read MoreThis week Mia Risberg joins the podcast to discuss her colorful mixed media paintings that explore our relationship to nature, place, and memory.
Read MoreThis week Gabe Langholtz joins us to talk about his work and how his passion for playing music transitioned to creating narrative based paintings, which he describes as Naive Modern.
Read MoreMeredith Matthews joins the podcast to discuss her work which has investigated a range of figurative, animal, and landscape elements in rich and vivid detail.
Read MoreThis week Berenice Chavez shares her work which explores themes of family, love, separation, and belonging through a series of photographs of her family.
Read MoreScott Aigner joins the podcast to discuss his current work which explores nostalgia and pop culture through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches from tedious process based works, performance, and installation.
Read MoreThis week Erika B. Hess joins the podcast to discuss her paintings that explore the figure, landscape, and still life, which create narratives in her work from daily observations.
Read MoreDavid Stanger joins Studio Break to discuss his studio practice which has largely focused on representational painting and drawing, most noticeably his series of portrait paintings.
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