October 18, 2024
This week Ava Starnes joins the podcast to discuss her self portrait works that are created from video still images in compositions that stretch and contort the figure.
Ava’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.
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This week Neil Callander joins the podcast to talk about his paintings that evolve slowly to explore still life, portraits, landscapes, and abstractions.
Neil’s solo exhibition Happy to Wait opens Saturday October 5th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago from 5-8PM and runs through November 2nd.
Neil’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati. August 9, 2024
This week Arden Bendler Browning joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice that explore painting, projection, and VR. We also discuss her solo exhibition “Black Forrest”at Tinney Contemporary in Nashville, Aug 17- Sept 21 with an opening reception on September 7th.
Arden’s work was selected for our 2022 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jason Franz, Artist & Director of Manifest in Cincinnati.
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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.
Read MoreDecember 1st, 2023
This week Jeff Stevenson joins us to talk about his work that explores ideas of masculinity and the self through a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, and installation.
Jeff also talks about his the exhibition “Cross-Section: the many faces of Jeff Stevenson” that opens at Studio Break Gallery with receptions on Sunday Dec 3rd from 2-5 PM and Sat Dec 9th from 4-8 PM.
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 Mia Risberg returns to the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent series of drawings that began during the pandemic quarantine. The solo exhibition“Quiet Contemplation” runs from May 12th- June 16th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with an opening reception on May 12th from 5-8PM.
Read MoreThis week Nola Parker joins the podcast to discuss her landscape paintings and a solo exhibition entitled “Holding Space” at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX. The exhibition runs April 1-30 and an opening reception will take place on April 1st from 6-8 P.M.
Read MoreThis week Shana Levenson joins us to talk all about her beautiful portrait paintings that are influenced by the daily observations & fashion as well as her highly detailed seres of inflatable mylar balloons.
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 MoreDavid Kassan joins the podcast this week to discuss his studio practice, he’s currently working on a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors.
Read MoreIain Anderson joins the podcast to talk about his photo works that range from landscapes to a series of portrait works for his BFA Thesis exhibition that explore a moment in time between the viewer and the subject.
Read MoreWansi Ieong joins the podcast to discuss her paintings which are created through a combination of observation and memory.
Read MoreDoug Russell joins us to talk about his amazingly detailed drawings, which explore themes of history, decay, and renewal through a variety of works based off ruins, travel, imagination, intuition, and observation.
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 MoreThis week Mitchell Johnson joins the podcast to discuss his paintings that explore color and shape through non-representational abstraction as well as representational works influenced by travels to Cape Cod, Asia, and Europe.
Read MoreJenn Gulgren joins Studio Break this week to talk about her observational paintings from her surroundings as well as her Ennui works which explore uncertainty through figures occupying abstracted spaces and domesticity.
Read MoreDavid Reed Gracie joins Studio Break to discuss the process behind his paintings, which have explored still life, portraits, landscapes, and other subjects.
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.
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