ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Today's guest is David Humphrey, a New York-based painter whose work has been shown nationally and internationally, and who has been recognized with some of the most prestigious awards in the art world, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize. He teaches in the MFA program at Columbia University, is represented by Fredericks &am...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Our guest today is Margaret Curtis, a feminist painter born in Bermuda whose vivid, densely layered canvases explore power dynamics at both the personal and societal level. Margaret is an inaugural recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, and her work first gained national recognition in Marcia Tucker's landmark Bad Girls exhibi...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists Today's guest is Catherine Haggarty, a Brooklyn-based painter, educator and founder whose work has been featured in Artforum, the New York Times, Hyperallergic, and BOMB magazine, among others. Catherine has exhibited widely across New York, LA, and Miami and has been a visiting artist at institutions including Cornell, RISD, Pratt and Rutge...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by Brittany Fanning. Brittany Fanning graduated from the University of north Virginia, and moved to South Korea in 2015. She spent seven years painting the neighborhoods around her, drawn particularly to the contrast between new Brutalist structures and traditional hanoks.  After relocating to Los Angeles in 2022...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by David Ambrose. David Ambrose was born in 1960 and lives and works in Bound Brook, New Jersey. He received his BA in Fine Arts from Muhlenberg College and his MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania. He has exhibited widely over the past four decades, including solo exhibitions at the New Jersey Sta...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by Will Hutnick. Will is a painter based in Sharon, Connecticut. He holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and a BA from Providence College. Hutnick is a 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Painting. His solo exhibitions include High Noon in New York, the McDonough Museum of Art, Geary Contemporary, and Pa...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by Bruce Tapola. Bruce Tapola was born and raised in Ohio and received his BFA from the University of Utah, and his MFA from Montana State University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has received several awards, including the McKnight Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship (1995, 2001, 2017). His...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by Hiba Schahbaz. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Hiba Schahbaz trained in traditional Indo-Persian miniature painting at the National College of Arts in Lahore. Her practice spans oil, wood, paper, black tea, and water-based pigments. Schahbaz received an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute and has exhibited interna...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week's episode I'm joined by New York artist David Hornung. David Hornung is a painter and mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited in the US and UK. Over the course of a long career he has served on the faculties of The Rhode Island School of Design, Indiana University, Skidmore College, Pratt Institute, and Adelphi Uni...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists On this week’s episode I’m joined by New York artist Fran Shalom. Fran has exhibited widely throughout the United States, including a solo show at the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, and the Hunterdon Museum in New Jersey. She has been the recipient of a Pollock Krasner Artist Grant, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, and an Art Omi Residency. Her work i...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Sarah D’Ambrosio. Sarah is a Brooklyn-based artist who earned her BFA from Brooklyn College and her MFA at University of New Hampshire. She also studied at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Pennsylvania. Most recently Sarah has exhibited at the New York Studio School Projects at DUMBO and NADA Miami and her first solo exhibitio...

Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Wallace joins host Isaac Mann to discuss his unique paper pulping technique, creative process, and journey into art-making after 25 years in another industry. Wallace had a solo exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery in May 2026 and has shown with other New York City venues including Cristin Tierney Gallery and Rick Wester Fine Art. He has participated in residencies at the...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest returning today is Jameson Green. Jameson is a New York-based painter whose work is in collections at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. He's exhibited with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech in New York, Paris, London, and Brussels. On last week's epis...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Jameson Green. Jameson is an artist living and working in Hudson, NY. He holds an MFA from Hunter College. Green has exhibited extensively with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech, including solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Brussels, and Santa Monica. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Dallas Mus...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today, Clova Rae-Smith , is a British jewellery designer based in New York City. Clova graduated from Central Saint Martins and was recognized as one of DAZED ’s “UAL Graduates to Watch.” She specializes in grillz that blend fine art, fashion, and identity, and has quickly become one of the most sought-after jewelers in the industry. Cl...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Robert Schefman. He is a Detroit-based artist with a BFA from Michigan State University and an MFA from the University of Iowa.  His work is in collections at the Detroit Institute of Arts and The Broad, along with other major institutions, and has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and other venues across the country. He's...

Kyle Staver is a figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow. Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, and the...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Kyle Staver. A figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow. Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fel...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists . Today I'm speaking with Erik Sommer, a New York-based painter who is also the founder of Mott Projects, a contemporary art project space. Sommer's work explores chance, beauty, and the attempt to control time through unconventional mark-making techniques. His practice incorporates industrial materials like concrete and drywall, reflec...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists . On this week’s episode Michael Stamm is back to continue with our conversation about his artistic practice and career insights. Michael Stamm is a Brooklyn-based painter with an MFA from NYU and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University. He also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016. Stamm has had solo and two-p...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists! My guest today is the Brooklyn-based painter Michael Stamm. Stamm explores themes of strength and weakness, vice and virtue, and self-actualization versus obliteration in his work. Stamm received an MFA from New York University and MA in English Literature from Columbia University, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016....

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists . My guest today is Dennis Kardon.  Dennis is a Brooklyn-based painter known for his influential work 49 Jewish Noses and his most recent solo shows at Lubov Gallery and Massimo De Carlo. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad, received major career grants including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and written for top art publications such as Artfo...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This week on ARTMATTERS , we get back to our conversation with Brooklyn-based artists Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse. Like last time, this conversation explores their differing personalities, creative processes and the dynamics at play in the lives of a working artist couple.  Today we discuss balancing introversion and extroversion, setti...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This week on ARTMATTERS, I'm sending some belated Valentine’s love to all my listeners! In the spirit of the season, I spent my February 14th hanging out at the shared studio of artists Elliot Purse and Krista Louise Smith. It was the perfect way to mark the holiday, exploring the unique dynamics of working side by side with your spouse in...

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists . Today we continue our conversation with Julie Harrison, a New York-based artist whose decades-long career has spanned drawing, photography, video, painting, and performance. In this episode we discuss framing and exhibiting works on paper, the overlap between drawing and collage, overcoming creative blocks, exploring new tools, building communi...