Bread & Salt Podcast

Conversation with Artist Liz Stringer and Bread & Salt Gallery Director Thomas DeMello Stringer's Solo Exhibition the Telling's is On View May-July 2025

Christopher Wassell & Phil Beaumont in conversation with Bread & Salt Gallery Director Thomas DeMello Both Artists have separate solo exhibitions on view March-April 2025 this conversation took place in March 2025 Christopher Wassell (b 1969) is an abstract painter living and working in Tijuana BC. In his upcoming exhibition AMNESIA new oil paintings explore themes of figuration, dramatic...

this is a conversation with Hugo Crosthwaite and Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello from 2021 Born in Tijuana in 1971, Hugo Crosthwaite grew up in the coastal town of Rosarito, Baja California, 10 miles south of the international border. A graduate of San Diego State University in 1997 with a BA in Applied Arts and Sciences, Crosthwaite is a draftsman, often using pencil or charcoal, who focu...

Richard Keely speaking with Bread & Salt Curator and Artist Thomas DeMello

Bread & Salt CuratorThomas DeMello in Conversation with Artist Mathieu Gregoire about his beginnings as an artist and his past exhibition in ICE gallery. this is an unconventional episode for us but we could not pass up the chance to talk with Mathieu you can find out more about his work at https://mathieugregoire.net or visit the ICE gallery website https://icegallerysd.com to learn more abou...

Artist Marisol Rendón in conversation with Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello

Artist Yasmine Kasem in conversation with Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello

A Conversation with Joe Yorty and Joe Cantrell with Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello about the Exhibition " I ate and I ate and nothing happened"  On View in the Bread & Salt Main Gallery through June 19, 2022

Neil Kendricks is a filmmaker, artist, photographer, writer, educator Kendricks earned a Master’s degree in Television, Film and New Media from San Diego State University in 2006. His award-winning short films like 2002’s Loop have screened at numerous international film festivals including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festiva...

Conversation with Artist Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio   Union Tribune Article

Marcos Ramírez ERRE in Conversation with Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello About the Artist ( from the MASS MoCA Website ) Marcos Ramírez, known as ERRE (a nod to the rolled ‘r’ of Spanish), was born in Tijuana in 1961. He studied at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, graduating with a law degree, and later worked in the construction industry for many years to support his visual ar...

Conversation with Artist Angie Jennings and Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello Angie is our Bread & Salt Artist in Residence February-April 2021 Angie Jennings 1984 born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States angelajennings.net Education 2016 MFA, Visual Arts, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 2011 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Fine Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA...

Conversation with Artist Carlos Castro And Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello  Carlos Castro Arias was born in Bogota, Colombia and Currently Lives and Teaches in San Diego,CA. His solo exhibitions include  The Pain We Create , LA Galeria, Bogota (2019);  The Language of Dead Things,  Espacio el Dorado, Bogota (2017),  Stagnant Heritage,  MUZAC, Monteria (2015),&...

Alessandra Moctezuma is Gallery Director and Professor of Art at San Diego Mesa College, where she leads the Museum Studies program and teaches courses on Chicano Art. She earned Bachelor of Art and Master of Fine Arts (Painting/Printmaking) degrees from UCLA. She is also ABD for a Ph. D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature at the State University in New York, Stony Brook. Besides teaching and cu...

Conversation with Curator, Teacher, Writer and Activist   Adriana Martínez link to ANTiDOGMA Magazine    issue #1   issue #2  issue #3 2019 Exhibition of Irma Sofia Poeter Curated By Adriana for CECUT  Pan y Sal Podcast Hosted in Spanish by Artist Griselda Rosas

Conversation with 2020 Bread & Salt Artist in Residence Avia Rose Ramm Bread & Salt Website Pan y Sal Podcast with Griselda Rosas

Marianela de la Hoz b. 1956, México 2014 San Diego Art Prize Recipient her work can be found in collections from Mexico,the USA,Canada, Japan, Dubai,Germany, among others Fundación Cultural Bancomer, México Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, México Fundación Cultural Noval, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach CA Artist Website...

Alida Cervantes (b. 1972) is a Mexican artist who lives and works in the Tijuana and San Diego border region. Traveling daily between the US / Mexico border, Cervantes’ work is characterized by an interest in power relations between race, class, gender and even species. She explores these hierarchies both at the level of sexual or intimate relationships and on the broad stages of history and polit...

Conversation with Irma Sofia Poeter and Bread & Salt Curator Thomas DeMello. She is a Mexican-American artist who has lived on both sides of the San Diego-Tijuana border. Born in Arcadia, California, in 1963, She currently works and lives in Tecate, Mexico. She recently had a 25 year retrospective at the Tijuana Cultural Center (known by its Spanish acronym, (CECUT) along with a Exhibition at...