Cosimo Art Podcast

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we head to The Koppel Project, Bank to interview artist Ferg Cooper.  Ferg is a visual artist who works in painting, drawing and collage. His work and style are rooted in queer theory – dealing with themes related to commercialism and the self. Through his process, Cooper strives to find ways to understand how the queer community can exist in a straight, heteronor...

This week we head to the studio of artist Karolina Dworska in Woolwich. Born in Poland, Karolina holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London where she first developed a passion for her signature digital knit and textile artwork. The artist works predominantly in sculpture and textile-making. Her work focuses on dreamscapes - inspired by mythology, horror, science fiction and the c...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we head towards the London Bridge area to the studio of artist Harry Rüdham.  Harry is a noteworthy London artist most well-known for his signature paper cut technique and series. Through a meticulous work process, Harry Ruhham creates figures and landscapes via arranged paper materials. Utilising a scalpel to carve back the multi-layered paper foundation, the art...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we traveled to Wembley to visit artist and photographer, Katya Ilina (in her lovely backyard garden on a gorgeous, rare sunny London day).  Katya is a London artist working in the portrait, fashion, and observational photography genres and landscapes. Her artistic practice explores themes related to identity and gender expression. Informed by Katya’s own multicult...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we are bringing you a special minisode with artist Lorelei Linklater. The episode was recorded and filmed at and with the help of the Motion Media Arts Centre (@austinschoolofilm ) in Austin, Texas.  Lorelei Linklater is a fine and digital artist. Her work focuses on realism. Lorelei’s practice stems from traditional painting, exploring cartoon inspired drawings a...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we head to West London to the studio of Anya Mokhova ( @anya_mokhova ). Anya is an artist who creates artwork from tallow, bee’s wax, soap, gold and brass. With a passion for art history and media experimentation, her work draws on the traditions of fantasy and mythology, seeking to question the boundaries of the notion of existence: exploring a narrative between...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we head down to James Robert Morrison’s studio in southeast London. Born in Elgin, Scotland, James is an artist whose artwork stems from personal experience.  The artist aims to reflect on the pivotal experience of discovering an individual's sexuality and the journey that they must take when it comes to understanding, accepting, and valuing it.  His pencil an...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we stopped by artist Mia Hawk’s ( @miaskyhawk ) studio in South London.  Mia is a full-time artist who works in a variety of media and artistic disciplines, from hyper-realist paintings to surrealist, pop-art illustrative works and designs. In this interview, we delve into many different topics, including social media, the art world of Instagram, the female vs. ma...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we visit artist Fiona G. Roberts’ studio located in Bank at The Koppel Project in London.  In this interview we delve into a variety of topics ranging from her latest body of work, women artists, as well as gender inequality in the art world (running through the statistics as well as the stagnant two percent of top-tier female artists who sell at art auction).   F...

This week on Cosimo Studio Tours, we are incredibly excited to present a special podcast episode and interview with artist Caitlin Flood-Molyneux (@floodmolyneuxart) which we recorded post the artist’s first solo show in London, Suspended in Time (April 3 – Private View) at Fitzrovia Gallery.  In this interview, we speak about Caitlin’s ‘Artist Story,’ the artist’s process, the curation of the sho...

On this episode of Cosimo Art Studio Tours, we head to Bethnal Green to visit artist Phillip Reeves (@phillipreeves_). Reeves holds a BA in Fine Art Printmaking and Painting from London Metropolitan University. He also holds an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths.  In this interview, we speak in-depth about his ‘Paper Clothes’ series. The series combines the art of clothing with the art of clothing-mak...

This week on Cosimo Studio Art Tours, we visit Joanna Pilarczyk’s (@joannapilarczyk) artist studio based in North London.  A colorful neon oasis, Joanna is a contemporary figurative painter. She works predominately in oils, as well as in acrylics and in spray paint. Joanna was born in Poland. She studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora where she holds a degree in Visual Arts and in Art Educa...

This week, Cosimo Studio Tours visits artist Lucian’s (@lucianthepainter)’s studio near Primrose Hill. Lucian is a graduate from University of the Arts London, Camberwell College. With a professional background in advertising, Lucian works as an oil painter. His work alters (and often subverts) the traditions of figurative painting. Lucian’s artistic influences range from Egon Schiele to (even) Da...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Exhibition 101 podcast - where we celebrate all the best bits about being part of the art world, and explore how we can make it an even better place in the future! This week, John is joined by author and journalist, Riah Pryor. Riah regularly contributes to the Art Newspaper, writing about crime and the art world - a subject which she has specialised in since her days a...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Exhibition 101 podcast - where we celebrate all the best bits about being part of the art world, and explore how we can make it an even better place in the future! This week, John is joined by the host of the ArtCurious podcast, Jennifer Dasal. Jennifer has previously worked as a curator and educator, and in this episode, we managed to cover everything from our surprise...

Welcome to the Exhibition 101 Podcast - the place where we uncover the best and the worst about the art world, throwing out the bad and amplifying the good.  Today's guest is Zoë Goetzmann - founder of the AWS Gallery, writer, podcaster, and ultimate all-around art fanatic!  We managed to cover pretty much every big topic in the art world, from commission fees to NFTs, tech, curation, and more......