Hello, Print Friend

This week Miranda speaks with Terran Last Gun. Terran is a Piikani citizen and visual artist. Terran’s work centers around the process of color exploration and visual documentation of nature, the cosmos, cultural narratives, and recollections of home. They talk about indigenous abstraction, the tradition of Piikani Painted Lodges, studying at the prestigious Institute of American Indian Arts in Sa...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Constanza Sanchez (@latalladora). Coni es una artista grabadora y fundadora de la Casa Chagual en Quillota, Chile. Desde el primer momento en que entró en un taller de grabado quedo fascinada con las prensas, el olor a tinta y la historia del grabado. Su trabajo se ha inspirado en la defensa de la naturaleza en contra de la arquite...

On this special episode of Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Nadya Tolokonnikova, creator of Pussy Riot. Nadya was first thrust on the world’s stage in 2012 when Pussy Riot members were arrested for performing their “Punk Prayer” in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Since then, Nadya has continued her practice of using performance art as activism and joins us on the podcast just...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando en Spanglish con Manuel Guerra (@hornedtoadprints), artista grabador, educador y maestro impresor produciendo su trabajo desde su natal El Paso, Texas. Conversaremos sobre la influencia artística y creativa de sus padres durante su infancia. Manuel creó una visión de su futuro donde se convertiría en grabador desarrollando un trabajo f...

This week Miranda speaks with Annalise Gratovich. This is Annalise’s second appearance on the podcast, so if you want to prep for the chat, go back and listen to episode 27. In this episode, she speaks candidly about the recent and serious health challenges she faced, what this means when you’re a working artist, and her experience of going through this in the depth of the pandemic. They also talk...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Alejandra Mares & Xavier Martínez mejor conocidos como los Tres Gatos Press (@tresgatospress). Este episodio es un reencuentro con los que fueron nuestros primeros invitados en Hello Print Friend en español para el año 2020. Durante la pandemia, Alejandra y Xavier desarrollaron una fuerte presencia en las redes sociales compart...

This week Miranda speaks with CHema Skandal, a graphic artist, and printmaker living in Chicago. They talk about his early influences living in the vibrant art scene of Mexico City, how he came to use his icon luchador mask in all public representations, collaborating with bands, his zine fest, and so much more. CHema Skandal Instagramwww.instagram.com/chemaskandalYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UC...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Jaime Gili (@jaimegili) artista plástico multidisciplinario de origen venezolano que hace vida en Londres. Jaime nos contará sobre su infancia en Sabana Grande en la ciudad de Caracas donde su fascinación por el color y la geometría fue inspirada por sus padres. Conversaremos sobre su travesía en las artes iniciándose en el institu...

This week Miranda speaks with Angela Silva, a printmaker living and working in the Philippines. They talk about the history of printmaking in the region, her unexpected path to the medium, how you build a printmaking community through a network of over 7000 islands, and her incredibly exciting projects on the horizon. Angela's Instagramswww.instagram.com/alegnaavliswww.instagram.com/angela_si...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda Speaks with Peter Nickel. We talk about how standing in front of a Rembrandt self-portrait as a child set him on the course to be an artist (even if he didn’t know it then), the power of seeing such art objects in person, his long hiatus from making, and how he got back into the flow. Peter Nickelhttps://www.peternickel.netYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCO...

This week Miranda speaks with Celeste De Luna. They talk about growing up as a Gen X latchkey kid in the Rio Grand Valley with a love of books and animals, how an encounter with a steam roller printing event saved her from a life as a tortured painter, border futurism, the distinction between protest art and art that tells your own story, and having a Catholic imagination. Celeste's websiteht...

This week Miranda speaks with Ron Abram. We talk about his childhood growing up in the religious context of Puerto Rican Cathothloism and the social context of 1970s West Berlin, getting inspiration from pop culture and Grimm’s fairy tales, postmodernism, and David Bowie. Ron is an artist in the Print Santa Fe 5 x 5 exhibition, up now at Zane Bennette Contemporary Art in Santa Fe through June 17th...

This week Miranda speaks with Enrique Figueredo, a Venezuelan American artist and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin. They talk about his travels around the Southwest, visiting some of the earliest churches in what we now call the United States and making rubbings from the inscriptions on the walls, as well as his potential family connection to the region. They...

This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the third in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking. This week Miranda speaks with Xiaowen Chen, a...

En este episodio, tuvimos el placer de conversar con Mazatl (@_mazatli_). Mazatl es conocido por su impresionantes murales y grabados en relieve con un estilo distintivo y autodidacta que hacen gran presencia en Instagram. Hablamos de crecer en México en una ciudad natal plagada de drogas y violencia mientras encontraba un sentido de libertad en la escena punk y, por supuesto, el arte. Hablaremos...

This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the second in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking. This week Miranda speaks with Kathy Vajda, an...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con KOZ DOS (@kozdos) artista muralista venezolano y reciente explorador de la gráfica nacido en el barrio Niño Jesús de la ciudad de Caracas. Conversaremos sobre esa rama creativa que corre dentro de su familia pero que no se desarrolló profesionalmente hasta que él se convirtió en artista plástico. KOZ DOS relatará sobre el cambio a...

This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the first in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking. This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda spea...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Xilotrópico (@xilotropico_): obrero gráfico “chilombiano” nacido en chile pero haciendo vida en Bogotá. Conversaremos sobre su sueño de viajar haciendo grafica intercambiando su conocimiento por medio de la imprenta callejera durante su travesía por el sur. Hablaremos sobre la enseñanza por medio del error, el uso de la gráfica com...

This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda Speaks with Paula Wilson and Tyler Emerson-Dorsch. This is a special episode, recorded on-site at Paula’s exhibition, which was up during Miami Art week last year. In a Hello Print Friend first, Miranda speaks with both the artist and the curator. They talk about how the two met and formed the artist/gallerist relationship, how the move to a rural city in...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Heczar Gomez (@heczar_dadoz), artista gráfico, muralista y cofundador de la Madriguera Gráfica nacido en Oaxaca, pero haciendo vida en Querétaro, México. Conversaremos sobre las realidades de crecer en Oaxaca y la inestabilidad política que lo llevo a establecerse en una nueva ciudad donde el grafiti y el arte gráfico se convirtió...

This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Melissa and J.W. from the Little Friends of Printmaking. They talk about getting professional gig poster commissions while still in graduate school, drawing on inspiration from our art world heroes, never running out of ideas, and feeling out of place. Little Friends of Printmaking Websitehttps://thelittlefriendsofprintmaking.com/Little Friends...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Abraham Mascorro Morales artista multidisciplinario de origen mexicano que junto a su esposa Miriam Ruiz fundaron OMG Press (@omgpress) en la Ciudad De México. Abraham nos contará sobre la aplicación de herramientas digitales, inteligencia artificial y NFT dentro del desarrollo gráfico además de estrategias de comercialización para...

This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Henry Gepfer, an artist, curator, and educator based in Lancaster, PA. They talk about the joy and the pain of being a performance artist, the effects of the pandemic on self-worth, the performance of masculinity, and how printmaking fits into all of this. Henry's Websitehttps://www.henrygepfer.com/Henry's Instagramhttps://www.instagr...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Ricardo Benaim (@ricardobenaim) artista muldiciplinario y grabador venezolano nacido en la ciudad de Caracas. Conversaremos sobre sus inicios en el diseño gráfico y publicitario para ser incentivado por uno de sus instructores a investigar el grabado. Al enfocarse en la técnica gráfica, iniciaría una travesía que lo llevaría a Lond...