Sound and Vision

On the occasion of The Pollinator, Tracy Thomason’s fourth exhibition with Marinaro gallery, inhabiting both of their gallery spaces, we are reissuing this conversation with Tracy from over six years ago. Tracy Thomason is an artist born in Maryland who received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Exhibitions include a...

Sam Dunson is an artist born in Dayton, Ohio who is a professor in art at Tennessee State Univeristy. He recieved his BS in studio art there before getting his MFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has received several awards including 100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art Selected By Peers of Oxford American Magazine, the Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient (Graduate P...

Hiejin Yoo is a German born, Korean artist currently living and working in Los Angeles Her work has been shown at The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Half Gallery, Frederic Snitzer, Blum & Poe, Almine Rech, Konig Gallery, Loyal Gallery, Stems Gallery, The Pit, Spurs Gallery in Beijing and many others. Her work has been covered in Galerie Magazine, Juxtapoz, Hypebeast, Whitewall, ArtForum, It’s Nice...

SHULING GUO is an artist born in Guangdong Province, China who graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with a BFA in 2010. She immigrated to the United States in 2019, and now lives in Philadelphia and aboard the Sailing Vessel Selkie. In 2012, she had her first solo exhibition Secret Fragrance in Beyond Art Space in Beijing. Since then, her work has b...

Janina Myronova is a Ukranian ceramic sculptor who creates narrative through figurative forms and composed backdrops. Utilizing a specific and distorted representation of the body, each composition shows a different personality and personal story to collectively reference a graphic novel and arcing story. Imparting her own emotion through linework, Janina’s works are strategically charged with col...

Tahnee Lonsdale is an artist rendering emotional divinity through the use of layered oil paints and ethereal, intuitive compositions. Born in 1982 and raised in Sussex, UK, Tahnee attended the University of the Arts in London where she primarily studied painting, graduating with a BFA in 2007. After moving to LA in 2015, her practice evolved to embrace large-scale painting, soft sculpture, and wor...

Jodi Hays is a painter who has had recent solo shows at Night Gallery (Los Angeles) and two-person shows at Susan Inglett Gallery (New York City) and Devening Projects (Chicago). Brooks Museum, Fisk University, and Devening Projects, among others. She was a 2019 Finalist for the Hopper Prize and the recipient of grants from the Rauschenberg Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Sustainable...

This week we are releasing a classic episode. This is one of the first podcasts we released from 2016. Robin is an amazing artist who shares her process and insights.

Karen Seapker lives and works in Nashville, TN. She has an MFA in Painting from Hunter College in New York City and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally— in New York, Miami, Pittsburgh, London, and Shanghai. She is a member of the curatorial collective, COOP in Nashville, TN and has curated...

Sebastian has a solo opening tonight at Miles McEnery Gallery called "She's My Best Friend." On the occasion, we are rereleasing this classic episode from our first couple months of the podcast. Go check out his show up through August.

Ella Hohnen-Ford is a singer and songwriter from North London, England. She studied Jazz Voice at the Royal Academy of music. Ella garnered much attention from her live streams during lockdown and has recently released her debut EP “Infinity” on Young Poet. Links: https://hohnenford.com https://www.instagram.com/hohnenford/ https://open.spotify.com/user/bettinahohnen?si=6b145a07ab324afa https://ww...

Jim Isermann (b. 1955, Kenosha, WI) received his Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Jim’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Camden Arts Center, London, United Kingdom; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Le Magasin - Centre National d’Art...

Natalie Frank was born in Austin, TX and received her Master of Fine Arts in 2006 from Columbia University, New York, NY and her Bachelor of Arts in 2002 from Yale University, New Haven, CT. In 2004, Frank was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway. Natalie has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; the Kemper...

Simphiwe Mbunyuza was born in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, and lives and works in Norman, OK. He has been the subject of exhibitions in the United States and internationally, including recent presentations with Dyman Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa; South Willard, Los Angeles, CA; and Gallery 1957, London and Accra, Ghana; and is the recipient of awards and residencies including th...

Markus Linnenbrink is an artist from Dortmund, Germany who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany and the Gesamthochschule Kassel, Germany. His recent solo exhibitions include Galería Max Estrella in Madrid, the Fundación DIDAC, in Spain, the Museum of New Art in Portsmouth, NH, Miles McEnery Gallery in New York, Taubert Contemporary in Berlin, Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francis...

Leo Park is a painter who works and lives in Stockholm. He holds an MFA from Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design. Park has his roots in both art history and pop culture, collecting motifs and stylistic influences from past to present. Since his solo debut at Gallery Steinsland Berliner in Stockholm 2021, he has participated in various international shows in Berlin, Cologne, London, New...

Kyle Dunn lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. His work has been included in exhibitions at P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Marlborough Gallery, London, UK; GRIMM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Maria Bernheim, Zurich, Switzerland; among others. He is the recipient of grants from The Elizabeth Greensh...

Emily Weiner is a painter living and working in Nashville, TN. She received her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University (2003) and her MFA in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (2011). She is represented by Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, TN and has exhibited work at Whitespace Gallery (Atlanta, GA); Kunsthall Grenland (Porsgrunn, Norway); Wespace (Shanghai, China); David...

Visual artist, filmmaker social researcher. Carol Montealegre studied Anthropology at the Universidad de los Andes with an emphasis on Art. In her degree practice she inserted tools from Augusto Boal’s “Theater of the Oppressed” in two rural schools of the Colombian Caribbean where she worked with children ranging in age from 6 to 15 years old for a period of year. She received a Master's degree i...

Alexandra Grant is a Los Angeles-based artist who through an exploration of the use of text and language in various media—painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography—probes ideas of translation, identity, dis/location, and social responsibility. Grant frequently collaborates with other artists, writers, and philosophers, often going so far as to have specific texts written as the impetus t...

Gwen O’Neil was born in New York, NY and lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her solo exhibition, Wild Mountain Thyme opens May 13th at Anat Egbi follows recent presentations of her work by the gallery in group contexts including KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Seoul, Korea; The Armory Show, New York NY; Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA...

Tracey Rose, born in South Africa, is best-known for her revolutionary performative practice which often translates to and is accompanied by photography, video, installation, and digital prints. Often described as absurd, anarchic, slapdash and carnivalesque, Rose’s work explores themes around post-coloniality, gender and sexuality, race and repatriation. Tracey was born in Durban, South Africa. I...

Sky Glabush is a painter born in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1970 and received his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and his MA from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. He’s had solo exhibitions at Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Clint Roenisch, Toronto, Ontario; Projet Pangée, Montreal, Québec and Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway...

Lynne Flemons is an Australian artist currently based in Canberra.  She has a BA (Visual) from the Australian National University (ANU), a Postgrad Bachelor of Teaching, Western Sydney University, and a Master of Philosophy (Visual Art) ANU. She has exhibited her work widely through her involvement in residencies, solo and group exhibitions at both regional and commercial galleries in Australia an...

Hayley Barker (b. 1973, Oregon) has had solo exhibitions at Night Gallery, and BozoMag Los Angeles; SHRINE, New York; and Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland. She has participated in group shows at Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Harper’s, East Hampton; Acquavella, New York; Nicodim, Los Angeles; and SHRINE, New York, among others. Barker has been featured in several publications, including W,  Artf...