Strand, the Story of an Artist

@massielmafes                  www.massielmafes.com @Golden_art_fdn             www.goldenfoundation.org This episode is a recording of my conversation with Massiel Mafes at her studio on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Massiel, a painter and textile artist originally from Miami, and I were connected by our mutual friend, Regina Jestrow, also an incredible fiber artist from Miami. Both Massiel a...

@gustavorizerio                www. GustavoRizerio.com Gustavo Rizerio is a notable tattoo and contemporary artist living and working in New York City. Originally from Brazil, Gustavo has spent his entire life honing his skills and innate abilities as an artist.   Drawn to the power and permanence of an image, Gustavo explores multiple mediums in his work, such as oil and acrylic painting, through...

@layobright      https://layobright.com/ @thealdrich      https://thealdrich.org/   This is episode 34 and the eleventh conversation in my New York Minutes series.  Layo Bright is a New York-based sculptor from Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores migration, legacy, and identity through hybrid portraits, textiles, and mixed media works. Her solo museum debut Dawn and Dusk is currently on view at The...

Episode 033: Carlos Nunez @c.arlosnunez                  https://www.nunezcarlos.com/ @mimo.mimo.mimo.mimo.mimo. This is the tenth conversation in my New York Minutes series. Carlos Nunez is a Venezuelan artist who lives and works in New York. His work addresses historical networks of power and their impact on mundanity. He focuses specifically on the relationships between Venezuela and the United...

Episode 032: Amelia Carley @ameliacarley          ameliacarley.com        Amelia lives and works in Brooklyn, NY is an artist and also an educator at Pratt Institute. Her paintings and sculptures explore the interpretation of memories and dreams dealing with landscapes and fictitious sites. She has exhibited at such venues as SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (New York, NY), Southampton Art Center (Southampto...

@ andrew_herzog        andrewherzog.com        schoooool.com Andrew Herzog is an American interdisciplinary artist and designer. He works medium agnostically on a mixture of ephemeral and indefinite projects that utilize a circular approach to working with the environment, technology, people, and constructed objects. In an effort to establish an accessible language for his work, he uses recognizab...

@RickMidler  RickMidler.com   This is the eighth episode in my series titled The New York Minutes. It is a conversation that Rick and I shared in his Ditmas Park studio. He enjoys the process of collecting decorative papers that can be broken down to form collage works on canvas or panels. A sample of his work was recently on view at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. Learn more about this...

@loganroycebeitmen   loganbeitmen.com Logan is an art writer and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His expertise is in contemporary art, art theory, South Asian art, and comparative aesthetics. This is a conversation that we shared at a picnic table in Brooklyn at Prospect Park. Logan and I met several years ago while he was the Gallery Director at the University of Miami. It was nice to ca...

@Laurenclay  laurenclay.com   @picture.theory         picturetheoryprojects.com This is the sixth episode of my series titled The New York Minutes. It is a conversation that I had with Lauren in her Bushwick studio. There, we discussed how she began as an artist. Our conversation then moved to her current body of work that is on view in Chelsea at PictureTheory. This exhibition is titled Love Feas...

@Tarravechia     Tarravechia.com Rachael Tarravechia’s work investigates the threshold of private versus public and aims to capture fleeting, intimate moments.  Moments where the room was just previously occupied, and now there are no people, no phones, no cameras, yet the aura of humanity still lingers. Tarravechia lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and is represented by Ceysson & Bénétiè...

@devinosorio      devinosorio.com Devin Osorio is a first-generation Dominican Artist who currently lives and works in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Osorio takes inspiration from Dominican culture and folkloric traditions, including a strong emphasis on textile patterns. These cultural influences merge with biographical details from Osorio’s lived experience, yielding paintings that function a...

@Peacheeblue     peachtao.com     chinatownmuralproject.org This is a conversation that I had with Peach Tao in a small park in Chinatown, NYC. Peach is a muralist and one of the co-founders of the Chinatown Mural Project. She began this endeavor a couple of years ago with her mentor, Karlan Chan. Together, they are bringing back large-scale murals to the Chinatown area. Peach defines their painti...

@AnthonyGoicolea   AnthonyGoicoleastudio.com Anthony is an artist who lives and works in New York City. During this conversation, he describes some of his memories of how he began his artistic career and he also shares a little bts of his LGBT Memorial that rests along the Hudson River. A sample of his work is included in the exhibition titled “Bump in the Night”, located @nightcafegallery in Lond...

@dubz19    wendywhite.net  GAA-Gallery.com Wendy is an artist living and working in New York City. This conversation unpacks some of the concepts behind her current body of work titled, “Heart Beats Dust”. This exhibition will be on view until July 3 at GAA Galery in NYC. Produced by Kevin Kirkwood. @strandpodcast @kevinwillpaint

@KatherineSandoz    www.katherinesandoz.com Katherine is an artist who lives and works in Savannah, Georgia. We talked about her exhibition titled, “Waterways”. This show is on view at Laney Contemporary until June 1, 2024. www.laneycontemporary.com @laneycontemporary Listen to this, and all episodes of the Strand by clicking the link in @strandpodcast bio. Or at www.strandpodcast.podbean.com . Ep...

@MattVanrys    mattvanrys.com Matt is an interactive motion designer and producer, focused on spatial experiences and projection mapping. We discussed his formative years as a graphic designer, and how he shifted gears and moved into the world of projection mapping. We also discussed his video installation which will be on view at the Ships of Sea Maritime Museum in Savannah, GA. This event is tit...

@AbbyPortner www. AbigailPortner.com This episode is a conversation that I had with Abigail Portner, an artist who lives and works in Savannah, GA. We talked about the music video that she recently made for John Cale’s song titled “Shark-Shark”. We also discussed her video installation which will be on view at the Ships of Sea Maritime Museum in Savannah, GA. This event is titled “Celestial Seafar...

@gonzalo_hernandez__   www.gonzalo-hernandez.com/ Gonzalo Hernandez is an artist living and working in Miami, FL. We discussed his recent exhibition at ICPNA in Lima, Peru, and uncovered his hopes for the future. @katesferriprojects    www.katesferriprojects.com/gonzalo-hernandez Listen to this, and all episodes of the Strand by clicking the link in @strandpodcast bio. Or at www.strandpodcast.podb...

@robinbirdy www.robinmaaya.com/ Robin Maaya, is an artist living and working in Savannah, GA. We discussed her upcoming exhibition at The Cedar House Gallery titled, “Exodus”. Opening night is June 14, 2024. @cedarhousegallerysav www.cedarhousegallerysav.com Listen to this, and all episodes of the Strand by clicking the link in @strandpodcast bio. Or at www.strandpodcast.podbean.com . Episodes are...

@caseyschachner.art www.caseyschachner.com Casey is an artist and educator who currently lives and works in Savannah, Ga. She is an Assistant Professor of Art in 3D at Georgia Southern University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, ranging from temporary site-specific installations to permanent public artworks. In honor of the five-year marker of the pandemic, Schachner’s...

Roberta Burns and Kyle Coleman play vital roles within the Artfields community. One of the many roles that Kyle takes on is that he coordinates the artists with the venue/community. He is the Artfields Fine Arts Manager. And Roberta ensures the community knows what's going on at Artfields. She is the Marketing Manager. Learn more about Artfields by visiting ArtfieldsSC.org  Strand Podcast was crea...

Tiffany Thomas is an artist living and working in Lake City, South Carolina. Learn more about her work at tthomasarts.com or @tthomasarts.     Strand Podcast was created and produced by Kevin Kirkwood. @strandpodcast @kevinwillpaint

Jamison Kerr is the Director of Art Town for Artfields. Artfields is a nine-day celebration of southern artists. This year's event occurs between April 26 and May 4. www. ArtfieldsSC.org      Instagram: @ArtfieldsSC StrandPodcast is created and produced by Kevin Kirkwood Instagram: @strandpodcast or @kevinwillpaint

Geoff Mitchell is an artist and the founder of the Museum of Make Believe in Laguna Beach California. For more information about Geoff, visit geoffmitchellstudio.com. The museum’s website is located at museumofmakebelieve.org Produced by Kevin Kirkwood. IG @kevinwillpaint

Episode 12: Kerry Phillips www.kerryphillipsart.com Kerry Phillips is an artist and educator who lives and works in Miami, Florida. She is an installation artist whose artwork borders on performance and social practice. Her work with found objects is intuitive, often site-specific, and steeped in remembrance and storytelling. She uses common objects in unexpected ways, working collaboratively with...