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Episode 479 / Chloe WiseReissue from 2019 with artist Chloe Wise.

Episode 478 / Butt JohnsonButt Johnson (b.1979, Ramapo, New York) earned a BFA in painting from RISD and received a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship in 2010. His work is included in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, KS and the RISD Museum. He is a founder and partner in the Klaus von Nichtssagend (Neek-saa-gundt) Gallery in New York. He has exhibited at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery at George Washington University, the Abrons Art Center and CRG Gallery, both in New York.The Canopy Program is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 cohort cycle -  led by faculty mentors Amir H. Fallah, Sharon Butler, Catherine Haggarty, Meg Lipke, Clare Grill, and Jessica Dickinson. Founder and executive director Catherine Haggarty will be hosting information sessions where all questions can be answered - to RSVP, learn more and apply by July 26thplease visit www.nyccritclub.com www.nyccritclub.comIG is @nyccritclub and @the_canopy_program_

Episode 477 / Seline BurnSeline Burn (*1995, Switzerland) is a contemporary artist recognized for her evocative figurative paintings that merge personal memories with art historical motifs. Her work explores how everyday objects, relationships, and artistic traditions shape our perception of the world. By intertwining elements of her personal experiences with broader social and historical contexts, Burn invites viewers to question the cultural norms that influence visual representation.Her artworks are marked by a nuanced exploration of how cultural heritage shapes our understanding of the familiar. Through visually striking compositions, Burn encourages engagement on multiple levels, offering both aesthetic appeal and thoughtful reflections on the interplay between tradition and contemporary experience.Seline's work has been featured in exhibitions in Switzerland and abroad such as at the Kunsthaus Pasquart (Biel, Switzerland), Kunstmuseum Thun (Switzerland), Wilde (Geneva and Basel, Switzerland), Everyday Moonday Gallery (Seoul, Korea), Delphian Gallery (Ligné, France and Helsinki, Finland) and Baert Gallery (Los Angeles, USA). 

Episode 476 / Zak PrekopZak Prekop (b. 1979, Chicago) is a Hudson Valley-based painter known for his intricate, nonrepresentational works. He holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Prekop has had solo exhibitions at Maxwell Graham Gallery, New York; Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; and Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo. His work is held in collections at the Walker Art Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Notable group exhibitions include File Under Freedom at Bergen Kunsthall; Painter, Painter at the Walker Art Center and Greater New York at PS1. Prekop's first museum exhibition opens at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in June.

Episode 475 / Banks VioletteBanks Violette is an artist born in Ithaca, NY who lives and works in Ithaca, NY. He recieved his BFA from the School of Visual Arts  and an MFA from Columbia University. He's had numerous solo shows including ones at MoCa, Connecticut, Gladstone Gallery, Blum & Poe, Thaddeus Ropac, Maureen Paley, Team Gallery, Rodolphe Janssen, and the Whitney Museum to name just a few. He's had scores of group shows all over the globe from the Museum of Modern Art to the Warhol Museum and his work is in the collections of The Coppel Foundation, MexicoThe Ellipse Foundation, Portugal, The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, Frank Cohen Collection, Manchester, England The Jumex Foundation, Mexico, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Modern Art, New York, The OverHolland Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Saatchi Collection, London, UK, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. 

Episode 474 / E.E. KonoE.E. Kono is a multidisciplinary artist based in Iowa and Los Angeles. She is best known for her vibrant egg tempera paintings which blend elements of Renaissance art with mythological, and religious imagery. Utilizing historically significant materials such as silverpoint and locally sourced earth pigments, her work explores the connection between place, culture, and storytelling. Her art is characterized by its meticulous technique and thoughtful incorporation of symbolic elements. E.E.'s artistic practice explores the intersection between ancient traditions and contemporary issues within the context of global interconnectedness.A self-taught painter, E.E. studied art history at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) and the University of Hull (Kingston Upon Hull, England). Her work has been exhibited internationally and in notable venues including Bergdorf Goodman in the “A Room Just So”, curated by Natasha Roberts, and Future Fair 2025 with Elijah Wheat Showroom, The Riverside Art Museum in California, and FORMah. She has had solo exhibits at the Dubuque Museum of Art, La Luz de Jesus, and Gallery 825. Her paintings have been covered in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, American Art Collector, Arts to Hearts Magazine, and Juxtapoz magazine. Additionally, she is an award-winning author and illustrator with over a dozen books published by major trade houses. Her book illustrations are in the collection of the Mazza Museum in Ohio. She participated in the Wassaic Project 2025 Winter Residency. 

Episode 473 / Sarah Martin-Nuss (b. 1992, Corpus Christi, Texas) is an interdisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, performance, and sound. Her work draws from biological systems, philosophical post-humanist thought, and the intricate web of ecological relationships, exploring themes of interconnectivity, transformation, and time. Martin-Nuss received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2024 and her BA in Fine Art and English Literature from Austin College in 2014. Martin-Nuss also studied visual arts at the Collège International de Cannes in Cannes, France and performance, sound, and video art at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In addition to her visual arts education, Martin-Nuss trained with the Meredith Monk Ensemble and is the producer, songwriter and vocalist for the avant-pop duo Dancing In Tongues. Her recent solo exhibitions include Future Currents, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, New York (2025); Pouring Water Into Water, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, New York (2024); and Open Systems, Prince & Wooster, New York, New York (2023). Her recent group exhibitions include The Figure Abstracted, Prince & Wooster, New York, New York (2024);The Blue Hour, PhillipsX, New York, New York (2024); Unfixed Ecosystems: Obsidian/Yarrow, Pfizer Factory, Brooklyn, New York (2024); What In The World, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2023); and Creative Distancing, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (2020). Her work has been featured in Two Coats of Paint, Cultbytes, Art Spiel and New American Paintings and is included in the JPMorganChase Art Collection. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Martin-Nuss now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.REGISTER FOR TONIGHT's TALK AT FUTURE FAIR HEREWHY I MAKE ART with Brian Alfred, Associate Professor of Art, Penn State and Host of Sound & Vision Podcast, Liz Nielsen, artist and exhibitor (Elijah Wheat Showroom), and artist E.E. Kono. THU, MAY 8, 5:45 PM; SPECIAL PROJECT 2 AT FUTURE FAIR

Episode 472 / Cameron MartinCameron Martin is an artist based in Brooklyn. He received his BA from Brown University and continued his studies at the Whitney Independent Study Program. He has exhibited at venues including the Whitney Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, City Gallery (Wellington, New Zealand), and Tel Aviv Museum. His work is included in the public collections of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY; The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, among others. Martin is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2010), the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2008), and the Artists at Giverny Fellowship and Residency (2001).Future Fair Live Sound & Vision with Liz Nielsen and E.E. Konoregister here:https://futurefairs.artsvp.com/616f37Sponsors:https://nyss.orghttps://goldenartistcolors.comhttps://www.fulcrumcoffee.comhttps://futurefairs.com

Episode 471 / Lee MoriartyLee Moriarty is an artist and a professional wrestler. Lee was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and studied graphic design at CCAC. He is self-taught in the area of painting and his presentation at NADA Miami last year in collaboration with Orange Crush marks his public debut as an artist.Lee's work often depicts wrestlers in repose, including intimate portraits of luchador icons like El Santo and Blue Demon. His art reflects an often underexplored duality within the lives of pro wrestlers, resonating with his own explorations in sports and art.In wrestling he is a professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). Moriarty currently holds the title of ROH Pure Champion.Talks Lounge: A Discussion with Artists and Host of Sound & Vision, Brian Alfred.Thursday 8th May, 5:45pmFuture Fair, Chelsea Industrial, 535 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001

Episode 470 / Lucio Pozzi Lucio Pozzi was born in 1935 in Milan, Italy. After living a few years in Rome, where he studied architecture, he came to the United States in 1962, as a guest of the Harvard International Summer Seminar. He then settled in New York and took the US citizenship. A pioneer in working concurrently across different media, Pozzi has presented videotapeworks at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and watercolor landscapes at the John Weber Gallery in New York, regarded in its day as the “temple of Conceptualism.” He has shown work in Documenta 6 (1977) and at the Venice Biennale (U.S. Pavilion) in 1980. He occasionally writes and has taught at Cooper Union, the Yale Graduate Sculpture Program, Princeton University, School of Visual Arts and Maryland Institute College of Art, among other art schools in the US and Europe. His work is included in the collections of major international museums and private institutions and collectors. He currently lives and works in Hudson, NY, and Valeggio s/M (Verona) Italy.If you're in New York this May, check out Future Fair, an independent contemporary art fair celebrating its fifth anniversary in Chelsea from May 7th to 10th. This year's edition features nearly 70 presentations from around the world, with a focus on emerging voices and thoughtful curation with a community driven approach. We love what they are doing to platform new and underrecognized artists and we will be there hosting a talk - more on that soon. Sound & Vision listeners can get 30% off tickets with the code SOUNDANDVISION all one word at futurefairs.com

Episode 469 /  Amy Bravo is an artist who lives and works in New York. After completing a bachelor's degree in Illustration at Pratt Institute, New York, she obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at Hunter College, New York in 2022. Recent exhibitions include group shows with Rachel Uffner Gallery, Workplace, and The FLAG Foundation, as well as a solo show at Nada Miami with Swivel Gallery and a duo show at Swivel Gallery, New York, in 2022. She was also a resident at the Fountainhead Residency in Miami in 2022. Amy Bravo is jointly represented by Swivel Gallery (Brooklyn, NY).If you're in New York this May, check out Future Fair, an independent contemporary art fair celebrating its fifth anniversary in Chelsea from May 7th to 10th. Sound & Vision listeners can get 30% off tickets with the code SOUNDANDVISION all one word at https://futurefairs.artsvp.com/eeb3d8?link=701cf2d5-5345-409f-a430-c816aad011ea

Episode 468 / Sarah Awad (b. 1981, Pasadena, CA) has recently exhibited at Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines; The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; L.A. Louver, Venice, CA; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA; and Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria, among others. Her work has been featured in Artillery, Modern Painters, Art in America, Artsy Editorial, ArtScene, and New American Paintings, among others. Her work is included in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, and the Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, among others. She currently teaches on the faculty of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine and is based in Los Angeles.

Episode 467 / Julian Lennon is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist. Julian started a music career in 1984 with his debut album and has since released six more albums. He has held exhibitions of his photography and has written several children's books. In 2006, he produced the environmental documentary film Whaledreamers, which won eight international awards. In 2007, he founded The White Feather Foundation, whose stated mission goal is to address "environmental and humanitarian issues".In 2020, Julian was executive producer of the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground about regenerative agriculture and the follow-up film Common Ground. In 2022, Julian was executive producer of the documentary film Women of the White Buffalo, which chronicles the lives of women living on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.On 17 September 2010, Julian opened an exhibition of 35 photographs called "Timeless: The Photography of Julian Lennon" with help from long-time friend and fellow photographer Timothy White. The photographs include shots of his brother Sean and U2 frontman Bono. In 2023, Lennon showed a series of photographs in an exhibition titled ATMOSPHERIA at William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica, California. He currently has a solo show up at Fremin Gallery in Chelsea titled ‘REMINISCENCE,' that runs through April 6th. 

Episode 466 / Marcus TroyMarcus Troy is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, heritage, and cultural storytelling. Deeply influenced by his Caribbean roots, his art reflects the folklore, traditions, and spirituality that shaped his upbringing in a Trinidadian household as a first-generation Canadian. A recent trip to the Caribbean provided further insight into his intuitive practice, unveiling the profound connection between his subconscious and his heritage.Beyond his roots, Marcus's artistic vision is shaped by his global travels, experience in fashion and textiles, and deep curiosity about the world. His work merges traditional techniques with contemporary narratives, delving into history, mysticism, and the evolving dialogue between art and society.

Episode 465/ Zoe HawkZoe Hawk (b. 1982, St. Louis) is an American artist living in Columbia, Missouri. Zoe's paintings deal with the simultaneously joyful and fraught experience of girlhood, exploring issues of feminine identity and belonging. Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Plastik Magazine, and and online in features by Artsy, Hi-Fructose, The Jealous Curator, and BOOOOOOOM. Exhibitions include From Pangs To Pangolins, curated by Trenton Doyle Hancock (Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles); SPRING/BREAK Art Show and FREIZE LA exhibits curated by Michael Slenske (Los Angeles); Wayward Girls (Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle); and forthcoming group exhibition Story Time (Rhodes, London). Special collaborative projects include pieces for ZARA's Women In Art clothing collection, released worldwide in 2019, the Day Dreamers Tarot Deck, created for TRUE/ FALSE international film festival 2020, and fabric print designs for the Fall/Winter 2022 collection by Paul & Joe, Paris. In 2024, Zoe was the recipient of the United Women's Art Prize for Painting & Drawing. She has attended artist residencies in Qatar, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, and the USA. Zoe holds a BFA in studio art from Missouri State University, and an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa. 

Episode 464 / Esteban JeffersonEsteban Jefferson was born in New York City in 1989. He received his BA and MFA from Columbia University. He's had solo shows at 303 Gallery, Tanya Leighton in Berlin and Goldsmiths in London. He's had group shows at Hangar Y in Paris, Uncle Brother in Hancock, NY, Herald St in London, the ICA in Miama and more. His work has been featured in Art Monthly, The New York Times, ArtReview, The Brooklyn Rail, Frieze, Art In America, the New Yorker, Artforum and more. 

Episode 463 / Rose Nestler (b. 1983, Spokane, WA) is a mixed media sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA from Brooklyn College and BA in Art History from Mount Holyoke College. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Public, London, UK (2024), Pangeè, Montreal, QC (2023); Mrs., New York, NY (2022); and Carvalho Park, New York, NY (2022) Selected group exhibitions include Asya Geisberg, New York, NY (2025), Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND (2024); Chart, New York, NY (2024), (The University of Leeds' Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds, UK (2023); Boston University, Boston, MA (2023); Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, UK (2022); Perrotin, New York, NY (2022); Hesse Flatow, New York, NY (2021), and Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (2021); She was an artist in residence at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans in 2022. Nestler has also conducted residencies at The Fores Project, London, UK, and The Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY, among others. Her work is part of the permanent collection of the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA and has been featured and reviewed on Art21, in The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB Magazine, Hyperallergic and New York Magazine. She is part time faculty at Parsons School of Design and College of Staten Island (CUNY). 

Episode 462 / Doug Aitken Doug Aitken is an artist whose work explores every medium; from sculpture, film and installations to architectural interventions. His films often explore the modern condition, and his installations create immersive cinematic experiences. Notable artworks include electric earth (1999), sleepwalkers (2007), SONG 1 (2012), Station to Station (2013), Mirage (2017-ongoing), NEW ERA (2018), New Horizon (2019), Flags and Debris (2021), and HOWL (2023). He has collaborated with numerous artists and musicians and his artwork has been exhibited widely. Aitken's latest artwork, Lightscape (2024), was produced by Aitken as a collaboration between the LA Phil and LA Master Chorale and premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. 

This week we are rereleasing this conversation from August 2018 with painter and art critic Walter Robinson. Walter passed this past Sunday and we have lost a singular voice in the world of art. Walter's impact on all of us who have met him or read his words was huge. I immediately thought of our conversation in his Queens studio when I heard the news. He was a joy to speak with and I hope this revisiting of our talk brings some relief to those missing him and for those who didnt know Walter, I think this is a good ‘get to know you' chat between two artists. May he rest in peace. 

Episode 460 / Greg Ito Greg Ito (b. 1987, Los Angeles, CA) earned his BFA from San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions including at Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Maki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; SPURS Gallery, Beijing, China; Lyles and King, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, New York; NY and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), San Francisco, CA. Ito's work is included in the permanent collections of public institutions including the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA Miami); K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Greg lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. his current show  MOTION PICTURES is at the Long Beach Museum of Art.

Episode 459 / Will St. John is a painter born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. Trained in the techniques of classical realism during his formative years in Italy, Will has since ventured into new territories under the influence of the contemporary New York art scene. His masterful renditions of Drag Queens and Trans models, intertwined with antique porcelain figurines, extend beyond traditional painting. Some portraits find their way into porcelain statues, snuff boxes, and lockets, freezing moments of beauty and authenticity in time. Will has exhibited in the US and abroad at locations such as Cealum Gallery, Spring Break, Arcadia Contemporary and others and he was a resident of the American Academy in Rome in Italy. He currently lives and works in New York City.

Episode 459 / Dana Piazza Dana Piazza is a visual artist who creates abstract drawings and paintings on paper, panel, and canvas through a process of open-ended experimentation, repeating simple marks with brushes, markers, pens, and nibs. The meticulous forms that Piazza conjures on his flat surfaces depict the illusion of depth and movement; they seem voluminous, carrying significant visual weight. He approaches each work as though it were both a puzzle and an experiment, and lets the materials and tools determine the process.   Dana lives and works in Lenox, Massachusetts. He looks forward to featuring at Dallas Art Fair and having his first solo exhibition with TURLEY, by whom he is represented, in the Spring of 2025. His work has previously appeared in solo exhibitions at Art Austerlitz in Austerlitz, New York; Thompson Giroux Gallery in Chatham, New York; and Jennifer Terzian Gallery in Litchfield, Connecticut. His numerous group exhibitions include “Flat Files at OyG” at Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn; “Concentrated” at Galerie Manqué in Brooklyn; “Art on Paper” at Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York City; and “Guilty Pleasures” at Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Piazza received a BFA from Purchase College, State University of New York. This episode was recorded live at the https://www.williamsburgbiannual.org Sound & Vision is sponsored by Soho Art Materials, Golden Artist Colors and Fulcrum Coffee Roasters. 

Episode 458 / Emily Wise Emily Wise (born 1988, Baltimore, MD) received her BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR, where she currently lives and works. Exploring themes related to femininity, intimacy, and the mysteries of the natural world, her paintings have been featured in national publications such as Juxtapoz and Artsy. She has exhibited across Portland, LA and NYC with Chefas Projects and DTLA based gallery Simard Bilodeau Contemporary.

As fires rage in LA and it's effect is shaking the creative communities there, I spoke to Emma Webster, painter and artist who lives and works there about the current situation and some ways to support our fellow artists. Support Links: Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. Artists' Benevolence Fund – Laguna Beach, CA Artists' Fellowship, Inc. CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebuild-the-lives-of-las-artists-and-art-workers Remote / funding: Art World Relief Grief and Hope https://artworldfirereliefla.start.page/ https://www.instagram.com/griefxhope?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==  Artists Affected by the fires: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSDTcPGrWIBUUGQIg2aRhL5mvhybhT1aVUaz7KuuqGORKS4LCYOOMJy0IW1WsR-JiVTe9SD5uwMLB-f/pubhtml?urp=gmail_link%23&usp=embed_facebook#  For people in LA to help: Fire Aid info: https://www.fireaid.info/ has different types of ais - shelters, animal, food, shelter, etc  MALAN (Mutal Aid LA Network) follow them on IG for on the ground needs https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMk34XY5dsvVJjAoD2mQUVHYU_Ib6COz6jcGH5uJWDY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Episode 457 / Emily Noelle Lambert received her MFA in Painting from Hunter College in NYC and her BA in Visual Art from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Lambert has shown nationally and internationally including solo exhibitions at Freight+Volume Gallery (NYC), Denny Gallery (NYC), Lu Magnus Gallery (NYC) Art in Buildings (NYC), now defunct Thomas Robertello Gallery (IL), Gravity Gallery (MA) and IMART in South Korea.  Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including at the Ringling Museum of Art (FL), The University of Michigan in Kalamazoo (MI), Torrance Art Museum(CA), Asya Geisberg (NY), Underdonk (NY) Katherine Markel Fine Art (NYC) and Alice Gauvin Gallery (ME). She has completed public art projects for the Department of Transportation in NYC and elementary schools in NYC and New Hampshire. Lambert has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell (NH), The Yaddo Foundation (NY), Fountainhead Residency (FL), Vermont Studio Center (VT), Dieu Donne (NY), The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Artist Residency (France),Lower East Side Printshop (NY), DNA Residency (MA), Edward Albee Residency (NY), Momozozo AIR (run by artist Paula Wilson) (NM) and Woodstock Byrdcliffe AIR(NY), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VA) and Cushing Collaborative (organized by artist Maureen Cavanaugh) (ME). Lambert's work has been reviewed in The International New York Times, The Observer, The Brooklyn Rail, Modern Painters, Art News, Two Coats of Paint, Greenpointer, Art in America, and artforum.com.  Lambert is currently an Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting at Keene State College in New Hampshire. 

Episode 456 Brian Boucher is an art writer, journalist and critic living in New York, with bylines at publications including the New York Times, New York Magazine, Artnet News, ARTnews, and many others. He previously served as a staff writer and editor at Art in America and a staff writer at Artnet News. He writes about crazy artists' projects (such as when Darren Bader offered his practice for sale), reports on the art market, covers developments in the art education field, and often reports on places where the art world and the wider world intersect, such as the potential cultural impact of the second Trump presidency and how Syrian artists and other cultural figures are looking ahead to a post-Assad era.  Here, he looks back on some of the shows, events and artworks that moved him in 2024, some of which he wrote about, including Bruce Nauman's current show at Sperone Westwater, Marlon Mullen's current show at MoMA, Guillaume Guillon Lethiere's recent show at the Clark Art Institute, now at the Louvre, Christopher Wool's recent self-organized show at a disused Lower Manhattan office space, the collective MSCHF's piece “Met's Sink of Theseus" in their recent Perrotin show, and some he didn't write about, like the Maurice Sendak exhibition now at the Denver Art Museum and the Siena exhibition now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  He also talked about some of the live music that turned his crank in 2024, including Soul Coughing, Tigue, and the Jesus Lizard, and looks ahead to the farewell tour of the legendary British punk band Gang of Four.

Episode 455 / Mark Thomas Gibson Mark Thomas Gibson (b. 1980, Miami, FL) received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2002 and his MFA from Yale School of Art in 2013. He was most recently named a recipient of the 2022 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant and was awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. He was also a 2021-22 Hodder Fellow at Princeton University and received a Pew Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage in 2021. He was awarded residencies at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, and the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collarworks, Troy, NY, in 2021; he was also a resident at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, in 2017. In 2016, Gibson co-curated the traveling exhibition Black Pulp! with William Villalongo. He has released two artist books, Early Retirement (2017), and Some Monsters Loom Large (2016).

Episode 454 / Xander Xander is a Boston-based multi-genre music producer and artist. His sound has been greatly influenced by electronic music. To make his compositions stand out in a multiplicity of genres, Xander continues to incorporate a variety of experimental electronic sounds, striving to push the boundaries of any genre he enters. He has produced with and for musicians such as David Guetta, Riton, Kevin Garrett, Meek Mill and other artists. Xander's work remains driven by experimentation and overcoming limitations of genre and sound.

Episode 453 / Ray Hwang Ray Hwang is an artist from LA, living and working out of Ridgewood, NY. His work consists primarily of acrylic painting and drawing, in which he abstracts and layers imagery from his personal history to explore themes of family, home and inter-cultural contradiction. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2016 and has since exhibited throughout New York City and internationally. He has been featured in Art Maze Magazine, Vast Magazine, and has been a recipient of the Keyholder Residency at the Lower East Side Printshop (New York, NY), the Plum Lime Residency (Brooklyn, NY), and the Moosey Residency (Norwich, UK). He has shown with Tube Culture Hall (Milan, Italy), LaiSun Keane Gallery (Boston, MA), 81 Leonard Gallery (New York, NY), and at Spring/Break Art Show (New York, NY). He opened his first solo exhibition in New York with Latitude Gallery in 2023, and is currently a member of the gallery and curatorial collective Below Grand on the Lower East Side in NY.

Episode 452 / Liv Aanrud earned her B.F.A in painting from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire(2001) and her M.F.A from Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University(2011). She has taught at ARTworks Charter School, Santa Barbara City College, the Armory Center for the Arts, and has designed and led textile workshops in the U.S and Canada. Aanrud's work has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at Kravets Wehby Gallery in New York City, and  BozoMag, New Image Art, Arvia, 1700 Naud and TSA-LA in Los Angeles. Solo shows also include Finlandia University in Hancock MI, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, and John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI and Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York City. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions across the U.S., Taiwan, Germany, and Spain. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. S&V Sponsored by the NY Studio School: The 60-credit, two-year MFA curriculum immerses aspiring artists in a rigorous program of study – awakening students' imagination, ambition and dedication to artistic production. Each semester begins with an intensive two-week Marathon developed to ignite new ideas and generate momentum. The first year offers a range of studio classes, with a shift to personal development in the second year. Classes are bolstered by the Evening Lecture Series, technical workshops, one-on-one faculty guidance, group critiques, visiting artists, and faculty-guided trips. The weekly Critical Studies seminar explores a range of theoretical approaches to artmaking and culminates in a written thesis paper and Thesis Exhibition. NYSS faculty are internationally distinguished artists and teachers, dedicated to the School's experiential pedagogy.  They encourage students to work hard and think searchingly, establishing ethical and philosophical frameworks for their life's work. Enrollment is limited to 15 MFA candidates per cohort each academic year. The priority application deadline for programs starting fall 2025 is January 15, 2025 - apply today at nyss.org.  

Episode 451 / Jason Jägel Jason Jägel born in 1971, Boston, MA is a 2023-24 Pollock-Krasner recipient. A monograph of his work entitled, Seventy-Three Funshine was published in 2008 by Electric Works, San Francisco. His work is featured in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Hammer Museum, among others. His 2018 public commission, The Author & Her Story, is a 13x34-foot ceramic tile mosaic at San Francisco International Airport. Landscape, his 2024 solo exhibition, was presented by Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles. S&V is sponsored by the New York Studio School. Register for their programs here: https://nyss.org

Episode 450 / Bob Linder Bob Linder received his MFA from Stanford University, his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.  Bob is currently the Program Director for gallery Michael Benevento, Los Angeles. Consistent among exhibiting artists is a willingness to take risks, a total commitment to unique practices, and the precise and thoughtful execution of ideas. He is also a co-founder of the art-damaged, post punk, noise project, Total Shutdown.  Bob previously served as Head Curator at The David Ireland House at 500 Capp Street, where he curated challenging, relevant, and forward-thinking exhibitions and public programs. Prior to joining 500 Capp Street, Linder co-owned and directed CAPITAL, a contemporary art gallery located in the Mission District of San Francisco, where he programed more than thirty exhibitions with a focus on emerging and mid-career artists.  Sound and Vision is supported by the New York Studio School. For 60 years students have come to study drawing, painting, and sculpture in the historic building on 8th Street in New York City. The school's full-time programs: a two-year MFA and a three-year in-person or virtual Certificate program, prioritizes learning through creating with a dedicated faculty of active artists. The programs cultivate studio skills, materials knowledge, and self-development methods. Whether you are an aspiring artist or an experienced artist, the rigor, community, and intense art practice taught at the New York Studio School will prepare you for a lifetime of artmaking. The priority application deadline for programs starting fall 2025 is January 15, 2025 - apply today at nyss.org.  

Episode 449 / Fred Tomaselli (born 1956, Santa Monica, CA) Fred has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions including the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (2019); Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA (2018); Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (2016);  Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2014) and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014); a survey exhibition at Aspen Art Museum (2009) that toured to Tang Museum in Saratoga, NY and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY (2010); The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2004) toured to four venues in Europe and the US; Albright-Knox Gallery of Art (2003); Site Santa Fe (2001); Palm Beach ICA (2001), and Whitney Museum of American Art (1999). His works have been included in international biennial exhibitions including Sydney (2010); Prospect 1 (2008); Site Santa Fe (2004); Whitney (2004) and others. Tomaselli's work can be found in the public collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; Albright Knox Art Gallery; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA; and many others.

Episode 448 / Akari Uragami is a Japanese multi-disciplinary artist whose work delves into the essence of human existence as a living organism. Her artistic expression, primarily through oil paintings and soft sculptures crafted from natural materials and textiles, offers a profound exploration of what human is. Akari earned her bachelor's degree in textiles from Musashino Art University, where she immersed herself in the art of traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. Her dedication earned her the Outstanding Graduate Award, and this deep connection to tradition subtly informs her practice. Her work has been showcased in exhibitions and projects across Japan, Korea, the USA, and Mexico, connecting with audiences far and wide. She has also completed a number of public murals across Japan and abroad including Tokyo, Kobe and Manchester (UK).

Episode 447 / Aaron Glasson (b Auckland, 1983) is a New Zealand born multi-disciplinary artist based in Mexico, City. Since completing a Bachelor's degree in Art and Design at the Auckland University of Technology in 2005 he has been exhibiting and creating public art works internationally. His diverse portfolio consists of participatory installations, paintings, drawings, sculpture, architecture, assemblage, murals and film. Though working in a diverse array of mediums Aaron has developed an abstract visual language that unifies his practice as a whole. His paintings rooted in geometry but inspired by time spent in the wilderness offer glimpses into micro and macro environments. Similar forms are applied to large scale interactive site-specific installations that encourage viewer engagement and participation as well as functional objects that explore arts practical potential outside of traditional contexts. Aaron has worked as an artist extensively within numerous environmentalism efforts, community organizations and educational institutions, using his art as tool for connection and learning. His art has been in group exhibitions at the East Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, the Oceanside Museum of Art, Heron Arts, Maia Contemporary, Goodmother Gallery, Spoke Art, the Straat Museum along with solo exhibitions at ICA San Diego, Swish Projects, Louis Buhl & Co, Maia Contemporary  and Curators Cube.

Episode 446 / Christopher Daharsh is an artist who was born in 1990 in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a BFA in Painting and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2012. Christopher has attended a number of residencies since then, including two yearlong residencies from the Charlotte Street Foundation (Kansas City, Missouri), Art Farm (Marquette, Nebraska), the Factatory (Lyon, France), Hayama Residency (Hayama, Japan) and Goldey House (Huletts Landing, NY).  Recently Christopher has shown work at Haw Contemporary (Kansas City), the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, Kansas), Mother (Beacon, NY), Capsule Bikini (Lyon, France), Les Limbes (St. Etienne, France), Deanna Evans (NYC), New Collectors (NYC), Underdonk (Brooklyn), My Pet Ram (NYC), Picture Theory (NYC) and Koki Arts (Tokyo, Japan).  He currently lives and works in Queens.

Episode 445 / Henry Ward is an artist, writer, and educator living in London. He works primarily as a painter, but also makes drawings and small sculptures. He is interested in exploring the language of paint by investigating the threshold between abstraction and representation.  He was shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize in 2018, 2019 and 2022, and longlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2021. He was included in the inaugural “The Football Art Prize” in 2022. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions. The first substantial publication about his work, “Shed Paintings – Henry Ward”, was published in February 2021 by Hato Press and features 101 works on paper and an essay by Ben Street.  He is the Director for Freelands Foundation and launched the Freelands Painting Prize in 2020. Previously he was Head of Education at Southbank Centre and worked in a variety of roles at Welling School, a Specialist Visual Arts College, where he led on the school's specialism. In 2002 he established the alTURNERtive Prize, an annual award celebrating outstanding student practice. In 2011 he founded the biannual arts and education periodical, æ. He is a visiting lecturer at UK art schools including Bath Spa University, University of Brighton, Manchester School of Art, Plymouth College of Art and Wolverhampton School of Art, and a mentor on the Turps Art School Correspondence and off-site courses. He has written and lectured widely on the arts and education, with a particular focus on teaching as an artistic practice. He was an advisor for Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin from 2018-21 and curated a two day event, “Assembly”, investigating approaches to public engagement in 2018 and a follow up, “Assembly II” in 2021.  In 2023 he undertook a residency at the Albers Foundation in Connecticut.

Episode 444 / Larry Madrigal is a Mexican-American painter based in Phoenix, Arizona. Originally from Los Angeles, where his parents stayed after migrating from Mexico, Madrigal spent many of his early summers in Colima where his extended family lives. In 1998, during his elementary years, his family left California and moved to Phoenix where they remain to this day. Madrigal studied at Arizona state University and received his BFA in 2017. During this time, he developed a skill for traditional figurative and portrait painting through his close relationship with emeritus professor, Jerry Schutte, and his wife Anne Schutte. Jerry's strong knowledge of figurative and landscape painting combined with Anne's masterful sense of abstraction and gesture were significant influences. After graduation Madrigal continued in portraiture for several years culminating in his first museum group exhibition “Body Language: Figuration in Modern and Contemporary Art” at the Tucson Museum of Art in 2016. In 2017, Madrigal returned to ASU for his MFA. Besides this new venture, he and his wife decided to start a family, and his daughter was born two weeks before the start of the program. Madrigal's initial artistic ambitions were thwarted by the new and urgent demands of parenthood. He inevitably found himself paying close attention to daily rhythms with more profound questions. Finally after two years of resisting, he eventually surrendered to this calling and moved towards a focus on the quotidian. The commonplace became his arena for painting, a strong move away from the current focus on identity politics prevalent in academia at that time.This newly found obsession with the mundane led Madrigal on a quest to rehabilitate the genre in it's purest form. His work would now be marked by “a suspension and celebration of the precariousness by which our most mundane daily rituals are balanced on a precipice just above total anarchy.” — Ben Lee Ritchie Handler, Global Director Nicodim Gallery. During his MFA Madrigal was a three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Artist Grant and a finalist in the AXA XL Art Prize. Six months after graduation in 2020, Madrigal had his first solo exhibition, “Scattered Daydream” at Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles. Since then, he has had solo shows in New York, Los Angeles, Bucharest, and Madrid (Forthcoming), along with group shows in Paris, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. Madrigal's paintings have continued to focus on the relatable nature of the human experience from his earnest and contemplative perspective, adopting a sincere attitude towards figuration, with a touch of darkness and humor.He currently lives in Phoenix Arizona with his wife and two kids, and works out of his downtown studio.

Episode 443 / ANDREW SIM (b. 1987, Glasgow) lives and works in New York. They work across drawing and painting, often utilising their favoured medium of pastel in large-scale figurative pieces. Sim's practice borrows from their everyday experience to inflect various motifs – werewolves, sunflowers, horses, and trees, amongst other items – with elements of autobiography, anthropomorphizing natural subjects and creating new characters to convey their relationship to Queerness, culture and identity. Andrew has shown at The Modern Institute, Karma, NY, Margot Samel, Summerhall in Edinburgh, Anton Kern and other venues. Andrew's work has been covered in The Scotsman, The New York Times, Art Observed and more. 

Episode 442 / Elizabeth Englander (b.1988, Boston, MA) lives and works in New York, NY. She received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 and her MFA from Hunter College in 2019. Recent solo exhibitions include: House of Gaga, Guadalajara (2023), Liste Art Fair Basel, solo presentation with Theta (2023); Theta, New York (2022); Smart Objects, Los Angeles (2021); From the Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles (2019). Group exhibitions have been held at: White Columns, New York (2023); Lomex, New York, (2022); What Pipeline, Detroit (2022); Theta, New York (2021); Smart Objects, Los Angeles (2021); Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Safe Gallery, Brooklyn (2019); and Muzeum Ikon, Warsaw, PL (2018). Elizabeth Englander: Eminem Buddhism, Vol. 3 at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT April 7 - October 20, 2024

Episode 441 / Colleen Barry is an artist and painter who grew up in NYC whose studio is based out of Brooklyn, NY. She studied art at the National Academy of Design in NYC and has had shows at venues such as Fredericks and Freiser (2023), The Sotheby's Institute (2023), Nathalie Karg Gallery (2023), The Library Street Collective (2024), James Fuentes Gallery (2024), and 81 Leonard Gallery (2024). She had a solo booth in Spring Break Art Show in 2022. Also in 2022 she had a duo NYC DEBUT exhibition with artist Will St. John entitled RIDE THE TIGER hosted by Joanne Tucker and Adam Driver at CAELUM GALLERY in Chelsea. She also exhibited internationally at Art Brussels with EveryDay Gallery Antwerp (2023). She will have a solo show at Half Gallery Annex in March 2025 and one at Ambar Quijano in September of next year as well.  She  took part in the Alma Shapiro Prize residency at the American Academy in Rome and also serves as the director of Drawing at the Grand Central Atelier. 

Episode 440 / Jess Valice is a Los Angeles-based artist born in 1996 in Los Angeles, California, who studied art in grade school but went on to pursue an education in neuroscience at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC). After three years into her education, she decided to end her path in science to pursue painting. Self-taught, Jess Valice now showcases her work with various galleries including Carl Kostyal Gallery (London, Milan, Sweden) and Stems Gallery (Paris, Brussels). 

Episode 439 / This week we are reissuing a conversation with artist and musician Hisham Akira Bharoocha. Hisham will be performing live music this Saturday at 2pm at the opening of my survey show “You Could Feel the Sky” at the Williamsburg Biannual at 333 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Come join us for live music, Grimm Ales and work that I have made over the last 25 years. I will be screening animations that have never been shown before icluding music videos for Poolside, Fourtet, Flying Lotus and more. It will also be the first time I am exhibiting graphite drawings in my entire career. It's free, open to the public and a fun 1-5pm daytime opening on Armory weekend. Hope you can make it there. Here's a coversation from a few years back of Hisham and I talking about art, music and more. 

Episode 438 / Sarah Boyts Yoder is a painter based in Charlottesville, VA. She received an MFA in painting from James Madison University in 2006. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, exhibitions, and corporate and private collections throughout the United States and abroad, including the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. Sarah has been the recipient of a professional fellowship in painting from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and has been a fellow multiple times at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and 100W Corsicana in Corsicana, TX.

Episode 437 / Yoora Lee (b.1990) was born in South Korea and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She graduated with her M.F.A in Painting and Drawing from school of the Art institute of Chicago in 2020. Her paintings are filled with analogous color relationships and wavering horizontal marks that imagine an impressionism derived from video tape distortion. Lee's brush strokes blur the picture like an analog TV glitch, undulating the image as though from an obsolete technology. The unreal color provokes a sense of fantasy, reminding people of brief moments when life felt like a movie or drama. Lee's images evoke a nostalgia of the recent past, as grainy VHS grade images meet the retro mood. The power of nostalgia, both romantic and empty, manipulates the viewers' minds and emotions through imperfect memories. Her work has been exhibited internationally including Los Angeles, New York and Italy. 

Episode 436 / Yowshien Kuo is an artist who was born and works out of St. Louis, MO. He earned an MFA ND BFA from Fontbonne University. He has had solo shows at Luce Gallery in Turin, Italy, CAM Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, Praise Shadows in Boston, The Bermuda Project in Ferguson, MO and others. He's been included in group shows at the Bates Museum of Art in Maine, COL Gallery in San Francisco, the Dallas Museum of Art, Tang Contemporary Art in Hong Kong, LVL3 in Chicago, the Tuscon Museum of Art and many others.

Episode 435 / Jacqueline Surdell was born and raised in Chicago, IL. She reimagines the woven canvas as a space of undulation and growth. As the expanded histories of painting materialize in her work as content, simultaneously, swollen tendrils and textures of bound rope deny illusions of the classically painted picture plane. The works actively work to bridge the division between painting and sculpture. In this way, her work calls into association other binary categorizations such as rigid and collapsed, construction techniques coded as masculine or feminine, and ontological spaces between body and sculpture.  She has an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from Occidental College in LA. She's shown in venues such as Gallery Common in Tokyo, Devening Prijects in Chicago, Library Street Collective in Detroit, Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, the South Bend Museum of Art and many more.  Her work has been covered in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Art Review, New City, DesignMilk and more. 

Episode 434 / Dabin Ahn (b. 1988, Seoul, Korea) received a BFA (2017) and an MFA (2020) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ahn's recent solo exhibitions include Silent Whisper, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Staged, Ochi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023); 1st Dibs, Artruss, Chicago, IL (2023); ONE-OFF, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Liminal Fictions, Selenas Mountain, Ridgewood, NY (2021); and Apocrypha, Chicago Manual Style, Chicago, IL (2020). Selected group exhibitions include Night Market, Christie's, NY (2024); Picnic at Hanging Rock: Chapter II, Sargent's Daughters, LA (2024); I Go To Seek A Great Perhaps, Make Room, LA (2024); 36 Paintings, Harper's, East Hampton, NY (2024); Serenity of Less, RHAA, Chicago, IL (2023); Focal Point, Long Story Short, New York, NY (2023); BIG OBJECTS, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY (2023); Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Composition and Layout, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL (2022); Best Practices, Edgewood College Gallery, Madison, WI (2022); The Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (2020); and The Green Gallery Works, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (2020). Ahn's work has appeared in Chicago Magazine, Korea Times, and Chicago Gallery News. Ahn lives and works in Chicago, IL. https://dabinahn.com https://www.instagram.com/dabinahn/

Ep. 433 / Daniel Savage is an artist and animator based in Los Angeles. His background in percussion and design has helped to develop a look that can best be described as visual rhythm. His work has been commissioned by clients such as Hermès, The New Yorker, and Adult Swim, and recognized by the ADC Young Guns, Webby Awards, and Society of Illustrators. In addition to his commercial work he has taught at SVA, NYU, and Harbour Space in Barcelona.

Episode 432 Emily Pettigrew was born in Maine in 1991. She received a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York who lives and works in Delhi, New York. Pettigrew's recent solo and group exhibitions include "The Inside Out" at the Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg in Derneburg, Germany (2024); "Pablo's Cabinet" at Pablo's Birthday in Verbier, Switzerland (2024); "A Room With a View" at Varden Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2023); "Springs Eternal" at The Fireplace Project in East Hampton, New York (2023); "Wheel of the Year" at Halsey McKay in East Hampton, New York (2023); "Time" at Pablo's Birthday in New York, New York (2023); "Balm" at Wilder Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2022); "Inside Out" at Scroll NYC in New York, New York (2022); "The Beauty of Solitude" at Adah Rose Gallery in Kensington, Maryland (2022); "Too Pure for this World" at the Historic Hunting Tavern Museum in Andes, New York (2021); "Odd Hours" at Monya Rowe Gallery in New York, New York (2021); "Salut 6" at Nucleus Portland in Portland, Oregon (2021); and "These Days" at Bo Lee Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2020).

Ghada Amer was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1963 and moved to Nice, France when she was eleven years old. She remained in France to further her education and completed both of her undergraduate requirements and MFA at Villa Arson École Nationale Supérieure in Nice (1989), during which she also studied abroad at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts in 1987. In 1991 she moved to Paris to complete a post-diploma at the Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques. Following early recognition in France, she was invited to the United States in 1996 for a residency at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has since then been based in New York.   Ghada's work is in public collections around the world including The Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; the Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi; the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; the Samsung Museum, Seoul; among others. She is regularly invited to prestigious group shows and biennials-such as the Whitney Biennial in 2000 and the Venice Biennales of 1999 (where she won the UNESCO Prize), 2005 and 2007. She was recognized with a mid-career retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York in 2008 and a larger, more extensive one at the MUCEM and across other venues in Marseille, France in 2022. Amer studied at the Villa Arson École Nationale Supérieure in Nice, France, at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, and at the Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques in Paris. She lives and works in New York.