Leah Oates: Each artist’s path is different and unique. How and when did you become and know you were an artist?Yeni Mao: You’re born an artist like you are born gay. Yeni Mao, interviewed by Leah Oates   Leah Oates: Each artist’s path is different and unique. How and when did you become and know […]

The video installation by Magdalena Fernández reinterprets the Metaesquemas series of Hélio Oiticica to perform a reflection about the elements and mechanisms that transform our experience of space: light, color, and movement. Sandra Pinardi   The video installation by Magdalena Fernández reinterprets the Metaesquemas series of Hélio Oiticica to perform a reflection about the elements […]

As a child growing up in Korea near the new power plants that my father was responsible for building shortly after the Korean War, I became fascinated by the magical quality of electric light, which suddenly illuminated and brought to life what once had been towns left in darkness. Pauline Choi   As a child […]

In Amir H. Fallah’s latest body of work, he continues his prior explorations into boyhood memory, the intensity of relationships, both past and present, and the thin line between the real and the imagined. The Third Line   In Amir H. Fallah’s latest body of work, he continues his prior explorations into boyhood memory, the […]

Éva Pelczer: In curating Women Forward, you chose to exhibit work from four “guest artists” who were outside of the categories of the two-part system. These artists, including Faith Ringgold and Judy Chicago, made work that pioneered the feminist art movement in the 1970s.Yuko Nii: On the East Coast in the 1960-70s, the women’s movement […]

Of Basque ancestry, José Manuel Ciria was born in Manchester, England in 1960, but moved to Spain as a child, where he grew up. In 2005, he moved from Madrid to New York, where he is currently based. Today he is an internationally renowned painter, celebrated for both his lyrical abstractions and figurative works. Simone […]

Based in Québec, Montréal, Canada, trained engraver and innovative artist Michel Beaucage has shown his paintings around the world, including his standout contribution to the NY Arts Venice Biennale pavilion earlier this year. Shifting between two approaches—Abstraction and naïve figuration—his oeuvre is compelling in its diversity. Suzie Walshe   Based in Québec, Montréal, Canada, trained […]

The series of my mechanic installation works Cloud carries a strong expressive force that transcends over time and space. With semitransparent resin-made cloud and sculptures of the human figure that climb through the clouds, I try to present the ancient existence, development, and significance of human beings. Xu Zhong-Min   The series of my mechanic […]

My work ranges from environmental subjects and issues to the self. When I play with time, I work with video and photographic sequences, and develop photographic installations and performance if the notion of space prevails.  Lucia Pizzani   My work ranges from environmental subjects and issues to the self. When I play with time, I […]

Leah Oates: Every artist has a different path to becoming an artist. What was your path?Mickalene Thomas: When I was in middle school I attended an after-school program at the Newark Museum in New Jersey. But during high school my interests naturally shifted and I became seriously into cross-country and track and field. Mickalene Thomas, […]