Best Mathew Cox Podcasts (2025)

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Logan T. Sibrel 1:07:07

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Episode 487 / Logan T. Sibrel Logan T. Sibrel (b. 1986; Jasper, Indiana) is a Brooklyn-based painter. He received his BFA from Indiana University in 2009 and his MFA from Parsons the New School for Design in 2011. He has exhibited at Kornfeld Gallery in Berlin, Beers London, Vardan Gallery in Los Angeles, Monti8 in Rome, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery …

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Mathew Zefeldt 51:08

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Episode 486 / Mathew Zefeldt Mathew Zefeldt (b. 1987, California) is Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Minnesota. He received his MFA in studio art from UC Davis in 2011 and received his BA in Art at UC Santa Cruz in 2009. He has had solo exhibitions at The Hole, NY; Celaya Brothers, Mexico City; Hair + Nails, Minneap…

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Estefania Velez Rodriguez 1:02:05

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Episode 485 / Estefania Velez Rodriguez Estefania Velez Rodriguez is an artist born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. She received her BFA from the University of South Florida (painting) and her MFA from Brooklyn College (painting). Solo shows: Auxiliary Projects (brooklyn), Praxis Gallery (chelsea), Fordham University (midtown), Other notable shows (group…

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Léni Paquet-Morante 49:17

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Episode 484 / Léni Paquet-Morante Léni Paquet-Morante (1962) is an artist based in New Jersey. Motivated by process driven imagery in paint, sculpture, and printmaking projects, her abstractions reconfigure familiar landscape elements, extracted then rearranged in a manner that speaks to the architecture of memory. Born in Canada, Léni is a Hamilto…

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Steven Cox 1:12:34

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Episode 483 / Steven Cox Steven Cox (b. 1986, Aberdeen) is a Scottish artist who lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland. He holds a BA in Painting from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, and an MA in Curating and Contemporary Art Theory from the University of Edinburgh. Cox is known for his vibrant abstract oil pai…

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Bella Foster 1:10:44

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Episode 482 / Bella Foster Bella Foster was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1975 and lives in Grass Valley, CA. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented at Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY (2021), The Pit, Los Angeles (2018 & 2020 & 2024), Canada, New York, NY (201…

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Debbi Kenote 1:18:59

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Episode 481 / Debbi Kenote Debbi Kenote is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA from Brooklyn College and a BFA from Western Washington University. Her recent solo and two person exhibitions include Baker-Hall in Miami, Duran Contemporain in Montreal, Cristin Tierney in New York and My Pet Ram in New York. Selected group …

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Julie Curtiss (reissue) 59:14

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Julie Curtiss was born in 1982 in Paris, France and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, during which time she undertook two exchange programmes; one at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden and the other at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Curtiss graduated in …

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Chloe Wise (reissue) 1:35:18

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

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Butt Johnson 59:32

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Episode 478 / Butt Johnson Butt 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 (Nee…

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Seline Burn 1:15:44

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Episode 477 / Seline Burn Seline 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 expe…

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Zak Prekop 1:06:22

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Episode 476 / Zak Prekop Zak 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; Sha…

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Banks Violette 1:08:20

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Episode 475 / Banks Violette Banks 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 …

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Episode 42 – Rethinking Agriculture: Can Insect Farming Tackle Climate Change? with Julian Knight 47:46

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Send us a text On this episode, Jack and Ellie are joined by Julian Knight, Co-Founder of Fairman Knight & Sons, a company at the forefront of sustainable agriculture and circular innovation. They are tackling two global issues, food waste and carbon emissions, using a method that might sound futuristic… insect farming. Tune in as they break down h…

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E.E. Kono 1:01:50

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Episode 474 / E.E. Kono E.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 explore…

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Episode 41 – The Dirty Truth About Kitchen Sponges (and What It’s Costing the Planet) with Matt Guest 37:48

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Send us a text Each year, over 400 million kitchen sponges end up in landfill in the UK alone and most of them are made of plastic. In this episode, we’re joined by Matt Guest, Co-founder of Composty, a family-run business on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of cleaning routines at home and at work. Composty is leading the charge with f…

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Sarah Martin-Nuss 1:02:08

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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. Mar…

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Episode 40 - Act Now, Not Later: Rethinking Events for Positive Impact with Holly Arnold 1:00:11

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Send us a text Today we’re joined by Holly Arnold, Director of Impact at Raw Tipis, a certified B Corp creating stunning outdoor events without harming the planet. Holly is on a mission to help transform the events industry into a regenerative one. In this episode, we discuss how it’s possible to create sustainable, low-impact events, the importanc…

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Cameron Martin 1:27:08

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Episode 472 / Cameron Martin Cameron 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.…

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Episode 39 – How Plants, Cocktails, and Conservation Can Work Together with Paul Mathew 35:55

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Send us a text What if your favourite drink could help protect the planet? Today, we’re joined by Paul Mathew, founder of Everleaf Drinks, who turned his background as a conservation biologist and bartender into a mission-driven brand. In 2019, he set out to create a non-alcoholic drink with the depth and complexity of fine spirits, while staying c…

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Lee Moriarty 56:25

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Episode 471 / Lee Moriarty Lee 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 wrestl…

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Episode 38 – How One Small Change in Your Wardrobe Can Save Animals with Lucy Jeffrey 53:08

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Send us a text Today we're talking to Lucy Jeffrey, founder of Bare Kind. Lucy's love of animals and her desire to help the world led her to create planet-saving socks. Each pair of socks is made from bamboo and features a cute animal design. With each sale, 10% of the profits goes to protect the animal featured on the socks. They are also B Corp c…

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Lucio Pozzi 1:11:45

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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, Pozz…

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Episode 37 – Why Business as Usual is Broken (And How to Fix It) with Hannah Cox 52:08

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Send us a text This week, we’re joined by Hannah Cox, founder of the Better Business Network and Better Not Stop. Hannah's work is all about helping businesses to become a force for good, creating positive impact, building purposeful communities and advocating for systemic change. In this episode, we discuss why meaningful work leads to happier emp…

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Amy Bravo 1:11:06

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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…

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Episode 36 – “Can Pizza Help Save the Planet?” with Joe Hill 57:03

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Send us a text This week, we’re joined by Joe Hill, Founder of One Planet Pizza. Joe started One Planet Pizza with his dad, Mike, after discovering that plant-based frozen pizzas just weren't up to scratch. As self-confessed vegans and pizza lovers, they wanted to make pizzas that were both unbelievably tasty and better for the planet. In this epis…

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Sarah Awad 1:36:38

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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, Austr…

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Episode 35 – Fast Fashion’s Race to The Bottom (And Why We Need to Stop It) with Lily Rice 47:24

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Send us a text This week, we’re joined by Lily Rice, founder of The Long Run Club, a brand specialising in sustainable custom sportswear. They provide athletes with high-quality apparel while ensuring an honest and transparent supply chain. Their commitment to sustainability includes recycled fabrics, renewable energy, and offsetting the carbon foo…

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Julian Lennon 1:11:43

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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, w…

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Episode 34 - Turning Food Waste into Green Power with Sharon Foster 37:53

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Send us a text This week, we’re joined by Sharon Foster from BioteCH4, one of the UK’s leading anaerobic digestion operators. BioteCH4 transforms food waste into clean, green energy, processing around one-third of the UK's commercial food waste. In 2023 alone, they processed 600,000 tons of waste, generating 296,000 MWh of electricity. In this epis…

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Marcus Troy 58:22

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Episode 466 / Marcus Troy Marcus 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 Caribb…

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Episode 33 - The Cost of Toxic Workplaces and How to Change Them with Henry Nelson-Case 56:45

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Send us a text This week, we’re joined by Henry Nelson-Case, a UK-based lawyer, TEDx speaker, and mental health advocate. Henry has spoken at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, appeared on BBC World News, and built a huge following on TikTok and Instagram by sharing honest, impactful content around mental health and workplace culture. In this episo…

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Zoe Hawk 48:23

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Episode 465/ Zoe Hawk Zoe 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 Ar…

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Episode 32 - How Visual Thinking Inspires Action for People and Planet with Ellie Chapman 1:00:47

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Send us a text In this episode, we are talking with Ellie Chapman, Founder of Lim. Lim is a studio of creative thinkers that helps companies get stuff done by visualising what they talk about. We'll be discussing the psychology behind visualising meetings, using creativity to bring people together and inspire change, and how we can reduce the envir…

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Esteban Jefferson 1:00:18

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Episode 464 / Esteban Jefferson Esteban 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 …

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Episode 31 - Why We Need to Stop Using Wood for Disposable Products with Andy Cameron 51:46

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Send us a text We’re kicking off Series 5 with Andy Cameron, Founder of Bamboo Bobbi. Bamboo Bobbi manufactures and supplies unbleached, plastic-free, carbon-neutral toilet paper made from 100% bamboo. For every roll sold, they donate an eco-friendly roll to a UK food bank. In this episode, we explore the environmental benefits of bamboo toilet pap…

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Rose Nestler 1:01:59

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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,…

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Doug Aitken 1:04:40

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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), St…

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Remembering Walter Robinson 1:20:52

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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 n…

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Greg Ito 1:24:24

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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, Beiji…

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Will St. John 1:17:40

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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 ant…

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Dana Piazza (Live from the Williamsburg Biannual) 46:11

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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…

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Emily Wise 1:14:49

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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…

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LA emergency report with Emma Webster 22:47

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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…

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Emily Noelle Lambert 1:18:54

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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 defunc…

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2024 highlights with Brian Boucher 1:10:35

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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 (suc…

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Mark Thomas Gibson 1:14:47

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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 …

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Xander 45:25

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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 pr…

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Ray Hwang 46:21

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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 201…

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Liv Aanrud 1:13:36

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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. Aanru…

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