Ruben Ortiz-Torres

Ruben Ortiz-Torres was born in Mexico City. Educated within the utopian models of republican Spanish anarchism soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of post colonial third world. After giving up the dream of playing baseball in the major leagues he decided to study art. He went first to the oldest and one of the […]

Ruben Ortiz-Torres

Ruben Ortiz-Torres was born in Mexico City. Educated within the utopian models of republican Spanish anarchism soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of post colonial third world. After giving up the dream of playing baseball in the major leagues he decided to study art. He went first to the oldest and one of the […]

Lisa Corinne Davis

Lisa Corinne Davis is an abstract painter exploring themes of racial, social and psychological identity. Born in Baltimore, MD, currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY, Davis received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 1980, and has exhibited her work in the United States and in Europe, including one person shows at Spanierman/Modern (New York), […]

Lisa Corinne Davis

Lisa Corinne Davis is an abstract painter exploring themes of racial, social and psychological identity. Born in Baltimore, MD, currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY, Davis received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 1980, and has exhibited her work in the United States and in Europe, including one person shows at Spanierman/Modern (New York), […]

Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey is a British-born artist living and working in Brooklyn. This is the second interview with Ellen, the first interview (part one) is here. She is a 2016 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in the Visual Arts and a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program. She has exhibited extensively in the […]

Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey is a British-born artist living and working in Brooklyn. This is the second interview with Ellen, the first interview (part one) is here. She is a 2016 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in the Visual Arts and a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program. She has exhibited extensively in the […]

Barbara Takenaga

Barbara Takenaga’s paintings have been viewed in many ways – as abstract or representational, micro or macro, cartoon-goofy or cosmic-psychedelic.  With a range of references that include astronomy, fractals, sci-fi and invented landscapes, the work involves a labor-intensive process. Her most recent solo exhibition was a 20-year survey at the Williams College Museum of Art […]

Barbara Takenaga

Barbara Takenaga’s paintings have been viewed in many ways – as abstract or representational, micro or macro, cartoon-goofy or cosmic-psychedelic.  With a range of references that include astronomy, fractals, sci-fi and invented landscapes, the work involves a labor-intensive process. Her most recent solo exhibition was a 20-year survey at the Williams College Museum of Art […]

Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey is a British-born artist living and working in Brooklyn.  She is a 2016 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in the Visual Arts and a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program. She has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and internationally and was included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Solo exhibitions […]

Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey is a British-born artist living and working in Brooklyn.  She is a 2016 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in the Visual Arts and a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program. She was also interviewed a second time by this program (part two) which is here. She has exhibited extensively […]