Amir and I discuss how issues of identity manifest in his painting and daily life, his family’s immigration into the United States from Iran, as well as running a successful studio and surviving as an artist.  Read more

Dave and I discuss issues of appropriation in art, making ends meet as a full time artist, support systems artists build to survive the ups and downs of the art market, living with addiction and achieving sobriety.Read more

Jason speaks about his childhood and adolescence leading him into the world of graffiti and art. We discuss the importance of community, aspects of commodity within the art world, and how the value systems of our society have the potential to disenfranchise artists.Read more

Anna speaks about the various directions her practice has taken over the last twenty years, understanding her place within the work, and realizing that her goal wasn’t just to show in a gallery space or an art fair. We talk about the influence that peers and mentors can have on an artist as one’s career extends over a period of time.Read more

Waraire and I discuss how perseverance, family and friends have helped him build a business. We also speak to the role fashion plays in helping individuals represent themselves and attain their goals in every day life.Read more

Michael and I discuss music, the Midwest, and his path to opening and closing a gallery in Los Angeles. He goes into detail about the highs and lows of running a gallery as well as why he decided to eventually close the space.Read more

Lauren speaks about the five years of running Public Fiction as an exhibition space in Los Angeles, as well as the on-going print publication of the same name; her collaborations with institutions, curators, and artists; and what it means for the exhibition to be treated as a medium.Read more

B. Wurtz speaks about his life as an artist growing up in California and moving to New York in the 1980’s. We discuss the relationship of his artwork to pop art, surrealism, and conceptual art as well as how to understand when a piece is complete. After having his first institutional retrospective in Europe he shares how he’s preparing for his first U.S. museum retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.Read more

Adrienne and I speak about her role as a television producer and how she navigates the business. We talk about family and finding a place between work and happiness, and making difficult choices that have long term effects.Read more

Luis talks about his past work in theater and discusses his current role as a partner and executive producer at Butcher Bird Studios focusing on film and television. The final part of our conversation is entirely devoted to the medium of Virtual Reality and how it plays a role in media today as well as art.Read more