The blurry sweet spot: In conversation with Kenichi Hoshine by Layla Leiman As you look at the colorful and at first glance apparently abstract paintings of New York based artist Kenichi Hoshine, the curtain suddenly...
“Good, true, beautiful”: in conversation with Janes Haid-Schmallenberg by Layla Leiman In today’s hyper-connected digital world where everything conceivable counts as content, what’s left for the artist to paint? For Berlin-bas...
What does it mean to be alive today? In conversation with Srijon Chowdhury by Layla Leiman There is an urgency to Srijon Chowdhury’s art. The enigmatic imagery in his paintings references diverse histories, contemporary and ancient...
Bodies dissolve into blobs; figures into forms: in conversation with James English Leary by Maria Zemtsova The fleshy forms in James English Leary’s paintings are provocatively playful, titillating and tongue in cheek. The shapes of the built canv...
Celestial bodies: in conversation with Vivian Greven by Layla Leiman Love is the subject of German artist Vivian Greven’s work. In her ethereal paintings, which borrow visually and thematically from Classical ...
Championing interesting art: Galleri KANT by Layla Leiman Kerry Harm Nielsen and Anna Gram Sørensen are the duo behind the Danish contemporary art gallery KANT, and the guest curators of ArtMaze Mag...
Personal yet universal: In conversation with Esteban Ocampo Giraldo by Christina Nafziger Esteban Ocampo Giraldo creates paintings that not only offer us a window into a scene from his life, but also capture a memory, a feeling; a...
Surface details: In conversation with Jeanne Gaigher by Layla Leiman The scenes that South African artist Jeanne Gaigher paints appear to move and shift before your eyes. Her fluid brushstrokes and autumnal, e...
Piecing the puzzle in Julie Curtiss’ paintings by Maria Zemtsova Artist Julie Curtiss combines bold, daring aesthetics with the uncanny to create her stunning paintings in oils and gouache. Her work depict...
Of light and color: In conversation with Dan Perkins by Layla Leiman The influence of 19th century Romanticism is not immediately apparent in the geometrically abstract work of Dan Perkins. However, for the Ne...
Short-hand symbolism: In conversation with painter Sophie Lourdes Knight by Layla Leiman There is a tension between representation and abstraction in Sophie Lourdes Knight’s paintings. The quotidian motifs that make up her visual...
Between the hard edge and the handmade with Dominic Beattie by Layla Leiman Dominic Beattie’s approach to art making is unconstrained, regularly adapting and developing skills and resources within his possession to t...
Beasts and boxers: In conversation with Vojtěch Kovařik by Layla Leiman Hulk-like muscle men are a main feature in Czech artist Vojtěch Kovařik’s work. Working on huge canvases, Vojtěch’s larger-than-life figures...
Making people not have a care with Suzy Babington artmazemag Suzy Babington Lives and works in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Education: 2011-2014 BFA Slade School Of Fine Art, London www.suzy...
Scraping, pouring, screen-printing, stenciling and sanding, working and reworking with Sam Bornstein artmazemag Sam Bornstein Based in NYC, USA. Education: MFA Hunter College, 2017 Bard College, 2005 www.sambornstein.com What inspired you...
A red blooded heart pulsing in my pocket: in conversation with Faye Wei Wei by Maria Zemtsova British-Chinese artist Faye Wei Wei’s poetic and seductive artwork brings together eclectic fragments of mythologies, folklore, art history ...
