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10 of my favourite Contemporary Artists using Performance – selected by Rosie Gibbens

Artist Rosie Gibbens has selected her top 10 picks for artists using performance that we should all know about.

Anna Perach@Anna_Perach

Beautiful carpet creations

artists using performance

Emily Louise Perry@EmilyLouisePerry

Working with non-actors to create uncomfortably voyeuristic yet intimate experience for viewers

artists using performance

Katherine Araniello@KatherineAraniello

Sharply satirical, hilarious and political work.

Katherine Araniello

Keijaun Thomas @Keioui

Performances that are both confronting and caring. Striking, sad, yet joyful.

Keijaun Thomas

Korallia Stergides@Aillarok

Improvising  characters into absurd stories. Playful and weird.

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Mette Sterre@MetteSterre

Creation of strange characters and abstract narratives through body assemblages and experimental costumes.

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Rosa Doornebal@PictureOnScreen

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Absurd, unsettling and funny. Interacting with sculptural objects as body substitutes.

Rosa Johan Uddoh@Rosa_Johan

Political and deadpan (my fav combo). Complicating language and interrogating institutions.

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Tim Spooner@TSpooner0

Big stage installations with ingenious chain reaction creations and intriguing creatures.

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Yuki Kobayashi@YukiKobayashi0226

I like it when something that appears silly is taken deadly seriously by the performer.

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What did you think of this list of artists using performance? Feel free to let us know your thoughts, or to suggest other topics to cover in the comments below.


My favourite Australian Artists – selected by Jordy Kerwick.

Text written by Emiy Quli

Amidst the chaotic upheaval the world has gone into, the art world is still very much alive and more accessible than ever. Artist’s digital presence means that you do not (and should not!) need to leave the comfort of your home to view the greatest emerging artworks. Although exhibitions may have been postponed and galleries are shut, this is a better time than any to discover new artists. From overwhelming canvases with explosions of colour to progressive surrealist paintings, Jordy Kerwick has seletected his favourite Australian artists to help you explore the emerging contemporary art scene in Australia. 

For more from Jordy see his episode of the Delphian Podcast

Louise Gresswell @LouiseGresswell

Australian artists

Louise Gresswell is an exciting experimentation of colour, texture and light.  She provides a refreshing and inspired new way to engage with the same colours we see daily. Gresswell plays around with shape and paint inventively to create new spaces within the canvas. Gresswell also repeatedly finds new ways to use oil paint to create interesting textures and movements in her paintings.

Rachael McCully @rachaelsmccully

Australian artists

Working with an array of mediums, Mccully’s work is a solid example of the endless potential with block colour. Her art engages and attracts people with her bright, humorous statements. Using the #trueselvesproject on her Instagram she uses these same playful colours to offset the melancholic musings of a generation whose worries often struggle to surface above the traffic of  endless streaming of information, news and interactions. 

Rhys Lee @rhyslee_

australian artists

“A master of combining dark and sometimes scary subject matter with every colour from a rainbow. Not an easy feat. And has absurd technical skills” – Jordy Kerwick 

Rhys Lee has the capacity for making even the macabre beautiful. His work appears to be a regeneration of the Fauves – dissecting and reimagining the reality around us. In the dark portraits that Lee presents the observer with, he places within it an even darker truth about identity and its place in society. His portraits present the observer with a range of characters from the female nude to a comical frog. It is through these figures that Rhys Lee truly has created his own distorted reflection of life, through the animation and excitement he places in each of these portraits. 

Lucy O’Doherty @lucyodoherty

Australian artists

There is a smoothness to O’Doherty’s works that can only be likened to the smoothness one experiences in the vision of a dream. Her work with pastels blends and fuses the image from its actuality into all its ethereal potential. O’Doherty’s art doesn’t seem tangible but instead each pastel work seems to have been drawn from the collective memories of every observer. 

Amber Rose Walis @amberrosewallis

Australian artists

“Ballsy and big and dark and brooding. Perfect blend of femininity and masculinity.” – Jordy Kerwick 

The work of Wallis is simply engulfing. The observer is at once immersed into this explosion of colour, paint, experimentation and self – expression. There seems to be no limitations or restrictions when it come to Amber Wallis. She is perpetually defining and redefining new boundaries of paint and canvas work. With each colour merging into the next and each paint stroke taking the painting in a completely new direction – Wallis truly is an exciting artist. 

Heidi Yeardley @heidi_yeardley

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“Australia’s best surrealist. Combining sex and kitsch and beautifully made traditional oil paintings.” – Jordy Kerwick 

Yardley is the surrealist that brings the reality of our bodies into supreme awareness. Focusing predominantly on female subjects, she utterly reinvents perspectives of approaching the body. Each painting is a new angle, a new censor, a new focus. Her work is unpredictable and inspired, she is redefining feminine beauty into one with boldness, bravery and absolute confidence in their sexuality.

Justin Lee Williams @artjlw

Australian artists

Justin Lee Williams is a fusion of culture, colour and creativity. All of his work collectively melts into each other, depicting a colourful image of life holistically. But on a closer look it becomes apparent that they are all enriched with individual stories, characters and images. It is this that isolates his artistry – his credibility to tell a whole story within his paintings with no words except the elusive titles he provides. 

Sally Anderson @sallyleeanderson

Australian artists

Blues and greens are the colours of mindfulness. And blues and greens are the colours of Sally Anderson. It is nearly impossible to look at one of her artworks without feeling instantaneously soothed. Anderson predominantly works with shapes within these colours which demonstrates the margins and liminalities of the blues and greens. Her constant creativity to find ways to regenerate these colours in new and interesting artforms revitalise the contemporary art scene. 

Tom Polo @tompolo

Australian artists

Tom Polo’s paintings are reminiscent of childhood experimentations with colour. His works are vibrant, articulate and detailed. The colours in the painting merge and flow into each other beautifully. With illustrative beginnings, these stunning pieces encourage emancipated technique and thought. 

John Bokor @johnbokor

australian artists

John Bokor’s paintings are a beautiful impression of daily life. The charismatic palette throughout his works injects reality with a vivacious breath of fresh air. With their animated potency, even his still lifes feel energetic. He creates a vibrant, exciting and fun reflection of the world through his paintings. 

Adam Lester @adslester

Australian artists

There is a subtly to Adam Lester’s works that draws the observer in closer due to their enigmatic style. Lester uses colour not as a focal objective but advantageously,  to isolate the image he is trying to present. This draws the attention of the observer to images of polo players, jazz players, guitar players to name a few. Lester uses these eclectic characters to show the simplicity and at the same time the fullness of life. 


Matt Macken in conversation with Sarah Forman

The #LockdownEditions are a Delphian-run initiative to support some of our favourite contemporary artists during these difficult and unprecedented times. Throughout the remainder of the quarantine measures, we will be releasing a new print each week, with all of the profits going directly to the artists themselves. This week, we’re excited to feature our second artist, Matt Macken, to talk about making the most of what you have at home and turning back to previous practices.

To help us support Matt Macken and artists like him, browse the prints HERE

Matt Macken

Sarah: Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice.

Matt Macken: Well, my name is Matt. My work is constantly changing. I reflect a lot on my personal life, my relationships, people that I know and places that I’ve been. I often create images in response to photographs or from memory. Sometimes I won’t have a set idea in mind and will just see where my brushes take me.

S: Where are you based and how has the current global health crisis affected your day-to-day?

MM: I am currently based in Leicestershire, which is conveniently just a short train ride away from London. But the current lockdown means that I am no longer making journeys to my studio.

S: In what ways have you changed how you work and/or what you’re working on?

MM: I’ve set up a cosy little home studio and have actually enjoyed working on some smaller paper works. That’s something I previously used to do anyway – I’ve only recently come to the decision to start working on large-scale canvas pieces within the past few months.

S: How have you seen your community affected by the current COVID-19 crisis? Inside and outside the art world?

MM: When the lockdown started, it was devastating. I had been invited to take part in some exciting group shows this year, one of which has already been cancelled. I’m waiting to hear if the others will be postponed. The #artistsupportpledge has been great, making it possible for artists to still sell some work, and it’s really bringing the community together to support each other. But I’m concerned for galleries, their staff and I hope that it won’t affect them too badly in the long run. 

Outside of the art world it’s nice to see that communities are coming together to support those most at risk – I really hope that spirit continues to stay strong after all this has blown over, inside and outside the art world.

S: Can you talk to us a little bit about this print and why you chose it?

MM: It was actually the guys at Delphian who suggested this particular piece when they approached me to take part. I’m really happy that they chose it and I hope it brightens up people’s homes. This work is from a set of other floral still life paintings that I made around August of last year.

S: Do you feel there’s a certain pressure to respond to what’s going on in the world right now? If so, what does that look like?

MM: I’m not seeing anything too different apart from a boost of online exhibitions. I know a lot of artists hit a creative block at the beginning of this, as did I. There are a lot of people without access to their studio making the most of whatever they have lying around the house, which is fun to see.

S: Have you seen initiatives taking place that really scare you? Excite you?

MM: Nothing has scared me really. I’m trying to remain optimistic and constantly remind myself that this as only a temporary issue. I think what Dephian are doing is awesome – I feel so honoured and grateful to have been chosen to take part. I haven’t seen anyone else doing what they’re doing.

For more interviews with artists involved in the project, read Sarah’s conversation with B.D. Graft HERE


Looking after your Mental Health during the Lockdown.

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Staying productive and busy during times like these can definitely be beneficial. Having said that, it is as important as ever to look after your mental health in this unprecedented time. Make sure that you are giving yourselves some downtime, time to think, time to process, and to keep yourselves healthy. Here are some useful resources that we’ve found. 

How to look after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak

A comprehensive range of advice during the lockdown, from tips for employers and employees to look after their mental health, to advice regarding finance, housing, and unemployment worries. Read it HERE

Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure

If you really want to spend time on yourself, this is a really interesting article from Dr Aisha Ahmad who has worked and lived under conditions of war, violent conflict, poverty, and disaster in many places around the world. She has experienced food shortages and disease outbreaks, as well as long periods of social isolation, restricted movement, and confinement. Read it HERE

Home workouts and youtube classes you can follow at home easily to keep fit and healthy

Staying active is essential for feeling good and healthy – this is even more necessary when we are locked inside for most of the day. Luckily, there are lots of resources out there that can help you stay active at home. Find them HERE

Tips from nutrition experts on how to maintain a healthy diet while in lockdown.

Eating well is also another useful way of affecting our mental state. It can be difficult to do this when out access to ingredients is more limited, but luckily these nutrition experts have taken this into account. Read it HERE

6 tips for mental health and wellbeing when staying at home

This list is helpful not only because it provides some tips of how to take care of your mental health, but it also provides some links to other useful resources. Read it HERE

Yoga With Adriene

Yoga with Adriene is a great channel with over 100 different yoga videos to help you stay healthy and calm at home. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Find it HERE

 

Related: Staying Productive during the lockdown.


Making the most of the Lockdown

During this seemingly never-ending lockdown, you might find yourself with more time on your hands than usual, and quite possibly, you’ll be looking for ways to fill it.

There are many places offering extra free material to aid you in this, so we decided to put together a little list of some great resources that you might find useful right now.

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ONLINE COURSES

MoMA

MoMA in New York are offering a few online courses that look amazing, some of the titles include: What Is Contemporary Art?, Seeing Through Photographs, and Art & Ideas: Teaching with Themes.

many of these courses require around 11 hours of learning time, can be done at your own pace, and are free to do (although you have to pay if you would like the certificate. More information can be found HERE

Edx

EdX.org is a great website that offers courses right the way from short courses that take a few hours, to accredited Masters Degrees. Most of the short courses are free (but again you have to pay if you want a certificate), and you can learn at your own pace. There are hundreds of courses to choose from, from institutions such as The University of Oxford, MIT, and Harvard University. Find out more HERE

Masterclass

MasterClass is the streaming platform that makes it possible for anyone to watch or listen to hundreds of video lessons taught by 80+ of the world’s best. Lessons are given by greats such as Martin Scorsese, Neil Gaiman, Malcolm Gladwell, Werner Herzog, Spike Lee and many more. Annual membership costs £170, and with that you have full access to all of the material from all of the courses. Find out more HERE

Shaw Academy

The Shaw Academy offers diplomas in subjects such as coding, social media marketing, and graphic design. Their courses are divided into 4 modules, and you can currently sign up to do the first module of any course in 30 days for free. IF you wish to complete the full 16 week Cours, most are around £150. Keep an eye out for one-click purchasing on here, as there are quite a few buttons that will charge you for extra material if clicked. Learn more HERE

New Skills Academy

The New Skills Academy offers a multitude of CPD-accredited courses, and regularly offer discounts through things like Groupon and Wowcher. Their site is currently down for maintenance, but can usually be viewed HERE

Oxford University

Oxford University offers lots of short courses that can be done at your own pace. Many of them are free, and they also offer some more in-depth courses at a reduced rate. These can be viewed HERE

LEARNING RESOURCES

Video – How to Learn any Language in Six Months by Chris Lonsdale

Chris Lonsdale is Managing Director of Chris Lonsdale & Associates, a company established to catalyse breakthrough performance for individuals and senior teams. In addition, he has also developed a unique and integrated approach to learning that gives people the means to acquire complex technical knowledge in short periods of time. This talk is about learning languages specifically, but the approaches are easily-transferrable. Watch it HERE

Video – The first 20 hours – how to learn anything by Josh Kaufman

Josh Kaufman is the author of the #1 international bestseller, ‘The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business’, as well as the upcoming book ‘The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything.’ Josh specialises in teaching people from all walks of life how to master practical knowledge and skills. In his talk, he shares how having his first child inspired him to approach learning in a whole new way. Watch it HERE

Video – How to motivate yourself to change your behaviour by Tali Sharot 

Dr. Tali Sharot is a neuroscientist at University College London and the director of the Affective Brain Lab. She is a faculty member of the department of Experimental Psychology, a Wellcome Trust Fellow, and currently a visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on how emotion, motivation, and social factors influence our expectations, decisions, and memories. Watch it HERE

PODCASTS

21 Educational Podcasts

Here is a great list of 21 educational podcasts that can be listened to whenever, on topics such as history, politics, health, and many more. Thanks to Listen Money Matters for this amazing list. Read it HERE

The Delphian Podcast

What better time than now is there to catch up on the 20+ episodes of our podcast? Listen on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean, or HERE

BOOKS

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for enjoyment and education. Find it HERE

ARTWORK RESOURCES

Art Model Tips

Art Model Tips is a free-to-use catalogue of thousands of life model poses. Including seating, standing, crouching and recumbent poses from all body types, this is a resource that is invaluable for figurative artists. It also provides a lot of advice and FAQs for models, and those hosting life drawing sessions. Find it HERE

Online Life Drawing

Hackney Wick Life Drawing are offering online life drawing for a minimal fee, and they are now excepting those currently engaging with #NHS mental health services and offering HLWD sessions as a free online prescription if referred by a doctor. Find out more HERE

 

Related: Looking after your mental health


B.D. Graft in conversation with Sarah Forman

#LockdownEditions is an initiative created to support some of our favourite contemporary artists during these difficult and unprecedented times. Throughout the remainder of the quarantine measures, we will be releasing a new print each week, with all of the profits going directly to the artists themselves. This week, we’re excited to feature our first artist, Brian De Greft, to take his temperature on the current climate and making work in 2020.

To purchase his print, you can find it HERE – during the lockdown 100% of the profits for each print go directly to the artists, we aren’t taking a penny.

Sarah: Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice.

Brian De Graft: I’m Brian: a self-taught, 31-year-old German artist living and working in The Netherlands. I started making art while studying film and literature at university, which eventually lead me down the path I’m now on. My art often deals with the pursuit of happiness, and what I call the deceptively decorative. 

S: Where are you based and how has the current global health crisis affected your day-to-day?

BDG: I live and work in the East of Amsterdam; a nice, green area that’s less hectic and touristy than the city centre. My flat and studio are close to each other, so luckily my day-to-day hasn’t been affected too much. It’s just me and my dog in the studio, so there’s no need for social distancing. 

S: In what ways have you changed how you work and/or what you’re working on?

BGD: When the lockdown started I became a lot less productive than I usually am. I was more worried and anxious, which affected my motivation and made things difficult. Now I’m beginning to find my groove again, and really enjoy making new work. In terms of subject matter, there are definitely existential questions being confronted in the work I’ve been producing lately though. 

S: How have you seen your community affected by the current COVID-19 crisis? Inside and outside the art world?

BDG: Most of the people in my inner circle have ‘normal’ jobs – like tech, media, medicine, real estate – and you can really see the negative impact that the crisis is having on their industries. The same goes for fellow artists, many of which I’m mainly in contact with online. I think right now lot of people are thinking twice before spending a lot of money on art, so initiatives like #LockdownEditions are great for supporting artists and allowing people to get a nice print at an affordable price. 

S: Can you talk to us a little bit about this print and why you chose it?

BDG: It’s a still life drawing called “Bright Blessed Day”, which are lyrics taken from Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World”. It might seem ironic in a time like this, but it’s meant to evoke positive feelings and hope for a brighter future; something to look forward to. 

S: Do you feel there’s a certain pressure to respond to what’s going on in the world right now? If so, what does that look like?

BDG: I think a lot of people are feeling scared and alone right now, so a natural response is it to try and help those in need; be there for one another, be it financially or simply giving moral support. A lot of artists are making art directly about the Corona crisis, which I’m sure is helping some people come to terms with what’s going on. I prefer to give a sort of escape, or distraction, from what’s going on; you can look at my art and forget about this shitty crisis for while. 

S: Have you seen initiatives taking place that really scare you? Excite you?

BDG: Some people are tying to capitalise on those in need, which annoys me. For example, someone recently reached out to me, asking me to pay to get my art featured in their magazine. That’s not what the world needs right now. An initiative that I found both exciting and scary was doing a live drawing session that was streamed online while my friend Kyson played ambient music. He usually hosts a little art and music festival in Berlin, and this time it had to be online. The art I show at exhibitions is stuff that I’m pleased with, and that I produced in solitude. When you’re live-streaming you feel quite exposed and have no idea what the outcome will be like. I enjoyed it though!


#LockdownEditions is NOW LIVE!

#LockdownEditions

As we’re sure you’re aware, this pandemic is having a profound effect upon artists everywhere. Whilst we (as a small gallery) aren’t able to help everyone, we think it’s important to support our artists in whatever way we can.

The lack of a regular income is made doubly trying when twinned with an economic downturn that has no immediate end date in sight. Artists not only have to pay rent for their homes during this but also the rent for their studios.

Galleries are struggling too, as the high overheads that come with having a gallery space and staff need paying regardless. Times are tough for everyone.

We at Delphian are in a fortunate situation at present, as not having a permanent gallery space or any staff, our overheads are much smaller than those crippling so many others.

From the very start, we wanted Delphian to be a catalyst for a new way of working. 

The one overarching aim present in everything we do is to use our platform to support these emerging artists whose work we are so excited by, in whatever ways we can.

For the reasons outlined above, we think that now is a time that galleries like us need to step-up.

For the duration of this lockdown, we will be releasing a new print each week, from some of our favourite contemporary artists. 

We will not be taking a share of the profits for these prints.

After the nominal print costs have been accounted for, the remaining ~90% goes directly to the artists themselves. We won’t be taking a penny.

Artists need our help now more than ever. #LockdownEditions is our way of trying to counter some of the negative impacts this lockdown is having.

To learn more, and to buy prints, please click HERE

For more editions from Delphian Gallery, click HERE


Florence Hutchings’ Book – The Doors of Perception

We are so excited to have released the first book of Florence Hutchings’ work! The Doors of Perception features a new series of paintings and drawings inspired by the artists’ spatial understanding of walking through her apartment, that she initially painted as a large-scale book. The book features a 7.8-metre continuous painting that depicts a walk around the most intimate of spaces, Florence’s own home.

  • 58 pages / A5
  • Limited Edition of 50
  • Hand-signed by the artist
  • Hardcover, clothbound
  • Gold foil cover and spine
  • Litho print on uncoated, matt 120gsm paper  

“The work for this show really started to come together when I made a fold-out sketchbook that walks the viewer around my entire flat, through the living room, bedroom, bathroom, and finishing in the kitchen. 

Within my work, I’ve always been interested in the everyday interior that surrounds me, so when making this book I realised something I had been missing out on – the doors that led you into each interior. For this reason, I found the average size of a door and made six different full-sized door paintings, as well as works on paper in this ratio. This format was challenging, but it helped me to enrich the merging of working from life with the more abstract elements. Sometimes this makes the viewer question what it is they are looking at, and this is an element I enjoy within my work. 

I’m very excited to be showing my work for the first time ever in Paris as it is my favourite city I’ve visited, I love the art collections there. Bonnard, Picasso, Matisse, and Braque have been massive influences on these and many other of my paintings, so I feel honoured to show in a city where their work is shown in abundance.” – Florence Hutchings

This first edition of the book sold out in just three hours – but fear not! A second edition is coming soon!

To be placed on the waiting list for the second edition of the book, please email us at info@delphiangallery.com


Corona Special 2 – Episode 24 of the Delphian Podcast is now live!

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In the next two episodes of the Delphian Podcast, as we are locked down during the Coronavirus outbreak, we will be finding out about the work of the two Delphian Gallery directors. 

In this second special edition episode of the Delphian Podcast, Delphian director Nick JS Thompson interviews Delphian director Benjamin Murphy. We talk about his work, journey in the art world, and advice for young artists just starting out. We also delve into the topic of freedom within your work and the importance of experimentation to keep you inspired and work fresh. 

Listen now on our website HERE, or search DELPHIAN PODCAST in iTunes, Spotify, or Podbean.

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Sensitivity to Life – Jean Nagai & Benjamin Murphy

Jean Nagai
Stars    ink on paper   28cm x 20cm    2005

Benjamin Murphy – First question then: why are you an artist

Jean Nagai – When I was 2years old, I fell from an apt window and died for a few minutes. Somehow being an artist was the next logical step
I had some colorful visions while I was between the two worlds.

BM – Holy shit. So do you remember it?

JN – Yes, I remember it. Not specific shapes colors or shapes, details, memories get more vague over time.

BM – How old were you?

JN – I was 2 yrs old. I also remember there was a figure near me as I floated upwards

BM – Do you ever wonder what you would have become if this never happened?

JN – No, I have not had that thought. I was so young, I wouldn’t know if I would even consider myself conscious at that time.

BM – Or what your artwork would be like has it not happened.

JN – Maybe I would have not taken the path of art? Maybe I would have become a cook, like my parents

BM – If for some reason you couldn’t make art any more, do you think becoming a cook is something that you’d consider?

JN – The possibility of what i would do with my life without art seems quite depressing. I don’t know.

BM – Yeah it’s hard to imagine. So what else do you do besides making art?

JN – Hmmm, these days I’ve been traveling a bit. Just spent a couple months in Thailand, and made a large painting for a solo show. I saw the most incredible show in Tokyo where I saw my friends MSHR open for Incapacitants. Honestly it may have been the best show I’ve ever experienced! The sounds, the energy, I felt so proud to see these old Japanese men create a sense of ecstatic bliss out of what could be described as chaos. I also like going on long hikes.

Jean Nagai
Wildlife Refuge 3   acrylic, sand on canvas  140cm x 274cm    2017

BM – So what art movements or artists are you particularly interested in?

JN – Oh geez, too many to answer… i like art that is hopeful, I like art that is spiritual and I also like when an artist reveals some darkness within us, like Santiago Serra or Bruce Nauman. Georgia O’keeffe is someone I admire greatly.

BM – What do you do when you’re struggling for inspiration?

JN – Oh my. So many things I do to stay inspired. These days it’s running or experiencing art through galleries or talking with other artists. Nature is key for me, and not just mountains but also all the energy that’s just blasting around the city is also nature for me.

BM – What is it that you want your artworks to do?

JN – Maybe what I wanna say with my work is to project a kind of sensitivity to life. Not necessarily fragility although life can be. I think it’s important for people to show that feeling, in art and in the real world.

BM – So one last question: fantasy dinner party, which people living or dead would you invite, you have 6 seats.

JN – Oh geez…your questions fill me with more questions and with endless possibilities…someone from the Denisovan tribe, ghengis khan, nikola Tesla, someone who has worked at area51, Ana mendieta, Jean Michael Basquit

Jean Nagai
Mushroom Head   acrylic, pumice, on canvas  200cm x 150cm  2019

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