Interview with Katrin Loy

Interview with Katrin Loy

ContemporaryArtCurator
Photography, Contemporary Art, Interview

Your work navigates between consciousness and the subconscious. How do you prepare yourself mentally and emotionally to capture these fleeting states in your photography?

I am strongly guided by my intuition both during photography and image processing. I don't think about the result I'm aiming for, but work in a processual and associative way, picking up on spontaneously emerging ideas and impulses. The creative process in my work mainly takes place during image processing. There, too, I intuitively access my collected image material and edit and change it by following spontaneous impulses. The result, i.e. the finished picture, is never planned, but always surprising for me, which makes and keeps the artistic work exciting for me.

Interview with Elena Shuppo

Interview with Elena Shuppo

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Interview

What have been some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced in your artistic career, and what do you consider your most rewarding achievement so far?

As a multiple -time  immigrant, I've had to rebuild my life from the ground up three times in three years. The art markets in Russia, Spain, and the UK are vastly different from one another. Starting both personal and professional life from scratch , knocking on every door, is incredibly challenging. But as they say, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. It's crucial to have faith in yourself, your family, your talent, set goals, and strive towards them! In a few months, I'll be participating in an exhibition in Paris! It was my dream to return to this city, which holds so much significance for me, in a new and authentic - as an artist. My advice to all creatives in emigration - don't stop! Work, promote yourself, showcase your work, and keep moving forward!

Interview with Janna Shulrufer

Interview with Janna Shulrufer

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Interview, Contemporary Art

How has your artistic style evolved since you began your career, and what have been some pivotal moments in this evolution?

It seems to me that I myself have changed even more than my style. I have drawings from more than twenty years ago, when I lived in Tel Aviv and went to A-Yarkon Park to paint landscapes en plein air and I went to the embankment to paint the sea and sailboats. At the same time, I visited the studio of a sculptor - a new immigrant from France - where we painted nudes. My pencil drawings of those years were more academic - the Moscow school took its toll. A key moment in my career as an artist was moving to Safed. For me it was like a breath of fresh air. Come and see for yourself, the air in Galilee is really very fresh.

Interview with Nasrah Nefer

Interview with Nasrah Nefer

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Interview, Contemporary Art

Your artwork is known for its abstract style, pittura metafisica, and maximalism. Can you describe what draws you to these particular styles and how you blend them to create your unique artistic Expression?

All three of these styles have something very important in common; unlike realism or photorealism, they have no limitations. I can leave the conventional ground and paint without limits what has already formed an image inside me. Pittura Metafisica best describes the result of a soul ianguage; it’s like dreaming on canvas. 

Interview with Ivan Kanchev

Interview with Ivan Kanchev

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Contemporary Art, Interview

Could you walk us through your creative process? How do you approach the inception of a new piece, and what are the key stages in your workflow?

I don't like to explain my work. I define myself as an intuitive artist. I accept that instinct surpasses knowledge. For me, conceptual understanding always follows the image. I see the works ready in my mind like in a picture - with details and with colors. All I do is materialize the image that has appeared. I do not improvise. Only when I see an image do I start working. In the process of creation, other ideas naturally follow. On certain occasions I leave the work in reality different from what I saw in my mind. And isn't that improvisation?

Interview with Terence McGinity.

Interview with Terence McGinity.

ContemporaryArtCurator
Sculpture, Interview, Contemporary Art

How did your experience as an actor, particularly your time at Shakespeare's Globe and Broadway, influence your approach to sculpting?

As an actor I was always interested in the inner world of the characters I played. My Swan Song was playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night, again on Broadway in 2014. I worked very hard to ‘get into his shoes’ and felt, most of all, his vulnerability whilst he presented such a stern image to the world. So many characters I played were dealing with Loss, Separation and Attachment. All this influenced my work as a sculptor. All the World’s a Stage and the figures that have emerged over the years have all come with their stories. They do not need a Theatrical Stage as such but certainly exist in the invisible contexts of their lives. They ask to be seen like an actor.

Interview with Gustavs Filipsons

Interview with Gustavs Filipsons

ContemporaryArtCurator
Interview, Painting, Contemporary Art

I was born in 1974, Riga. When I was a child, I was deeply inspired by the cities old architecture and its different moods in different seasons. At that time everything seemed to live its own life and had its special spirit. Dark Art Nouveau style houses in Autumn evenings became alive in feeble lamplight, which was swinging in the wind above the street. Those mythical silhouettes and symbols at that time had much greater influence on me than the bypassing Soviet Era.

Interview with Katja Lührs

Interview with Katja Lührs

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Photography, Interview

You describe your art using words like 'wonderworld nature', highlighting the influence of natural beauty. Can you share a specific moment or experience in nature that profoundly impacted your artistic vision?

Even as a child, I was fascinated by nature and its diversity, by the sun and its play of light and shadow. I loved animals and had a dog called Blacky, he was my best friend. It took me about an hour to walk to school and Blacky was always by my side. He also picked me up on time. This long daily walk through the forest along a railroad line showed me how beautiful nature is in every season and how loyal and loving an animal can be.

Interview with Stanislav Riha - Standa

Interview with Stanislav Riha - Standa

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Contemporary Art, Interview

Growing up in Lesser Town, Prague, surrounded by medieval and modern art, can you share how this environment influenced your early desire to create and your artistic style?

I do not know If the art of the Lesser Town shaped my artistic style but drew out my creative abilities and desire to create art. Growing up in an atmosphere of admiration for artistic values made me want to create as well, using the most accessible tools I had as a child, pencil and paper, which was the base of my style, always starting with pencil and paper.

Interview with Natalie Egger

Interview with Natalie Egger

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Being featured in various art books and magazines is a significant accomplishment. How do you feel this recognition has impacted your career and artistic journey? Has it influenced the way you approach your art?

Being featured in books and magazines is a great opportunity and chance to get my art brought to a wider audience, however it has not influenced my process of creation. But I admit that it is interesting to observe how curators, art lovers, friends and family prefer artworks of mine which I would never choose to be my favorites. So, art is always a very private, very personal, very intimate relationship with the viewer this I have learned so far through publishing my artworks.

Interview with Caroline Reid

Interview with Caroline Reid

ContemporaryArtCurator
Interview, Painting, Contemporary Art

 What are your short-term and long-term goals as a contemporary artist? Are there specific milestones you aspire to achieve in your career?

I am currently planning to continue painting abstract landscapes, with a series based on the sea and the sky in mind, after extensively painting regional inland landscapes. This will result in a collection suitable for a solo exhibition.

Interview with Dr. Robert Irwin Wolf

Interview with Dr. Robert Irwin Wolf

ContemporaryArtCurator
Sculpture, Interview, Contemporary Art

Where do you see the intersection of psychoanalysis and art therapy heading in the future? Are there emerging trends or areas of research that you find particularly exciting or important?

As part of the Steering Committee of the NeuroPsych study group at the  National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, I have been actively involved in disseminating these concepts within the broader psychoanalytic community. Both the psychoanalytic community and field of art therapy, have benefitted by having new insight into the use of expressive art and nonverbal communication in therapeutic settings.  We have been given renewed validation from the scientific community and now have terminology to describe what we have been intuitively using, without a clear voice.

Interview with Jenny Jiyoung Han

Interview with Jenny Jiyoung Han

ContemporaryArtCurator
Digital Art, Interview, Painting

Can you walk us through your creative process? How do you blend whimsical, abstract elements with more realistic ones to create your unique digital paintings?

I capture every detail of the chosen subject I selected for more realistic languages in the creation. Whimsy in every sense of elements beings shifting more positive or energetic mindset that empowers my soul and heart into the enthusiasm in life. The contents of whimsical elements renders from episodes of my favorites, personal experiences, and fun, or some hopeful futures I have been dreaming of. We may not recognize how the world works in our reality, which is meant to be not easily read or understood.

Interview with Ingemar Härdelin

Interview with Ingemar Härdelin

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Contemporary Art

What have been some of the biggest challenges you have faced in your artistic career and how did you overcome them?

The biggest challenge has been to dare to follow one's intentions to the end during the painting process. Instead of settling for a half-decent result, one can perhaps develop the painting if one dares to go further, with the risk of destroying the painting. It requires courage and faith in one's ability, something I have learned to handle over the years.

Interview with Felipe Alarcón Echenique

Interview with Felipe Alarcón Echenique

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

In what ways do your practices as a painter and a writer complement and influence each other, and how do you balance these two distinct yet potentially interconnected forms of expression?

My work as a painter and artist feeds each other since one is the continuity of the other, in painting the literal language is very present in a poetic and fabled way, represented with dreamlike colors and in my creation as a writer I also give free rein to freedom when writing free prose or a specific topic, generally painting and writing in my case go together.

Interview with Eveline Göldi

Interview with Eveline Göldi

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Contemporary Art, Interview

Can you tell us when you decided to pursue a career as an artist? 

I had the enthusiasm for art since I was a child, but when I started painting with acrylics in the mid-90s, I grew the desire to put my messages into pictures and make happy faces. When I was able to sell the first paintings, I wanted to refine my technique and so the next steps came naturally.

Interview with Natha Out of the Blue

Interview with Natha Out of the Blue

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Interview, Contemporary Art

Natha Out of the Blue represents part of her name (Nathakorn) and her spontaneity. Chiangmai, north of Thailand is her origin working studio base. She is a self-taught artist that has been creating her subject matter that blends with her inspiration and design on her canvas with several techniques she inspired.
Painting on canvas, she will be preparing her gouache color from the pigment mixing them with the binders. She uses gouache to have some earth tone that she likes. Acrylic colors still take part and are playful on her canvas. The way “OUT OF THE BLUE” action has inspired her most of the time. It is when she feels drawn to establish the creation with a plentiful amount of energy.

Interview with Kat Kleinman

Interview with Kat Kleinman

ContemporaryArtCurator

Kat Kleinman is a photo collage artist from the Sacramento, California area. She began her career as an artist in 2016, after she retired as a psychotherapist, working with homeless people for 20 years. Her past work is referenced because it does inform her current work with a focus on positivity and making people feel better, if only for a moment!

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