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Juxtapoz Magazine - Fall Issue 2018

Had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Cheyenne Julien for the Fall 2018 issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. Pick it up on stands now <3

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Juxtapoz Magazine - June 2018

So incredibly honored to have my very first article published in print this month! Thank you @juxtapozmag and KOAK for creating this beautiful spread. Pick up the summer 2018 issue of Juxtapoz, on stands now! 

Can’t get the issue? Read the entire interview online HERE

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Juxtapoz Magazine - May 26, 2018

VIA WOOL & COTTON: AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIN M RILEY

By Jessica Ross

Imagine your high school bedroom. Think about all the posters that adorned your walls, the tapes or cds that bestrewn your desk, and the various accoutrements that lent themselves so perfectly to your budding personal identity. Looking back, do these objects carry meaning? Do they possess a certain emotional weight, positive or negative? Why do you think that is?

Next month, textile artist Erin M. Riley endeavors to answer these questions for herself through a new body of work at PPOW Gallery. Titled “Used Tape” this new show focuses on Riley’s own journey through the turbulent world of womanhood and sexual identity. Via wool and cotton, Riley has assembled an inanimate tableau of personal affects, each carrying their own unique significance to the artist. Working in her signature style, Riley continues to push her work and enter discussions that are at times uncomfortable, and ultimately entirely necessary. According to the gallery, “The imagery in Riley’s work is derived from personal photographs, found photographs sourced from the internet, and still lifes. She explores the innate difficulty of womanhood, objectification of the female body, and traumas both large and small that weigh on the search for self-identity. Riley has a history of sexual assault and violence in her family, the fear of which had a deep impact on the formation of her sexual identity. Her work is often partially autobiographical, an aspect of her practice that she sees as essential to both processing these experiences and to make others feel less alone."communicating with one another.  

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Juxtapoz Magazine - May 9, 2018

REVIEW: RECOLLECTED FORMS @ JOSHUA LINER GALLERY, NYC

By Jessica Ross

Nostalgia is a powerful tool—a lot of artists use nostalgia to investigate memory via their work, and this month, Joshua Liner Gallery’s new group exhibition does just that. Artists David Ellis, Kevin Umaña and Matthew King have embarked on their own individual journeys to explore how sentimentality informs their own practice and how to communicate their own connections through minimalism. Utilizing succinct contemporary form, nominal color palettes and optical illusion, each artist leans into their own unique aesthetic while playfully communicating with one another.  

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Juxtapoz Magazine - May 1, 2018

MAKE NEW FRIENDS BUT KEEP THE OLD: LYDIA FONG, ALICIA MCCARTHY, TODD JAMES AND STEVE POWERS IN BROOKLYN

By Jessica Ross

On April 20th, Brooklyn space MUDDGUTS opened a killer group show featuring the works of four celebrated artists - Alicia McCarthy, Lydia Fong (aka Barry McGee), Todd James and Steve Powers. With a sharp, razor-like focus on each of the artist’s distinct styles, the show playfully brings together these four individuals with a longstanding history of community and DIY sensibilities. Organized by gallery owner / tattooer Mark Cross (Rose Tattoo), the show was held at his recently re-opened space, MUDDGUTS in Williamsburg.  

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Juxtapoz Magazine - March 31, 2018

SUPERPOSITION: JOHNNY ABRAHAMS CURATES NEW SHOW @ JOSHUA LINER GALLERY, NYC

By Jessica Ross

This month, artist Johnny Abrahams has curated a very special exhibition at Joshua Liner Gallery in New York. Featuring the works of fourteen artists, both emerging and established, Abraham’s show dissects the visual components of form and color within the contemporary realm of minimalism. Through a variety of visual styles and methods, Superposition places fourteen artists in conversation with one another in order to create an exhibition that is both visually engaging and challenging for the viewer.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - March 26, 2018

COMPLETING THE PUZZLE: MEG ATKINSON ON SENTIMENTALITY, PROCESS, AND NEW YORK

By Jessica Ross

Anyone will tell you New York has changed over the past 40 years. The city is no longer the gritty, (albeit dangerous) sanctuary for artists and punks it once was. Whether you are on board with the so-called “mallification” of New York, one thing is for certain: artists will continue to flock to New York time and time again because of its unique ability to inspire and cultivate multiple generations of creatives.

Artist Meg Atkinson has been in Brooklyn since the early 80’s. With her considerable time there, she’s taken the necessary time to hone and develop her craft as a painter. Her works are specially constructed to create a world that is distinctly both psychedelic and rigid. Layered piece by piece, her paintings compose a bizarre arena of color and shape. Each work feels like an active living organism, with dripping borders around a kaleidoscopic center. Constantly developing her style and growing as an artist, Atkinson has been painting for nearly forty years and continues to make work out of the incessant need to create, just as New York dictates.

We recently swung by her studio in Brooklyn to talk about her favorite New York moments, the sentimentality of objects, and how processes take time to develop. 

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DRIFT, a two person show featuring the works of Brooklyn based painter Dan Perkins and San Francisco based artist Joe Ferriso at Brilliant Champions Gallery in Brooklyn NY - curated by Jessica Ross. 

A conversation between the two artists’ works, DRIFT presents two idiosyncratic explorations of space, perception and minimalism. While situated on opposite coasts, both Perkins and Ferriso’s works interact on a conceptual level and create an unspoken dialogue about the tensions between the artificial and natural world. Utilizing different mediums, each artist is able to execute their work through succinct contemporary form and nominal color palettes, resulting in a crisp, focused exhibition. DRIFT opens March 9th and is on view through March 31st, 2018.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - February 20, 2018

REVIEW: DANIELLE ORCHARD “A LITTLE LOUDER, LOVE” @ JACK HANLEY GALLERY, NYC

By Jessica Ross

All of us have peculiar habits that exist solely at home, the things only maybe our partners or very close friends have witnessed. For me, some of those things include : not wearing pants (practically ever), smoking cigarettes out the window and drinking milk directly from the carton. These little quirks feel so intimate, so personal that in order to reveal them, it feels like you’re telling a secret, giving away apart of yourself that has remained strictly indoors. This month, Brooklyn based artist Danielle Orchard reveals her own unique proclivities in her debut solo exhibition “A Little Louder, Love” at Jack Hanley Gallery.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - February 19, 2018

REVIEW: ANDREA JOYCE HEIMER'S “FOUNTAINHEAD” @ NICELLE BEAUCHENE GALLERY

By Jessica Ross

We all make choices in life. What do I eat for breakfast? Should I quit my job? Get a dog? Obviously some decisions are more important than others and while we don’t always have the answers, we do have the unique ability to postulate just how important those decisions can be. Whether or not hypothesizing leads to informed decisions is unclear but at least it’s a way to sort though some of life’s more daunting moments.

Untangling some of those ideas, good and bad, is artist Andrea Joyce Heimer. In 2015, the state of Montana passed a bill that allows adoptees to unseal records and reveal the identities of their birth parents. An adopted child from Montana herself, Heimer was faced with a decision of colossal size, whether to find her birth parents or go on, as she had been, not knowing. Confronted with this dilemma, Heimer decided to do what came naturally to her - create. Her new exhibition of paintings at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery fleshes through a multitude of possible scenarios if she were to meet her biological parents, some fraught with shame, fear and rejection while others play out differently and imagine an outcome full of love and acceptance. Clearly a wellspring of inspiration for her work, the show is appropriately titled “Fountainhead.”

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BODIES OF WORK @ BRILLIANT CHAMPIONS GALLERY

January 26 to February 17, 2018

New group exhibition at Brilliant Champions Gallery in Brooklyn, NY featuring the works of four contemporary artists: Kate Klingbeil, Rebecca Ness, Winnie Truong, and Maryam Yousif. 

“Bodies of Work” explores issues surrounding the body and figure through the lens of four different artists. Utilizing a plethora of mediums, including painting, sculpture and paper, the exhibition seeks to flesh out concepts of self identity, sexual autonomy, perceived body image and the broader cultural influence on our physicality. 

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Juxtapoz Magazine - January 19, 2018

REVIEW: TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW @ JOSHUA LINER, NYC

By Jessica Ross

This month, Joshua Liner Gallery in New York celebrates their ten year anniversary at their ground floor Chelsea location. In honor of their decade-long contribution to the New York art scene, the gallery debuts a dynamic group show featuring twenty one artists that have shaped the gallery over the past ten years and made it the space it is today. Check out our opening night coverage below and be sure to see the show in person before it closes on January 27th.

A compelling showcase of painting and sculpture, the exhibition pays homage to some gallery favorites as well as some newer faces. With a strong emphasis on painting and process-heavy work, the show is an exemplary display of the heavy hitters in the contemporary scene. According to the gallery, “the artists of the past decade have brought extreme realism, surreal expression, abstraction, landscapes and still-lifes into the space. Tony Curanaj’s extreme realism paintings, remind us of the importance of honoring the tradition of painting itself, with each work painted from real life scenes from his studio. Tiffany Bozic and Alfred Steiner, also skillfully create work that combines painted elements from our world, to create new surreal compositions: Bozic focusing on the natural world, while Steiner draws our attention to contemporary culture. Riusuke Fukahori’s footprint with the gallery has established him as a fine artist, whose perfected technique of 3D paintings of goldfish have made him one of the gallery’s most sought after artists. He will have two new small works for this exhibition. This year we were thrilled to be able to show the work of Matt Hansel, whose subjects and compositions draw our attention to art history as a whole, and how we bring our own knowledge to the canvas, as he combine traditional Flemish imagery with digital manipulations and pop elements.”

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Juxtapoz Magazine - January 17, 2018

REVIEW: EXPLORING PLAYFULNESS AT JACK HANLEY GALLERY IN NEW SHOW TITLED "SPIELTRIEB"

By Jessica Ross

Jack Hanley Gallery in New York is currently hosting a four person group show, titled Spieltrieb, featuring the works of Polly Apfelbaum, Beverly Fishman, Ryan Mrozowski and Kathleen Ryan. On view through February 4th, the show is a clever display of painting, sculpture and site specific installation. 

According the gallery, It’s title, “Spieltrieb comes from the German expression that can be translated as ‘play-drive’, the ‘urge to play’ or ‘play impulse’. In ‘On the Aesthetic Education of Man’ (1794) German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller described Spieltrieb as the ideal union of Formtrieb (the form impulse) and Stofftrieb (the sense impulse). In his theory, the sense impulse equals life whereas the form impulse equates with shape and therefore denotes the object of Spieltrieb as the living shape which for him is synonymous with beauty. All works in the show combine these components, formal and sensuous, with a game element, a playfulness, inviting viewers to engage with their associations.”

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Juxtapoz Magazine - January 11, 2018

REVIEW: KATHERINE BERNHARDT @ CANADA GALLERY, NYC

By Jessica Ross

This past weekend, Brooklyn based artist Katherine Bernhardt opened her fifth solo show at CANADA Gallery in New York . Titled “Green” the exhibition is a continuation of her pattern paintings that combine imagery of everyday consumer items and recognizable pop-culture characters. A visual hodgepodge of symbology , Bernhardt’s subjects create a dialogue about our obsession with material goods and manufactured happiness via capitalist structures. While the color green is typically associated with nature and growth, Bernhardt decisively contrasts it with nods to envy and greed. This tension in her work, while executed playfully, brings attention to larger discussions about modern society and our relationship to nature.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - January 2, 2018

STUDIO VISIT & INTERVIEW: DAN PERKINS IN BROOKLYN

By Jessica Ross

Experimentation is a key element for any artist. By constantly tweaking and adjusting one’s methodology, you can arrive at different results through various processes. Brooklyn based artist Dan Perkins is no different. Through constant trial and error, he’s able to tackle what he finds most interesting, the eternal contrast between the man-made and natural world. Simple in form and design, his paintings look almost digitally created, but upon closer inspection, the artist’s hand becomes more apparent.

Through minimal geometric design and calculated line work, Perkins’s abstract paintings are mathematically conceived via protractors and arithmetic. This strategic approach to painting is contrasted by his choice in color. Using familiar sunset palettes and soft, airbrushed effects, his work then becomes the antithesis between the natural and the artificial. Supple in texture, yet unyielding in composition, the combination results in an illusionary and challenging piece for the viewer.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - December 21, 2017

INTERVIEW: DAN GLUIBIZZI ON MASSIVE ATTACK, COLLECTING AND THE ART OF SCROLLING

By Jessica Ross

Portland based artist Dan Gluibizzi collects things. Whether it be perfectly color-coordinated ceramics, or the hundreds of images used for his own work, he has perfected the art of constructing a collection. The artist scours the web for visual threads, and then slowly but surely, pieces them together to create beautiful portrait groupings, bringing greater meaning to his individual subjects.

A zealous observer and surveyor of human nature, Gluibizzi seeks visual connections through a plethora of online sources. He then establishes relationships between subjects via different themes. Some are ordinary, like the way we embrace each other in hugs, or the way we hold beer bottles, or even the awkward way we dress and undress. Others are more specific and explore the multifaceted aspects of human sexuality. Taking inspiration from amateur porn blogs, Gluibizzi is able to examine these relationships in his own unique style. Through balanced, grouped compositions, sloping gradients and masterfully chosen colors, he transforms his unknown subjects into aesthetic bliss, an attractive congregation of expertly coordinated figures.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - November 28, 2017

FEATURE: JOCELYN TSAIH ON EGGS, HUMAN NATURE AND COLOR EXPLORATION

By Jessica Ross

New York based artist Jocelyn Tsaih is tuned-in to what it means to be human. By observing human nature, in all its forms, she's able to to successfully translate the subtleties of human behavior visually into her work. Simple and effective, Tsaih’s playful illustrations strike an immediate and recognizable chord. Although her figures may be faceless and lack human elements, they display authentic ethos and incite the viewer to impart their own feelings and interpretations. We recently swung by her studio in Chinatown NYC to peep her new work and talk about what it means to be human, flesh through ideas of dual cultural identity and of course her favorite topic, eggs.

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