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Oral Fixation Art PodcastInJung OhChicago based artists, InJung Oh, talks about her multifaceted art practice rooted in interdisciplinary practices and “volossom,” a term she coined for a repetitive motif on her paintings. She also shares her thoughts on motherhood, life as a Korean American woman, and how she uses her foundation for the betterment of a community.
2024-05-1530 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastMarina LeybishkisNew York based artist, Marina Leybishkis speaks about her latest installation, Ode to the Sea in exhibition at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery (CUNY), in New York. Marina brings some depth into the western view of peoples from all around the world seeking refuge and safety through the lens of the so called refugee crisis in Europe (c. 2018-19)2024-05-1139 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastSPECIAL: EXPO CHICAGO 2024 IN/SITU - Voluspa Jarpa, Full InterviewChilean artist, Voluspa Jarpa, talks about her installation "Desclasificados" at EXPO Chicago's IN/SITU section curated by Amara Antillo of the Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center.2024-04-1348 minOral Fixation Art PodcastSPECIAL: EXPO CHICAGO 2024 EXPOSURE - Micro Interviews - Part 2Spanish, English, Portuguese micro-interviews with the following EXPOSURE artists:
Nadia Taquary - Brazil
Sarah Mashaal - Canada
Pamela Echevarria - Mexico/Chile
Anahita Akhanvan - Iran/Canada
Preetika Rajgariah - Houston
Artists talk about their solo exhibitions. Curators talk about the artist they represent and their work as curators.2024-04-1332 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastANNOUNCING: Oral Fixation and EXPO Chicago 2024I am honored to have been invited by Expo Chicago to cover some of the events. In my roster of activities I am looking forward to interviewing curators Rosario Güiraldes who has curated this year’s EXPOSURE
section, which highlights solo and two-artist presentations from emerging galleries, and Amara Antilla, curator of EXPO’s IN/SITU a program of EXPO CHICAGO dedicated to large-scale sculpture, video, film, and site-specific works throughout Festival Hall, expanding upon IN/SITU’s legacy of fostering ambitious projects that typically aren't possible within the context of a fair.
2024-04-1002 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastMegan Malcolm MorganNew Mexico curator, Megan Malcolm Morgan talks about promoting social change, art-making and community engagement in a rural setting. And tells about her largest curatorial project Wo/Man House 2022 on the 50 year anniversary of Judy Chicago's Woman House (1972)
2024-03-1359 minOral Fixation Art PodcastSPECIAL EDITION 2: ELEANOR NEAL - DECADENCE OF ANOTHER KINDIn this special edition of Oral Fixation Art Podcast, Georgia based artist, Eleanor Neal talks about her latest works inspired by her residency at Daufuskie Island, off the coast of South Carolina, the Gullah people, and her relationship with nature, her processes in art making, and long lasting friends and mentors. Presently, her works are in exhibition at Bridgeport Art Center. 2024-02-1433 minOral Fixation Art PodcastSPECIAL EDITION: SEPTEMBER GRAY, DECADENCE OF ANOTHER KIND.In this special episode, Atlanta curator September Gray speaks about her current exhibition at the Bridgeport Art Center this winter, her journey changing careers into the art world, and the upcoming artist talk showcasing Detroit's Shirley Woodson.2024-02-1335 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastClareese HillNew York based artist Clareese Hill talks about her researched based art practice expanding into pedagogy through the lens of technology, computational art, and real and virtual worlds.2024-02-121h 09
Oral Fixation Art PodcastGwen Yen ChiuChicago-based, Taiwanese-American artist, Gwen Yen Chiu talks about her practice, working with aluminium, recent public works, and how she draws inspiration from folk tales, calligraphy, ephemerality in making sculptures, and life as a fist generation American.2023-12-201h 00
Oral Fixation Art PodcastPaola Lopez Pedroza - En EspañolPaola Lopez is a Mexican artist, curator, and administrator. She speaks about family life, her passage through the US and her gallery, El Arenero, an experimental art space for contemporary art.2023-11-2450 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastAzadeh Hussaini - Part 1Iranian-American artist, Azadeh Hussaini, speaks about her practice, installation art, working with paper, breaking the barriers of tradition, self-empowerment, and life in Iran and the US.2023-11-2338 minOral Fixation Art PodcastAzadeh Hussaini - Part 2In part 2 of this episode, Azadeh talks about some of her works, processes and working with paper.2023-11-2340 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastClaudia Caffarena (en español)La artista peruana, Claudia Caffarena, conversa de las razones que la motivan a investigar la conexión de la identidad ancestral y contemporánea peruana y a travéz del arte explorando la intuición, la memoria colectiva y el poder mágico femenino.2023-11-0348 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastDiana Solis - Part 2 of 2In part 2, Diana gets frank about activism, cautionary tales, coming out, human rights and her most recent work being exhibited at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.2023-10-1936 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastDiana Solis - Part 1 of 2Diana Solis talks about life as an activist artist organizing and documenting events since the 1970s, from the fringes of culture. She is a first-generation Mexican-American, LGBTQ+ and LatinX Chicagoan supporting Chicano culture, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-wave feminist, working on themes of identity addressing the fragility of contemporary relevant issues. 2023-10-1939 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastJanice Marin - Part 2 of 2In part 2 of Janice Marin's interview, she tells us about the most important persons in her life and the family influences that nurture the preservation of her personal history, and culture, and how it spans into her art practice.
This is part of a series of Hispanic Heritage Month interviews.
2023-10-0643 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastJanice Marin - Part 1 of 2Argentine-Canadian/Chicago (now Vermont)-based artist, Janice Marin talks about how changes in life prompted a new body of work and reminds us of why culture, family, and authenticity are important.
This is the first of a series of Hispanic Heritage Month interviews.
This interview is part 1 of 2.2023-10-0640 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastAri UrbanMiami-based musician, Ari Urban, talks about her journey as a classically trained musician, creating healing music for the soul, and the power of mentorship.2023-09-211h 11
Oral Fixation Art PodcastGina Lee RobbinsIndiana-based artist Gina Lee Robbins talks about working with repurposed materials (findings from her walks and explorations in and outside the city) to create mixed-media sculptures and installations.2023-09-0738 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastTrailer - Intro to Oral FixationThis week, I decided to roll out a brief intro2023-08-3102 minOral Fixation Art PodcastNona FaustineNew York artist, Nona Faustine, talks about her research practice, growing up in Brooklyn, and her most current body of work as well as sharing advice on the importance of understanding the art world and creating a community for oneself (as an artist).2023-08-2432 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastNancy YoudelmanCalifornia artist, Nancy Youdelman, talks about her life, works, processes, and life as an artist, feminist art, Womanhouse 1972, motherhood, and ageism. 2023-08-1756 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastKate E. SchafferMilwaukee-based artist-curator-educator talks about her most recent curatorial project, the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum highlighting women, femme, and non-binary artists intersecting a historic collection.2023-08-1032 min
Oral Fixation Art PodcastGalina ShevchenkoChicago-based artist, Galina Shevchenko talks about perceptions of beauty, post-humanism, being Russian, life during the Soviet collapse, and her life and work in the USA. 2023-08-0341 min
The Artist Next Level Podcast with Sergio GomezPia Cruzalegui talks about launching Twisted Oyster Film FestivalTwisted Oyster is an annual theme-based and socially conscious festival showcasing stories and works of human interest. At the core of the festival lies community engagement and social inclusion with a mission to place a spotlight on stories of human interest across a broad range of social issues, through the curation of films and time-based media artworks. Twisted Oyster is a unique festival in Chicago where film and art intersect in a dual program exhibition. The works created by culturally diverse artists and filmmakers from around the world open doors to stories that engage the public into an in-de...2018-11-2037 min