PinnedArtist Huntrezz Janos on finding freedom in scaling City Hall.Interview by Shelley Holcomb Los Angeles native Huntrezz Janos has been working with virtual graphics since she was a kid. She has presented work across a spectrum of mediums: installation, painting, performance, rhyme writing, and most extensively, 3D graphics and animation. …Los Angeles15 min readLos Angeles15 min read
Jan 20Exploring Identity Through Place: Artist Jessica Taylor Bellamy’s Love Letter To L.A.Interview by Shelley Holcomb For Jessica Taylor Bellamy, the city of Los Angeles is both a home and an ongoing source of inspiration. Bellamy’s art explores the rich tapestry of both identity and place, proposing the question, how does one’s environment shape the way they interact with their own identity…Art13 min readArt13 min read
Sep 6, 2022Traversing Time and First-Generation Guilt with Artist Tidawhitney LakInterview and photography by Shelley Holcomb Los Angeles-based artist Tidawhitney Lek’s work combines vivid colors, intricate compositions, and surreal domestic interiors that bleed into sublime exteriors, giving viewers a contorted perspective into her very personal family history. The paintings are rife with intricate details that weave together profoundly buried emotions…Art16 min readArt16 min read
Aug 11, 2022Artist David-Jeremiah on Masculinity, Control, and What it Means to ReleaseInterview by Shelley Holcomb Dallas-based artist David-Jeremiah is interrogating racism and reclaiming his time in his solo exhibition at Meliksetian | Briggs, made known from the beginning by the title itself, I Drive Thee. The exhibition plays with notions of driving starting from the stylization of the title, to the…Art19 min readArt19 min read
May 10, 2022L.A.’s AAPI-Owned Galleries and Art Spacesby Shelley Holcomb The past few years have shown us that regardless of how diverse we like to think the current art world is, it’s really not hard to see if we look at the numbers that it’s still very much dominated by white cis men (surprise, surprise). …Art7 min readArt7 min read
Sep 30, 2021Artist Gabriela Ruiz on Fantasy, Time Travel, and the Audacity to ImagineInterview by Donasia Tillery Artist and fashion designer Gabriela Ruiz is best known for immersive scenes of neon hues, sensory heights, and unrepentant fantasy. …Art11 min readArt11 min read
Sep 16, 2021L.A.’s Latinx-Owned Galleries and Art SpacesBy Devany Harden For a city that was once part of Mexico and nearly 50% of the Los Angeles population being Latinx, it’s fair to imagine that the number of art galleries, museums, and spaces showing Latinx work here would roughly mirror that number. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t. L.A. ranks…Art7 min readArt7 min read
Mar 4, 2021Artist Brianna Mims on the Embodiment of an Abolitionist FrameworkInterviewed by Devany Harden Brianna Mims is an artist, abolitionist, and facilitator based in Los Angeles, CA. Mims is a graduate of the University of Southern California where she studied Dance and NGOs and Social Change. …Abolition18 min readAbolition18 min read
Feb 12, 2021Artist Jonah Elijah on Leaving the House and Making His Mark on the EarthInterview by Shelley Holcomb Through paintings, installations, and performances, artist Jonah Elijah offers his audience a representational view of what it’s like to be Black today. His work explores rituals of leaving the house, fighting for freedom, and what it means to leave your mark as an artist. …Los Angeles20 min readLos Angeles20 min read
Dec 17, 2020Curator Storm Ascher on Celebrating Black Art in the HamptonsStorm Ascher is an artist and curator who founded Superposition Gallery in August 2018. Storm started her curatorial projects with a mission to subvert gentrification tactics used in urban development through art galleries. …Black Art17 min readBlack Art17 min read
