Posts in Artists In the Studio

Kyung Eun You: where are we now

Oct 01, 2019

Written by Julia Friedman Using a unique visual language of black-and-white graphic repetition that hovers between figuration and abstraction, artist Kyung Eun You (Korean, born 1988) tells a moving story of immigration and loss in where are we now, a book You produced during her artist’s book residency at Women’s Studio Workshop from January to May, 2019…. View Article

Activ/ist: In the Studio with Laura Nova

Sep 05, 2019

Photos by Nina Isabelle Rarely does one encounter an object intended solely for viewing in artist Laura Nova’s work. Blending daily life with something a bit more extraordinary, viewers and participants are lifted out of routines and monotony and given instead a fresh awareness of their surroundings and themselves Primarily working in performance and public… View Article

#FirstFriday September Exhibitions We Love!

Sep 04, 2019

Highlighting exhibitions that feature the work of WSW artists, we share the shows near and far that make up our monthly must-see list. New York Lucy Holtsnider (AIE Workspace Residency ’18) has a solo show, Blind Spots, at Womenswork.art Gallery in Poughkeepsie. The show will have an opening reception on September 6th from 6-9pm. The show will be… View Article

Ends with Beginnings: Gabe Brown in the Studio

Aug 23, 2019

Gabe Brown combines geometric and organic forms to create abstract landscapes. She searches for meaning in the unknown, imagining what reality beyond our tangible experience might look like. Her diverse influences include the early Renaissance painter Giotto, Mughal painting from the 16th-18th centuries, and Japanese woodcuts. For Brown, the common thread in this work is… View Article

The Future and the Past in the Art of Sims-Burchard

Aug 15, 2019

The human hand is everywhere in Ginny Sims-Burchard’s sculpture. In her stylized figures and rough-finished ceramic vessels there is no attempt to conceal that a malleable, tactile medium has been worked and pressed and gouged and made to adhere, one part to another, with a clear vision in mind. Expressive and sophisticated, these forms with… View Article

#First Friday: August Exhibitions We Love!

Aug 01, 2019

Highlighting exhibitions that feature the work of WSW artists, we share the shows near and far that make up our monthly must-see list. New York DM Whitman(Studio Workspace Residency ’12) is an exhibiting artist as part of KLOMPCHING’S annual show, FRESH. The group exhibition is on view until Aug. 10, 2019 at the KLOMPCHING GALLERY. Katie Baldwin (Artist’s Book… View Article

Imin Yeh: Paper Paper Film

Jul 26, 2019

Imin Yeh uses paper not merely as a surface to print on, but as a sculptural medium through which to create three dimensional representations of objects. She is especially interested in things that have been forgotten, discarded, or overlooked: a defunct subway token, a mixed-CD found in the trash, a children’s book from the free… View Article

Kate Horvat: The Sun Is Shining But I Don’t Trust It

Jul 19, 2019

Trust: a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. How does one develop trust?  Trust comes through the repetition of reliable and truthful sensations. We feel it — physically, emotionally, mentally — grow in strength through its continued duration. The Sun is Shining in all the chaos of our… View Article

The Magic of What Gets Left Behind: Vin Caponigro in the Studio

Jul 11, 2019

Since they were a child, Vin Caponigro has been surrounded with the kind of organic matter that blurs the lines between magic and medicine, aesthetic and utilitarian. Lemons, olive oil, vinegar, cement, coal, and salt were all staples in and around the Eastern Pennsylvania home where they grew up, and they’ve continued to feel pulled… View Article