Born and raised in Iran, Toronto-based artist Sheida Shekarian is drawn to our shared experiences and what it means to be human. While she has worked on photoshoots, in graphic design, and admires a variety of creative fields, Sheida always returns to illustration. Her narrative-based visuals incorporate a sense of humour and deep appreciation for the complexity of our lives […]
Canadian boxcar rider and artist Troy Lovegates (OTHER) has traveled the world on freights and foot from town to city many times in the last three decades, sleeping where he collapses, drawing where he lands. His characters show the wear and tear of life as if they have travelled greatly, if not physically, then perhaps psychologically or emotionally. Their clashing […]
A collection of recent work by Kansas City-based artist Mikey Yates (previously featured here). Taken from his latest show with Taymour Grahne Projects, “Boomerang” is an extended meditation on the places we call home. Yates invokes the reflections and artifacts that haunt those mental and physical spaces, reminding us that the true essence of the term remains even if loved […]
For this year’s Worldwide Walls event in Honolulu, Hawai’i, we helped organize a conversation at the Bishop Museum with acclaimed filmmakers, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert aka The Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once), and Kirsten Lepore (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, I am Groot). I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion which travelled from “butt stuff” to artificial […]
Located just outside Stockholm, Sweden, SNÖSÄTRA is a unique and renowned area known for its vibrant graffiti scene and urban art. A former dump site, it has been transformed into a haven, a site for graffiti jams, and even the SNÖSÄTRA Wall of Fame. Many meters of concrete walls have become a canvas for various artists, and murals and graffiti […]
What are your eyes being drawn to lately? All those little details that I can visually chase in my daily life, bring surrealism and stands out of the ordinary, this little “out of time” moment when it’s created by a particular light, a shadow, a reflection or an encounter. What do you most enjoy looking at through your viewfinder? I […]
In partnership with Greenpeace Malaysia, the artist collective Splash and Burn has undertaken a year-long campaign in Malaysia to combat haze pollution and advocate for clean air as a fundamental human right. The project, led by artist Ernest Zacharevic, has involved five impactful interventions alongside Southeast Asian artists such as Cloakwork, Pangrok Sulap, and Fahmi Reza. The campaign culminated earlier […]
A selection of paintings by artist Julia Maiuri, currently based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Maiuri uses film and collective memory as entry points into the fantastic — an imaginative space somewhere between the natural and supernatural. She is interested in the passage of time, the nature of truth, and exploring multiple perspectives of the same moment. Referencing horror, noir, and […]
A scattered array of actors aim to write upon the modern city today, from the initiatives of arts councils and community leaders to the privately funded neighborhood gentrification projects. There are programs funded by brands eager to use public space to sell their products and quasi-public programs that merge the interests of institutions and neighborhoods. There are pop-up events that […]
Born in Ventura, California and currently based in both Miami Beach, Florida and New York City, artist José Delgado Zúñiga received his BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2015 and his MFA in Painting from Columbia University in 2017. His work conveys “a rhythm of the muralist sensibility” in its fusion of colour and form, symbol and […]