February 2012
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Artist of the Week: Andreas Schimanski
Andreas Schimanski lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He studied fine arts at Hochschule der Künste Berlin from 1993 to 1999. His work has been exhibited throughout Germany and internationally.
Tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do? I am a friendly human being, sometimes angry, but basically cool and dedicated. I spend my days with art, either thinking about it, working on it,...
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Artist of the Week: Amy Feldman
Amy Feldman received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Rutgers University. She has recently been included in exhibitions at Sue Scott Gallery, New York; Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, New York; and Participant Inc., New York. Feldman has been a Visiting Artist at Virginia Commonwealth University, Lehman College, and Wave Hill, and received a New Jersey State Council on...
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Artist of the Week: Bobby Scheidemann
Bobby Scheidemann lives in San Marcos, Texas and works in Austin. He received his BFA from Texas State University in 2011.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am a recent BFA graduate who is on the job hunt and does freelance photography on the side. I primarily work in photography but I’m looking to experiment with mixed media soon.
If you had to explain your work to a...
January 2012
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Meet our Gallery Assistants!
Danielle Campbell (left) and Anna Mort (right) have been LVL3’s amazing gallery assistants since August of 2011.
Danielle is in her third year at SAIC pursuing her BFA. Born and raised in Texas, she works mainly in film and performance with experimental documentaries of physical places and past relationships. Danielle also works as a Peer Advisor in SAIC’s Cooperative Education...
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Artist of the Week: Daniel Shea
Daniel Shea is an artist living and working in Chicago. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is currently pursuing his MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Daniel showed with LVL3 at MDW Fair in April 2011.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? I try to make things as bleak as reality.
What materials do you use in your...
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Artist of the Week: Melissa Steckbauer
Melissa Steckbauer was born in Tucson Arizona. She earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2008. Steckbauer has an upcoming solo exhibition at Western Exhibitions in Chicago.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I studied fine art in Wisconsin, Utrecht, and Florence and moved to Berlin in 2008. Currently I work in photography and collage and my source...
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Artist of the Week: Peter Shear
Peter Shear is a painter living and working in Bloomington, Indiana. He was born in Beverly Farms, MA in 1980.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I’m an artist living in Bloomington, Indiana. I cook at a restaurant, walk around…
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? It depends on the stranger. To my ideal stranger I might say that I’m...
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Artist of the Week: Ruben Nusz
Saint Paul-based artist Ruben Nusz was born in South Dakota and raised by cowboys. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota. He’ll be featured in the upcoming exhibition Lifelike at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. It’s funny, when people ask what I do I typically say that I’m a painter. For non-artists, they...
December 2011
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Artist of the Week: Lucas Blalock
Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Lucas Blalock lives and works in LA. He received his BFA in Photography from Bard College and is currently pursuing his MFA at UCLA. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2011.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am a photographer currently living in Los Angeles. My work considers photographs as...
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Artist of the Week: Landon Metz
Landon Metz lives and works in New York. Landon’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Mexico, Germany and France.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Landon, I’m an artist and my main focus is presently painting. I was born in Arizona and I work and live in New York.
What kinds of things are influencing your work right now? The...
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Artist of the Week: Markus Wüste
Markus Wüste is a sculptor living and working in Berlin, Germany. He attended Universität der Künste and works primarily in stone.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am a sculptor and live and work in Berlin.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? Take some time and touch it.
What materials do you use in your work and what is your process...
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November 2011
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Artist of the Week: Alex Ebstein
Alex Ebstein lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland and is co-director of Nudashank. Her work has been exhibited throughout the East Coast.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am an artist, curator and writer in Baltimore, Maryland. I co-founded and direct Nudashank along with Seth Adelsberger. We’ve been running the gallery for 3 years in March. I write art reviews...
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Artist of the Week: Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and continues to live and work in Edinburgh. His artwork celebrates the quotidian and the commonplace, both as subject and material. He has shown locally, nationally and internationally (from Kirkcudbright in Scotland to Ekaterinburg in Russia) and in a variety of environments and mediums, from gallery-based work to public installation and...
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Artist of the Week: Liz Nielsen
Liz Nielsen lives and works in New York. Her photographs and installations have been exhibited in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Germany.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I love to walk around taking photographs, spend time in my studio, laugh, drink beer, look at as much art as possible, kiss my girlfriend, ride my bike, and go out to eat with my family. I have a...
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Artist of the Week: Helmut Smits
Helmut Smits lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His work has been shown throughout Europe and in the US.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? Check my website.
What materials do you use in your work and what is your process like? First I have an idea, then I search for the right medium for that idea.
What artists are you interested in right now? ...
October 2011
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Artist of the Week: Calvin Ross Carl
Calvin Ross Carl is an artist and designer in Portland, Oregon. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated with a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2008.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? Oh, this is always a tough one. I usually mention my love of simple geometric shapes with bright, flat colors, abstracted landscapes, and my interest in...
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Artist of the Week: Matthew Northridge
Matthew Northridge is a visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BA from Boston College and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has shown his work internationally and has an upcoming solo show at KANSAS in New York City.
How did your interest in art begin? When I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, my father would bring me along with him to flea...
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Artist of the Week: Olaf Breuning
Originally from Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Olaf Breuning currently lives and works in New York City. He works in a wide range of media and his work has been exhibited internationally. His show Art Freaks is currently up at Metro Pictures until October 29th.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am a normal human who tries to get along in this life. What materials do you use...
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Artist of the Week: Michael Bussell
Michael Bussell is an artist living and working in Baltimore, MD. He is currently pursuing his BFA in photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is a committee member of the Wilgus Gallery.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? I hate answering this question—I would probably try to start explaining, then just show them my work.
How did your...
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Artist of the Week: Jade Walker
Jade Walker is an artist living and working in Austin, Texas. She received her BFA from the University of Florida and her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been exhibited throughout Texas and the southeast.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. My wonderful day job is as director of the Visual Arts Center in the Department of Art + Art History at the ...
September 2011
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Artist of the Week: Chris Bradley
Chris Bradley was born in northeast New Jersey and currently lives in Chicago, IL. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Chris has an upcoming solo exhibition at Hungryman San Francisco opening October 8th.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? Dumb, but knows a little more about you than you do it.
When and where did...
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Artist of the Week: Alika Cooper
Born in Agana, Guam, Alika Cooper currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2006. Alika’s work has been exhibited in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and throughout the U.S.
How did your interest in art begin?
I took an after school class in 4th grade in San Diego, an oil painting still life class. We set up avocados...
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Artist of the Week: Rachel Niffenegger
Rachel Niffenegger lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently pursuing her MFA from Northwestern University. Niffenegger recently had a two-person exhibition with Paul Nudd at Western Exhibitions.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I received my BFA from SAIC in 2008 and am currently working on my MFA in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University in...
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Artist of the Week: Hayley Aviva Silverman
Hayley Aviva Silverman is a visual artist living in New York City. She received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Interdisciplinary Sculptural Studies. Silverman has recently shown at the Queens Museum of Art, The Art Foundation- Athens, and the Venice Biennial.
How long have you lived in New York and what brought you there? I was born in NYC and have returned to live here...
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August 2011
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Artist of the Week: Clay Hickson
Clay Hickson is a printmaker and illustrator living in Montreal, Canada. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010.
How did your interest in art begin? My interest in art began with my parents. My father was an airbrush illustrator in the 70’s and 80’s and my mother is an art therapist. But it wasn’t until high school, when my older brother...
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Artist of the Week: Leslie Baum
Leslie Baum is a painter living in Chicago, IL. She received her BA from the University of Vermont and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. Leslie recently had a solo exhibition at Devening Projects + Editions.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? I make paintings, sometimes on paper, sometimes on canvas. Either way, the work is grounded in paint’s...
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Artist of the Week: William Sieruta
William Sieruta is a painter from Amherst, Massachusetts. He is currently an MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I’m Will. I’m a painter and I make pictures. Some friends and I have a side project called Murdertown, which is an “alternative space” in Logan Square that organizes exhibitions,...
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Artist of the Week: Samara Scott
Samara Scott is currently pursuing her MA in Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at Crate Gallery in London.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I think about it as a sort of liquidy making, where naive absent-minded processes direct material - leftovers, scum, scraps that I surround myself with - and trickle it...
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Artist of the Week: Jeremy Liebman
Jeremy Liebman is a photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been shown by Dazed & Confused Magazine, Vice and Dossier Journal. His book Optimal Enchantments will be released this year.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I’m an artist currently living in Brooklyn, born in Berkeley, California, and mostly raised in Dallas. My work...
July 2011
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Artist of the Week: Robin Juan
Robin Juan lives and works in San Francisco, California. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Robin is the founder and Curatorial Director of Hungryman Gallery in Chicago and San Francisco.
What materials do you use in your work and what is your process like? I shoot large format film that I then scan and digitally print, which can be a pretty...
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Artist of the Week: Rachel de Joode
Rachel de Joode was born in 1979 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, studied at Art Academie ST’Joost, Breda (NL), and graduated at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam (NL). She has received a Starters Stipendium from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture and won 3rd Prize at the 90 Jahre Bauhaus Award. De Joode has an upcoming exhibition in Mexico City and a solo...
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Artist of the Week: Ann Woo
Ann Woo is a photographer based between Hong Kong and New York. She received her BA in Design from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and completed a certificate program at the International Center of Photography in 2008.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I originally graduated with a degree in fashion design and then worked a ...
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Artist of the Week: Rafaël Rozendaal
Rafaël Rozendaal is a Dutch-Brazilian visual artist living in Berlin. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe and South America, as well as in New York, Taipei and Tokyo. Rafaël recently curated BYOB Venezia at the 2011 Venice Biennial.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? I always say: imagine a white website and when you drag your mouse it bleeds. What...
June 2011
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Artist of the Week: Dan Gunn
Dan Gunn lives and works in Chicago. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007. His work has been exhibited in Texas, Mexico and throughout the Midwest.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? Hopefully I wouldn’t have to. Part of my interest in art objects is as a physical phenomena, things that are looked at and looked into. The...
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Artist of the Week: Ryan De La Hoz
Ryan De La Hoz lives and works in San Francisco, California. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, as well as the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Canada and the UK.
If you had to explain your work to a stranger what would you say? I have almost ceased trying to explain. I think I make my best work when I am reflecting on a lonely time, and have since recovered....
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Artist of the Week: Rop van Mierlo
Rop van Mierlo is a illustrator, animator and graphic designer based in the Netherlands. He received his education at Willem de Kooning Academy and Design Academy Eindhoven. Rop recently published his first book, Wild Animals.
Tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do. I’m a man. I’m from the Netherlands. I run my own studio in Amsterdam in graphic design, illustration...
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Artist of the Week: Olaf Unverzart
Olaf Unverzart lives and works in Munich, Germany. He received a degree in fine art photography from Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in 2000.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. I am an artist and photographer mostly working on free long-time projects which end in books, exhibitions or in magazines. If you had to explain your work to a stranger what would you say? ...
May 2011
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Artist of the Week: Sol Hashemi
Sol Hashemi lives and works in Seattle, Washington. He recently had a solo exhibition, Rock Show, at James Harris Gallery in Seattle.
Tell me a little bit about yourself and what you do. I grew up in Vancouver, Washington and moved to Seattle, where I currently live, to attend the University of Washington. I was named a Mary Gates Research Scholar and received a BFA in Photography with...
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Artist of the Week: David Horvitz
David Horvitz lives and works in New York City. He is currently pursuing his MFA from Bard College.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. My name is David. I was born in Los Angeles in 1980. I live in New York. I travel, and make a lot of projects. If you had to explain your work to a stranger, what would you say? I usually evade answering as long as I can. When I am cornered,...
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