Curator on the Go Podcast (Liza aka Curator on the Go)

Darlene J. Winfield is an award-winning Canadian artist whose work is held in several private and corporate collections. Art to Darlene is a way to communicate without words, a universal language she enjoys. Darlene’s style is representational while at times leaning into semi-abstract. Darlene resided in Mexico and Indonesia for many years and spent extended periods of time in Europe going to historical sites and art galleries. She was constantly sketching and dreaming of oil painting during that time. With the opportunity to finally oil paint large scale, Darlene immersed herself into her life as a full-time painter. 

Her work has been showcased at various locations and art galleries in Ontario. Darlene has been juried into numerous shows including the Artist Project and the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair.

Learn more about the artist here: https://www.darlenejwinfieldart.com/.

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Cobie Cruz was born in Manila, Philippines into a family of artists. He started his career in advertising as an art director, then became a director of television commercials before starting to paint professionally. Cruz participated in several group and solo exhibitions before emigrating with his family to Canada in 2005.

Cobie Cruz's paintings are an exploration of composition, color and texture. The bold and determined brushstrokes are created by both intention and spontaneity and reflect his interpretation of the world around him. Cruz is curently represented by Canvas Gallery, Petroff Gallery, Arta Gallery in Toronto and Galerie Bloom in Montreal. Learn more about Cobie Cruz here. 

Canadian artist Boyd Waites has always been most interested in our natural surroundings and people, as well as people’s impact on the landscape. He is not interested in faithfully depicting a particular place, his work could be categorized broadly as Abstract Expressive Landscape. Boyd keeps inside emotions and feelings about places and my own experiences or inner reactions and their memories. He is always seeking to elevate and uplift through his paintings, to elevate the viewers perceptions, feeling or mood and sense of place.

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Toronto-based photographer Edith Levy is inspired by the world around her and strives to translate what she sees into unique pieces of art. She has been involved in photography and the creative arts for over 30 years and in the last 10 years Edith’s focused primarily on landscape and travel photography, embracing the beauty that she sees around her and the people that she meets during her travels. Her limited edition photographs are held in private collections in Canada, US, Israel and Europe.

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based artist Jacques Descoteaux.

For over 25 years, Jacques was the accountant by day, the artist by night. He came from an artistic family and has studied under a number of professional artists - collectively, they all helped Jacques found his artistic voice. From watercolor to pastel to oil paints and a few other media, Jacques’ painting style has evolved over time, but it’s always been influenced by his first studies in watercolor. 

His paintings are an exploration of color, of light, of rhythms and patterns, of movement and space. Jacques is inspired by the landscape, but his paintings go beyond the landscape – they are about memory and transport you to imagined places, to imaginary moments. Over the years, he presented his work in a number of solo and group shows and sold art to private collectors in Canada and the US.

When we recorded this interview, Jacques was at his art residency in Ireland. So, bear that in mind. When he describes what he does and how he paints “here” – he is talking about his art residency.

Find more about Jacques Descoteaux at:

https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/jdcoto-art/about

https://www.instagram.com/jdcoto.art/

http://www.jdcoto.art/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast and I am Liza - your host! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based artist Madeleine Gross. 

Madeleine customizes her photographs with paint in a way designed to abstract landscapes but without completely abstracting reality. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design where she gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Madeleine intuitively applies gesture, texture, color, and strokes with paint with the idea of emulating an immersive reality for viewers and in turn induces the sensation of actually being there just by looking.

The inspiration she finds in nature, light and the effortlessly entertaining pastime of people watching can be felt in her images; with textural color layers and a realistic movement, her images embody the ripped water from a jet sky, ocean waves, the fresh beach breeze. Positive connotations are at the heart of her work, with each of the photographs taken on her trips across the globe, all enhanced by a warm and bright palette applied through a few happy strokes of a brush.

Her past clients are KitKat Canada, Fashion Magazine Canada, i-D Magazine, Nike Air Society, Roads Group, among others. Her art was featured at CBC Arts, Fashion Magazine, Saatchi Art, Interview Magazine Germany, Redmilk, etc. I’ve been a big fan of Madeleine’s work and excited to have her as my podcast guest. Enjoy!

Before we continue, I want to thank today’s episode sponsor Imagefoundry - a Toronto-based fine art printing boutique that specializes in edition printing, art documentation, editing, custom art reproduction projects and retouching work. Imagefoundry always uses top-notch materials and offers affordable prices and flawless execution. They produce ultra-sharp, direct scans from artworks of any size.

Imagefoundry is proud to be a green business that re-uses up to 75% of packaging materials, as well as uses water-based inks, adhesives made from natural materials, and safe, food-grade chemicals for photographic processing. 

Imagefoundry's clients include artists: Rebecca Belmore, Suzy Lake, John Massey, Jeffrey James and organizations like the Art Gallery of Ontario and Art Gallery of Hamilton among many others. 

Imagefoundry always supports the local art community and provides its storefront space for solo and group shows. Visit https://www.imagefoundry.ca/ to book an appointment and learn more about the company and its services.  

As a child, Lisa Litowitz explored the art of painting. Throughout her career, she has shown versatility, painting in a variety of styles. She is influenced by the beauty of nature on her daily walks and seeks to represent them through her own eyes. She works in oils, painting impressionist landscapes and subjects with bright colors and bold strokes.

During her 25+ years of painting, Lisa Litowitz has created over 50 pieces of art, ranging from petite product sketches to large sprawling landscapes. She has a willingness to push boundaries. She has the innate ability to capture moments and combine them with an emotional brushstroke style.

Learn more about the artist:

https://www.instagram.com/lisalitowitzart/

https://www.lisalitowitzart.com/

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Sierra Barber is a Toronto based Indigenous artist of Upper Mohawk/ mixed ancestry. She graduated from OCAD University with a BFA in 2015, majoring in Sculpture and Installation with a minor in the Indigenous Visual Culture Program. Sierra has been exploring the characteristics of wax as a medium for a decade, developing a process that allows full control over the material. She creates small scale, meditative works where beads of hot wax are precisely applied and built up in layers to create intricate patterns both planned and intuitive. Sierra’s professional practice has explored themes of preservation, transformation, identity, and the collection of memory.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.sierrabarber.com/

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Work by Canadian abstract landscape artist Samantha Williams-Chapelsky interprets landscape with color, gestures, and texture using acrylic paints to capture patterns of meaning and historical significance. She investigates the parallels between grassland crops to textile patterns, conversational meaning and emotion within a skyline, and spirituality within a landscape.

“My work primarily focuses on the depiction the landscape of Canada and specifically that of Western Canada is in a constant state of change. From weather to the effect of human presence to the pastoral landscape, idyllic in the minds of prairie dwellers, there are never ending conversations of patterns, lights, and landscape horizons. I aims to capture the relationship between the sky and ground. This stark divisional line suggests a disconnect and yet neither sky nor ground would exist without the other.”

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Patricia Coulter is an award-winning artist who lives in Alberta, Canada. 

She creates large contemporary, bold, abstract paintings. Combining the subtle blending of colours that were hypnotizing in watercolour and using a different substrate, Patricia uses her experiences and skills to design and create paintings that are brimming with vitality and sizzling with colour. Patricia’s paintings can be found in numerous private collections in Canada and the United States.

Learn more about the artist: https://patriciacoulter.com/

https://www.instagram.com/patriciacoulterart/

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Alyson Borycki is a contemporary abstract artist based in Toronto, Canada. Her work tells stories of empowerment, healing, growth, and self-acceptance. "Using bold and playful gestures and colours, I feel my way through my work, infusing both raw emotion and energy with softness and tranquility. I create my paintings by adding layer upon layer of colour as the story unfolds.  Every piece is a reflection of myself at any given time, but I love the idea of viewers seeing themselves reflected in the work and connecting their own experiences and interpretations to the work. In this way, the story I tell continues to evolve after it leaves my hands."

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Victoria Lyons is an Art Director & Illustrator from Canada, currently living and working in New York City. She has studied at Miami Ad School, with experience at top agencies including TBWA\Chiat\Day, Ogilvy, R/GA, and Publicis Sapient in New York City. She has spent time studying in Toronto, Singapore, France, Poland, and New York.

Learn more about Victoria:

https://www.thetowelseries.com/home

https://www.instagram.com/torlyons/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

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Anastasia Fedorova is an award-winning Ukrainian Canadian painter. She creates beautiful multilayer oil paintings using the traditional Italian technique impasto. All of her multilayer oil paintings have a thick and rich texture. The main subjects of Anastasia’s oil paintings are conceptualized landscape, cityscape, and floral pieces. She usually starts her work from nature doing her Plein-airs outside in nature because the direct experience is very important to her. Anastasia won numerous International art awards and has a long history of solo and group exhibitions.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.fedorova.ca/

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Vancouver-based artist Amy Stewart has been drawn to the interconnections of art, play and nature since her childhood in 108-Mile House, British Columbia, where she spent most of her time outdoors. That first northern home continues to dominate much of Amy’s current artistic world. The memories of childhood and nature shape her adult imagination, and they are reflected in her paintings’ rich textures and vibrant tones. Her pieces are often inspired by the feelings that come both from the natural world and from engaging fully in her community and with her loved ones. “I paint how I feel and who I am,” Stewart explains. And that sense of humanity—the private experiences of suffering and celebration—is evoked by her canvases’ unique explorations of colour, which range from exuberant bursts of brightness to contemplative reflections on darkness.

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Kim VanDerHoek is an American contemporary fine artist who creates vibrant, textural oil paintings of landscapes and urban scenes in her Southern California studio.

She learned to paint by painting en Plein Air because it combined her love of being outside, creating art, and studying from life. Kim feels that through Plein Air painting she has gained a better understanding of the effects of light and atmosphere. She aims to translate those effects into her studio paintings. Currently, she is working on a series of studio paintings documenting iconic bridges across the U.S.

Learn more about the artist: https://kimvanderhoek.com/

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Nadia Lassman is an international artist with showings in Toronto, New York, Miami, and Scottsdale, and her work has appeared in Vogue, House & Garden, World of Interiors, and House of Coco magazines.

Influenced by the Impressionists, Lassman's work reflects the happiness she feels, the beauty of nature, and her joy in traveling. She is particularly fond of water scenes, keeping her viewers fascinated by the contrasting tones found there; the warm greens and yellows paired against the cooler shades of purple and blue that nature generously shares. By capturing seaside buildings with complex architectural details - such as rows of balconies and baroque facades - she is able to explore the complexity of man-made structures along with the interplay of light and reflections on the water. Her contemporary take on Impressionism is created by adding depth and interest to her romantic pieces with tactile, textured effects, which she achieves through the application of layers of pigments, along with sand and gels. She also specializes in creating custom vacation photo memory paintings, allowing the painting to become even more meaningful. 

Learn more about the artist: https://www.nadialassmanart.com/. 

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast and I am Liza, your host! Today I've decided to have a solo episode and discuss the question that I am asked every day – should artists work with an art gallery or sell independently or with help of an art agent, art dealer or any other professional outside the traditional gallery setting? Let’s dive into discussing the pros and cons of working with a gallery and how artists can be successful by selling independently via social media, website, newsletter, or by working with an art agent, etc.

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Judith Tatar is a Founder & Creative Director of Tatar Art Projects (TAP) - a global art consulting firm that connects clients to its community through artwork. TAP curates art programs that amplify diverse voices in visual art and its representatives of the communities they serve. Integral to a successful art program; whether hospitality, corporate or public, is that it enriches the experience for the viewer and maximizes return for the clients’ investment by unlocking the value of storytelling through visual art. 

Learn more about Tatar Art Projects here.

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based abstract artist Mishel Schwartz.

Mishel is known for creating pieces with captivating colors, rich, complex detail, and multi-textured elements. Through her work, she strives to find a balance between the need for control and the desire for freedom. Her primary inspiration comes from the organic world and the undeniable lure of nature. using the dynamic interplay of light and shadow, she alludes to the sights, smells, and shapes of all living things in the abstract, enabling the viewer to interpret its form and meaning.

Through what she calls ‘the mysterious fluidity of alcohol ink,’ she has uncovered a gorgeous malleability that allows her to delve deeply and add complexity to each element. Through experimentation, she has developed a layering and carving technique that has become her signature in every piece. Mishel spends endless hours in her studio painting, working on commissioned pieces and developing a body of work for future shows. She has participated in several exhibitions around the world as well as collaborating on various projects.

Find more information about the artist:

https://www.mishelschwartzart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mishelart2/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

For today's episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based abstract artist Shaina Hardie. She is part of Kefi Art Gallery and you can see and buy her works under the landscape art category.

Growing up in the Kawartha Lakes and later moving to the city has had a large impact on Shaina’s style and chosen subject matter. Her paintings showcase a signature geometric elegance with collections inspired by both the natural and urban landscape.

A self-taught artist from a young age, Shaina has spent the better part of her life developing (and continuing to develop) her craft. Currently, Shaina is studying the effect of color on our psyche and how to best apply these principles to her future artwork and commissioned pieces. 

Learn more about the artist:

https://www.shainahardie.com/

https://www.instagram.com/shainahardieart/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

Sarah Carlson uses her training in painting and filmmaking to compose narratives around themes of nature, kinship, female identity, and humour. Her work spans painting, murals, sculpture, video and installation. Recent exhibitions include Gladstone Hotel,  Red Head Gallery,  Propeller and solo exhibitions at Gallery 1313 and Ignite Gallery. She lives in Burlington, Ontario and works in and around the greater Toronto and Hamilton area.

Learn more about the artist: https://sarahcarlson.ca/

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Welcome to Season 2 of Curator on the Go Podcast. This episode is a get-back-together episode to give you some updates on what I am up to and answer some questions you've asked me. 

Don't forget to tune in every Tuesday for a new episode! 

Katharine Earnhardt, the founder of Mason Lane Art Advisory, developed an in-depth art market knowledge and aptitude for developing client taste through 15 years of experience in the New York and London art worlds. She has worked at the Museum of Modern Art, Christie’s Inc, and Gurr Johns, conducting extensive research on art value and investment. Katharine has a dual degree in Art History and Economics from Williams College and a Master's in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Known for her approachability, and transparency, Katharine instills trust and confidence in her clients and industry colleagues.

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San Diego-based artist Yahel Yan was born and raised in Mexico City where she was exposed to art and color from a young age. Yahel's palette and compositions lend life and spirit to inanimate objects which are often overlooked. She is always seeking to express the unexpected, unseen magic hidden in each “thing.” Yahel gives her imagination full freedom to pursue this mysterious journey. She wishes for her art to inspire humanity and love for one another.

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Hello and welcome to Curator on the Go Podcast - a show for artists and art professionals who are ready to build a thriving art career and business while doing something they are passionate about. If you are ready to set goals, find your artistic voice, brand, and niche, understand how to price and sell your products and services, and change your life – you are in the right place! 

Before we continue, I want to thank today’s sponsor insta-art.ca that is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Starving Artist is a carefully created myth, and artists should never use this term to define themselves or their practice. You have to value yourself. You have to use your passion and talent, invest in yourself and change your mindset to open a door to new opportunities. All artists experience insecurity at some points in their careers. Don’t let these fears seize your productivity. Think in a positive light and doors will open and success will follow.

What do you need to do to be confident and focused on your career and success:

1.Enter the art market with a plan or make a new plan you want to stick to (yearly, quarterly or monthly – I’ll talk more about it in my upcoming episodes). Have all your personal and artistic tools ready and reject all myths.

2. Have a well-thought-out philosophy about money: how much you want to earn as an artist, and how much you are willing to spend to earn it. By spending I mean are you willing to invest in yourself and your skills? That is very important!

3. It’s important to have a clear mindset and a set of goals for a successful career. If you are not willing to invest in your career, who will?

It's been a while since I had an informal chat with you and shared some advice. This episode will be about my new gallery job and I will share some insights about what gallery curators are looking at while going through art submissions, ways to contact or approach a gallery and get a response back, and much more. 

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http://curatoronthego.com/

https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast and I am Liza, your host! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Christine Lieu - an expert behind CL Designs. She is a Toronto-based graphic designer who's traded in climbing the corporate ladder for climbing mountains around the world. She helps lifestyle businesses realize their vision and connect with the people most important to them through branding, web design, and social content creation, with a holistic brand 360 perspective. Saying no to dull and clunky visuals and yes to consistency, creativity and efficiency forms the core of her approach. Christine is also the host of the Brand Party Podcast where guests and her share fun, honest, to-the-point branding tips you can implement RIGHT AWAY!

Learn more about Christine:

https://www.christineldesigns.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_clieu/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists.  Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Anna Holmes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from Queen's University, majoring in Art History and History. While undertaking her undergraduate studies, Anna volunteered and worked at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, acting as both a Curatorial Assistant and Collections Assistant, enriching her knowledge of research procedures, cataloguing, acquisitions and art handling. What began as a curiosity about the art auction industry developed into a career choice which Anna explored through internships at respected Toronto houses and with further advanced study, Anna pursued a Masters degree in Art, Style and Design, Art World Practice, with Christie's Education in London, England, earning her MLitt degree from the University of Glasgow.

Anna's professional background includes fifteen years of experience in the Canadian auction world, working with various Toronto firms and receiving mentorship from recognized experts in the Canadian Art auction industry. When she is not focusing on her professional responsibilities, Anna enjoys keeping current with cultural activities, including the theatre, music, and dance. Among other arts-related organizations, she is a member of the Women's Art Association of Canada.

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Canadian artist Nicole Allen is motivated by colour and the chaotic beauty of the organic. Born in Oakville, Ontario, Nicole developed an early appreciation for painting the Canadian landscape from her father. Over the years, Nicole has consistently developed her painting and figurative skills through her studies at the Ottawa School of Art and local artists' groups. In 2010, Nicole began exhibiting her work in the Ottawa region and now paints full-time at her studio as a member of The Loft Artists collective. Her paintings are held in private collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

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Natalie Very B. is a Polish-Canadian illustrator, muralist, and educator. She is passionate about facilitating art workshops with a strong focus on the therapeutic aspect of creative expression. Her large-scale murals depict modern female empowerment and can be found all across the city of Toronto. She makes art with the goal of changing preconceived notions of feminism and promoting self-love and body positivity in the world.

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today I have the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based visual artist David Brown.

David graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1992. He has a 25-year award-winning career in the international art and design industry. David taught Industrial Design at OCADU while operating a successful product design studio. David is the founder and managing director of Toronto’s SpeakEasy, creating networking opportunities for established and emerging artists since 1996. In 2013, he initiated the Five Star collective aimed at facilitating member participation in international art fairs.

David’s abstract encaustic paintings have been shown at numerous galleries and museums across Canada and the U.S. Recently he had a solo exhibition at The Painting Center in NYC. His paintings are held in private and corporate collections in North America, Europe, and Asia. The products he designed have been sold across North America, and his work has been published in books and magazines throughout Canada and the United States, such as Azure, Canadian Art, Style at Home, House and Home and The Toronto Star to name a few.

You can learn more about David at: 

http://www.encausticcollage.com/EncausticCollage/home.html

https://www.instagram.com/encausticman/

You can learn more about this podcast and podcast host at: 

http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

I want to thank today’s episode sponsor Imagefoundry - a Toronto-based fine art printing boutique that specializes in edition printing, art documentation, editing, custom art reproduction projects and retouching work. Imagefoundry always uses top-notch materials and offers affordable prices and flawless execution. They produce ultra-sharp, direct scans from artworks of any size.

Imagefoundry is proud to be a green business that re-uses up to 75% of packaging materials, as well as uses water-based inks, adhesives made from natural materials, and safe, food-grade chemicals for photographic processing. 

Imagefoundry's clients include artists: Rebecca Belmore, Suzy Lake, John Massey, Jeffrey James and organizations like the AGO and Art Gallery of Hamilton among many others. Imagefoundry always supports the local art community and provides its storefront space for solo and group shows.

Visit https://www.imagefoundry.ca/ to book an appointment and learn more about the company and its services.  

Early in life, Adele Webster found the escape creativity provided, the peaceful place your brain wanders while creating. Everything she paints begins in nature; the way water moves, the way clouds form. Natural landscapes, seascapes and horizon lines are a constant theme throughout her creations. She works on birch panels with acrylic and high gloss resin, allowing the wood to peek through and add a natural, textural element to her work.  Adele paints to find peace and joy and hopes that it's reflected back to everyone that sees it.

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Stephen Perry’s paintings range from intimate to mythic. There is a story going on in Stephen Perry's work... but you're never quite sure what it is. There are recurring themes: animals, nature, humanity, technology… and the places and moments where they intersect. The creative approach has a unique contemporary feel - a "stylized realism" - with smooth gradations, subtle blends and a distinct use of light and shade. Stephen Perry’s background includes photography, graphic design, film making and 3D animation.  

Kristy Gordon is a Canadian-born artist living in New York City. 

"My visual narratives counter-historical representations of the figure in painting, namely white bodies performing conventional gender roles. Instead, I populate my work with people from diverse backgrounds. I also insert feminine or camp motifs—flowers, unicorns, and fairies, for example—into traditionally masculine genres. The presence of monsters and mythic beings further suggests that these are spaces where identity is fluid."

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Toni Hamel describes her work as “an illustrated commentary on human frailties“. Rooted in story-telling, her art practice draws from personal experiences and outward observations to create thematic bodies of work that reflect on and interpret the psychological unease of this anthropocentric age. Virtues and vices, the holy and the profane, the good and the bad all share equal weight in her work and supply an infinite source of material for her investigations. Pointing to historical references, popular culture and our current conceptual standing, Hamel’s satirical narratives ultimately seem to question our behaviour while alerting us about the repercussions of our current thinking models.

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Canadian artist Michelle Vella is known for her bold, fun, and colourful works. From her studio in Toronto, Michelle Vella paints subjects that celebrate pop culture, feminism, fashion, and equality. Vella’s art has been exhibited in Canada and the United States and has been featured in publications such as Harper’s BAZAAR, W magazine, City Life Magazine, and The Washington Post. Plus TV appearances on The Marilyn Denis Show and Cityline. Her most popular works include her portraits of pop culture icons such as Audrey Hepburn and Andy Warhol to Pop Food brands like Nutella and Kraft Dinner. Her custom commissions vary from portraits, cottage landscapes to pop art brands.

Learn more about the artist: https://michellevella.com/.

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Grace Croughan is a Japanese-Canadian artist who works in acrylic and pastels. She especially loves to build up textures for her signature style in acrylics and is really enjoying creating her Mountain Dream Series of paintings.

For Grace, color and light are the keys to creating and sharing her emotions and vision of the scene. She hopes to move the viewer with this expression in pastels and acrylics and share with others what she is so passionate about.

Grace is an elected member of the Colour & Form Society, a signature member of Pastel Artists of Canada with Master Pastelist status, an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the Richmond Hill Group of Artists.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.gracecroughan.com/

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Sicilian-born and raised and currently Toronto-based artist Mimmo Baronello paints the tensions he observes as a new Canadian, pristine nature contaminated by consumer culture and the slow erosion of the natural landscape by human industry. His paintings blend the mannerist and baroque style present in Sicilian culture and architecture, with contemporary imagery from Canadian natural richness.

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I had a pleasure of speaking to Toronto based artist Nik Torres.

Born in Colombia and raised in Canada, Nik takes as inspiration her life experiences of migration and self-discovery. She finds ways through color and texture to create an abstract narrative that allows her to reconcile with her own mental health and constant emotional state. Nik’s work is born out of an urge, not only to create but to attempt to appease inner insecurities regarding her identity as an immigrant who is nor from here nor there. Throughout the years, her work has evolved into a much deeper emotional practice with a goal to bring the viewer into a personal comfortable and serene place where they can aim to appease their own internal battles. Nik wants to use her work as a visual anchor and reminder that life has serene moments even in darkness.

You can find more information about Nik at:

https://www.niktorresdesigns.com/

https://www.instagram.com/niktorresdesigns/

https://www.facebook.com/niktorresdesigns/

Themes Discussed at this episode:

• how to curate your Instagram page;
• finding your art purpose;
• how to select your targeted audience;
• selling prints vs originals;
• importance of personal branding;
• art business 101.

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http://curatoronthego.com/

https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

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Amber Hahn is an abstract mixed media artist based in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not face painting her four-year-old, she loves to paint using a number of different mediums such as acrylic, pastel, and ink.  Growing up, she was always drawn to creative outlets; painting, drawing, and writing.  A five-year cancer survivor, Amber uses art to navigate the many emotions she experiences in her life journey and is imagined through themes of love, hope, strength, empowerment, reinvention, and discovery. Her abstracts instill a sense of calm, with soft flowing colours, bright lines and a splash of brilliant, shimmering gold. Amber’s mission is to embody the spirit of happiness and light through her work, in order to elicit the strongest of emotional bonds with her viewers.  Her work has been collected across Canada and the USA.

Learn more about Amber: https://www.instagram.com/amberhahnart/

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Manaz Raiszadeh is an American artist and explorer who has been exploring and discovering our world and herself through art. Referring to herself as an "intuitional abstract painter," the genesis of her artistic inspiration comes from her parent's tale and her Afghani cultural background. Manaz often depicts houses and villages in her compositions, as she believes that "we can all relate to the place where we are from". She creates her works using acrylics, pastels, and collages on canvas or wood.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.mostamanaz.com/

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Italian-Canadian artist Fabrizio Sclocco creates a hybrid mix of abstract and figurative works revised in a Contemporary way, extrapolating the egoic mind, our fears, desires, compulsions, and habits strong themes of nostalgia, traditions, belonging, and the essence of emotions as an expatriate.  

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So excited to get back to podcasting and releasing Season 3 of Curator on the Go Podcast!

I am so excited to share today’s interview with Montreal-based artist Sylvia Cohen. Sylvia combines a love of painting and observation to give life to her images. Her work is largely influenced by the fashion world. Portraits of women are Sylvia’s main focus as well as a process of finding beauty in everyday life and capturing the moment.

You can find more information about Sylvia at:

http://www.sylviacohen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sylvia.cohen/

https://www.facebook.com/artsylviacohen/

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Themes Discussed at this episode:

• Exhibiting at solo and group shows
• Gallery representation
• Selling prints and originals
• Art fairs and art auctions
• Importance of social media and personal branding

I want to thank Sylvia for being honest and being open about talking about her success as well as things that didn’t work. We all learn from each other’s experiences and this episode will definitely be one of my favorites. 

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! I had the pleasure of speaking to Canadian abstract artist Linds Miyo.

Born and raised in California, her work strives to evoke the strong, direct light of her childhood. A trauma survivor, Linds is interested in the balance between intention and that which is beyond our control, the meeting place between our best efforts and happenstance. She often uses broad representational panes of textured black in her work, washing layers of color over top - folding the dark relief of the past into multi-dimensional present-day, with honesty, happiness, and sparkle. Linds Miyo lives and works in Toronto and is currently in a studio residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

You can find more information about Linds at:

https://www.wonderandstory.com

https://www.instagram.com/wonderandstory/

Themes discussed at this episode:

• work with what you have;
• exhibiting art at solo & group shows;
• art fairs;
• selling works at an online gallery;
• studio space at MOCA;
• being an artist mama;

and so much more ....

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http://curatoronthego.com/

http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

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Internationally renown as the Queen of Double Eyes, Alex Garant studied visual arts at Notre-Dame–De-Foy College just outside Quebec City. After graduating in 2001, she ultimately settled in Toronto, Canada. She decided to truly commit to her passion for Arts after suffering from a heart attack in 2012, changing forever how she would see the world.

​As a pioneer of Contemporary Figurative Op Art, her oil paintings offer a graphic quality combined with traditional portrait techniques. Garant establishes herself as one of the leaders of analogue Glitch Art by using patterns, duplication of elements,  symmetry and image superposition as key elements of her imagery. Her paintings are a reflection on human duality, the battle for self-definition between one's inner self and outer persona. 

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Canadian artist Mais Al-Sheikhly began her career as an artist after having immigrated to Canada as a teenager from Iraq. The traumatic experience left her struggling to find the words to understand her world around her, and as a result, she turned to art to create what she couldn’t express. A self-taught artist that has been working with the mentorship of Barry McCarthy, she found that cubism and abstract art allowed her to freely express her imagination on the canvas.

With over a decade of experience, and an endless imagination Mais has presented exhibitions both on the domestic and international stage. With an astounding eye and limitless imagination, Mais continues to bring her ability to take traditional culture and concepts to create works of art that are both abstract and imaginative in new and intriguing ways.

Learn more about the artist:https://maisarts.com/.

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US-based artist Cami Levin is best known for her original, mixed media art, which is created primarily with paint, clay, resin, and found objects depicting a vision of nature which includes symbols of hope, love, happiness, and stories of life. Her work begs the viewer to look time and again, always finding something new and has been described as art within art.  Her art has been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows and is included in private collections around the world. 

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The works of Toronto-based artist Allison Rietta are strongly influenced by spirituality, nature, and architecture. Primarily abstract, her work has led her to explore sacred—or mystic geometry—tapping into the magic of imagination and the subconscious mind. Textures, colours, and the relationship between shapes and forms is what guides her intuition most. 

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Originally from Western Massachusetts, Robin Crofut-Brittingham work is inspired by mythology, science fiction, and current events, and examines human relationships with the natural world. She works primarily with watercolor and gouache on paper from her studio in Montreal.

She was the recipient of the Murphy Cadogan Award from the San Francisco Foundation and a Martha Boschen Porter Award through the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Novella, Frankie, My Modern Met, Hi Fructose, and on Booooooom, among others, and has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and Canada.

Learn more about the artist: https://robincb.com/.

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Marina Nazarova is a Russian-Canadian painter and illustrator. Her work mainly focuses on people and spaces as she endeavours to investigate themes of subjectivity, duality and shifting perceptions.

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Patricia Langevin is a contemporary abstract painter living and working in Calgary, Alberta. Her engaging paintings are created intuitively in an expressionist style and are infused with movement and depth. Through her art, Patricia explores the role of play in building resilience in response to life’s hectic pace. Her artistic journey began at a young age. Growing up in Quebec City, in a family that loved music and the performing arts, she was encouraged to try different forms of artistic expression. This laid out the foundation for her desire to find her own artistic path, and in 2007, her fascination with abstract art compelled her to pick up a brush and start painting with acrylics.

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Eyal Liebman is a Toronto-based Private Chef who believes in rocking the boat when it comes to the Toronto food industry: "Food & Art do not exist outside of Politics." To be an artist is to be a responsible human, and to be a responsible human is to be a critical human, which in this case involves sourcing ethically raised produce & establishing connections with and supporting other artists in our like-minded journeys.

Eyal chooses to care about the meal in its entirety. In this way, Eyal’s food crosses a line into critical art – in the ways the ingredients are sourced, why certain dishes are included in a menu at certain dinner tables with certain people, the messages conveyed through beautiful plates ... it all has intentional meaning and storyline. The narrative of every menu Eyal creates never repeats and is best described as consistently inconsistent - there is only one original menu for each event.

Eyal believes that it’s hard to convince people that food can be an art medium beyond the fact of pretty plates and that food is cultural and has so much to do with politics.

Find more information about the guest:

https://www.instagram.com/chef_somm/ 

https://www.chefsomm.ca/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints.  Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Canadian artist Ravinder Ruprai works mainly in acrylics on canvas. Her paintings invite the viewer into binary worlds where layers of pattern and texture, drawn from her East Indian heritage, combine with nature, the body, and the landscape. Her use of colour is rich, bold, and dramatic. Ravinders' paintings often use her own internal struggles as a starting point with the aspiration of 'mapping' out solutions. She firmly believes that it is through the arts that we gain profound insights into the human condition.

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Toronto-based artist Heather Fraser grew up in North Gower, a small town in the Ottawa Valley. After completing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, worked in the financial industry. During that time, she also completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at OCAD University, which included a year sabbatical studying art in Florence, Italy.  She graduated with distinction in 2013 with a degree in Drawing and Painting. Heather now paints full time, while also juggling two young daughters. Although Heather’s subject of choice has historically been the figure, her recent body of work focuses on food. Her paintings explore our sensual experience of food, including pomegranates, oranges, lemons, and tomatoes, as well as burgers, ice cream, pancakes, and many, many donuts.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.heatherfraserart.com/

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Canadian artist Bibiana Hooper lives in the beautiful Okanagan, British Columbia. She moved with her family from the city a decade ago to live in the country with expansive views of vineyards, orchards, lakes, mountains and sky. As a self-taught artist, she began exploring her skills in 2018 when she joined a collective art gallery. Bibiana's art practice is all about capturing the beauty of flowers and landscapes through a contemporary and poetic brush stroke. Her passion for nature shines through her with the flow and organic elements in everything she creates. Bibiana paints in her home studio and she's also an integral part of the Naramata Art Group. You can find her artwork hanging in galleries and private homes all around the world. 

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Crystal Beshara has been drawing and painting since childhood inspired by her rural upbringing in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Crystal moves easily between watercolour, oil and dry media. Her work is recognizable with it’s rich, earth toned palette and emotionally charged, rural narrative. She spent years as a child observing and quietly illustrating the life around her which has informed the accuracy of her anatomy in both her flora and fauna subject matter as well as her ability to capture expression and emotion in her portraits.

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Hello and welcome to Curator on the Go Podcast - a show for artists and art professionals who are ready to build a thriving art career and business while doing something they are passionate about. If you are ready to set goals, find your artistic voice, brand, and niche, understand how to price and sell your products and services, and change your life – you are in the right place! 

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

You can find more information about me on my website www.curatoronthego.com or on Instagram @curatoronthego. If you have questions or want me to discuss specific topics on this podcast – feel free to send me DM on Instagram or email me at liza.curatoronthego@gmail.com and I will discuss your questions on my upcoming episodes. Also, I am looking for artists and art professionals that would like to share their story – reach out to me or fill out the form at www.curatoronthego.com/podcast/ to be part of this project.

After working for almost a decade in the auction and blue-chip gallery world, Erin Schuppert became the Director of Affordable Art Fair NYC in January 2022. With a mission to spread the joy of collecting art in an accessible and welcoming way, the fair holds two editions annually, in March and September. Each fair hosts over 75 galleries from around the world showcasing over 400 artists. Inspired by her vision to make a positive contribution to the vibrant NYC arts ecosystem, Erin began the Fellowship Program shortly after joining the fair. The Program invests in the long-term growth and success of local emerging galleries, inviting them to exhibit at the fair free of charge over three editions. Erin is also proud to work with local organizations such as Arts Gowanus, Materials for the Arts, FIT, and The Art Therapy Project to create joyful, engaging, and welcoming arts experiences. She holds a BA in Art History from Boston University and an MA in Museum Studies from NYU.

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Alexandrya Eaton is a contemporary Canadian painter. In the past decade her practice has grown to include rug-hooking and weaving, incorporating the same vibrant palette and feminine icons across all mediums. Alexandrya Eaton’s work is an emotional tribute to the self, working mothers, and women everywhere who have experienced the loss of significant   figures. Eaton’s superpower has always been her radical expressions of love as she navigates the world with an open heart and confidently proves there is strength in vulnerability.

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Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Ontario-based abstract artists Sarah Rutledge.

She is inspired by the endless potentiality of creative form and expression. Through using a variety of abstract techniques and styles, Sarah creates an abstract language through which to communicate with the world.

I am excited to share the interview with the first artist guest on Curator on the Go podcast Ladislas Chachignot.

Ladislas is a French digital and traditional artist based in Barcelona who mixes various techniques to experiment and create vivid and bold artworks, full of details that are reflecting his vision of the world. He is inspired by several themes like “Pop Culture”, “Urban Art”, "Graphic Design and illustration," “Ecology” and "Art/kraft from ancient civilizations." Ladislas exhibited in various cities like Paris, Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Mexico, and Barcelona and worked with various clients like Adobe, Make Up For Ever, Wired Magazine, Universal Music France, Sony Pictures, among others. 

I want to thank you today’s podcast sponsor insta-art.ca that is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. You can support this podcast by using the code "COTG" for your orders. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Alanna Peters’ work explores concepts of impermanence through the use of light and movement. Her paintings use the juxtaposition of detailed realism of the figure against the abstraction of the setting. She captures weightlessness and reflection through transparency. Her work is predominantly figurative oil painting on wood panel. She has a desire to connect with the viewer on an intimate level in order to share in a dialogue of emotions and human experience. 

Alanna was born in Ottawa and currently lives in Toronto. She earned an Honours BA for Fine Arts from McMaster University (2001) and a BEd for Arts Based Learning from Queen's University (2005).

A recognized artist, her work is found in private and public collections in Canada, the United States, France, Germany and Uganda.

Learn more about the artist:

https://www.alannapeters.com/

https://www.instagram.com/alanna_peters/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

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I had the pleasure of chatting with Colin Morris from Kingston FrameWorks and discussing his passion for helping artists thrive.

Morris studied finance, but when he was in his early 20s, he never imagined taking over his father’s business. Now, helping Kingston artists and improving FrameWorks’ online store has become his “central focus.”

We discussed topics like limited edition prints, framing, and marketing art products and services on social media to connect with buyers from all over the globe. We also discussed a new show Colin is launching - called Prolific. I am excited to be Colllin’s first guest on June 15th and we hope you can join us live, sign up and get a link here.

Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based abstract expressionist artist Paige Ring.

Paige was originally raised in Halifax, NS, but moved to Toronto to pursue a career in fashion design. After creating womenswear for some of the world’s top department stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Holt Renfrew and Harvey Nichols, she decided to try my hand at graphic design. That career change opened her up to a love of artwork, which quickly turned into an obsession with large scale abstract expressionist painting.

Her abstract works showcase bold brush strokes and are often colourful with layers of organic lines weaving through them. Paige is a minimalist at heart, so most of her work provides a space for the viewers’ eye to rest, she likes to think of it as a moment of calm in the sea of beautiful chaos. Paige uses her work to escape the realities of the world, retreating into a playful, imaginary place where color and whimsy take over.

Learn More about the artist:

https://paigering.com/

https://www.instagram.com/paigering/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast

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Today we'll have a quick chat about the importance of branding, who can be a potential art buyer and the importance of nurturing your relationship with past and new clients.

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Peterborough-based artist Kathryn Last explores the intersection of creation and the expressivity of material through the artworks that she creates. 

Kathryn graduated from Trent University in 2013 specializing in Visual theory, Media and Cultural Studies. Kathryn is currently completing her Masters Degree at Trent University pursuing a research creation project in conjunction with her own artistic practice. 

Learn more about the artist:

https://www.instagram.com/kathrynlastart/

https://www.kathrynlast.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

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Auronda Scalera and Alfredo Cramerotti are a curatorial duo for arts and advanced technologies. They co-direct Multiplicity XXnft, an online platform that curates, publishes and promotes art with a focus on diversity and inclusion. 

Auronda is a curator and public figure who lives between London, Dubai and the metaverse. She regularly appears on the art and technology conference and summit circuit and is a lecturer at several university courses, as well as working as a curator, advisor, and global ambassador for art and culture. The House of Lords wanted her as expert witness on art, culture and new technologies at the UK Parliament, part of the first evidence session for a Commission on Web3 and the metaverse; SkyTV / ClassCNBC interviewed her among academics, artists and researchers on AI, art and museums; the PlusTate UK institutional network of museums invited her to organise webinars on art and new technologies; She delivered a lecture-performance at the House of Beautiful Business conference in Lisbon in front of 700+ world leaders. During the latest World Economic Forum on Web3 and Metaverse for 100woman x Davos had her as discussant about equity and diversity.

Alfredo is the director of Media Majlis museum of art, media and technology at Northwestern University, Qatar. He is president of IKT–International Association Curators of Contemporary Art, chair of the Digital Strategies Committee of AICA–Int’l Association of Art Critics, and advises the KSA Visual Art Commission, UK Government Art Collection, British Council Visual Arts, and the Italian Ministry of Culture.  He is a renowned for his work in contemporary art and media, often exploring the intersections of art, technology, and society. He has curated exhibitions and projects worldwide, such as four national pavilions and collateral events at the Venice Art Biennale; Hong Kong Arts Centre; EXPO Chicago, and the biennials Sequences VII in Reykjavik, Iceland and Manifesta 8, Region of Murcia, Spain.

Gemma Rolls-Bentley is a curator, creative consultant & writer who has been at the forefront of contemporary art for nearly two decades. Curating exhibitions and building art collections internationally, her curatorial practice amplifies the work of female and queer artists and provides a platform for art that explores LGBTQIA+ identity. Her debut book Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between is being published by Quarto in May 2024.

Most recently she curated ‘A Million Candles: Illuminating Queer Love & Life’ at the London Art Fair. In 2023 she curated the group exhibition ‘Dreaming of Home’ at Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in NYC and the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival in London. She curated the Brighton Beacon Collection, the largest permanent display of queer art in the UK. Gemma is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and has taught at numerous institutions including Goldsmiths and Glasgow School of Art. She co-chairs the board of trustees for the charity Queercircle and sits on the Courtauld Association Committee.

Learn more about Gemma Rolls-Bentley here. 

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Matt Pine is Toronto-based mixed-media and spray-paint artist. He works with mixed-media as he finds that it allows him to keep pushing boundaries and exploring new ways of expressing himself. To create his images, Matt works with multiple models and photographers around the world. His artistic toolbox ranges from photography and digital drawings to spray painted portraits and custom clothing creations.

His paintings depict the juxtaposition of beauty and resilience in the face of struggle. Each of Matt’s subjects has faced some form of trauma or life difficulty and overcome it. It is a modern-day reminder not to judge a book by its cover. Matt’s style is heavily influence by his past in tattooing and graffiti. As such, his style can be explained as taking street art, cleaning it up a bit, and bringing it indoors. It is a meeting of raw experience and raw emotion, thoughtfully processed and translated onto the canvas.

Learn more about the artist: 

https://www.mattpineart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mattpineart/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

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Imagefoundry is proud to be a green business that re-uses up to 75% of packaging materials, as well as uses water-based inks, adhesives made from natural materials, and safe, food-grade chemicals for photographic processing. 

Imagefoundry's clients include artists: Rebecca Belmore, Suzy Lake, John Massey, Jeffrey James and organizations like the Art Gallery of Ontario and Art Gallery of Hamilton among many others. 

Imagefoundry always supports the local art community and provides its storefront space for solo and group shows. Visit https://www.imagefoundry.ca/ to book an appointment and learn more about the company and its services.  

Andrea Soos is well known for her playful abstractions that combine creative mark-making, patterning, and gestural application of colour. Working with a fresh modern palette, Soos’ paintings allow the viewer to freely journey around the canvas, enjoying the twists and turns of her engaging compositions. Although she may not know the outcome of the piece when she begins, the artwork evolves as a visceral and therapeutic practice, driven by music and song lyrics. Viewers of Soos’ work connect with the many visual entry-points and feel at liberty to apply their own experiences and history to the marks on the canvas. Soos lives and works in Victoria, British Columbia, where she also trained for her BFA. Soos’ work has been collected across Canada and in the USA, and works to release new series’ of artwork year-round. 

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Roshni Wijayasinha is a Toronto-based artist who specializes in large abstract expressionist paintings that are inspired by nature and its energy. Using acrylic and mixed media, these paintings experiment with light, colours, textures and finishes, and many of her pieces can be transformed under a black light, or glow in the dark. She’s painted live at ArtBattle Toronto, ArtBoxEvents, and Fresh Paint’s Live Painting Jam where she placed first, and her work has been featured at several juried exhibits and galleries across North America, in product launches, at a food festival, in a Hilton Hotel permanent collection, in an art publication, and can be found on the streets of Toronto on traffic boxes, curbside planters, and murals. She is also a founder of Prosh Marketing - a marketing and consulting services that help startups and small businesses realize their potentials. 

Learn more about Roshni at:

https://roshnisart.com/

https://www.instagram.com/roshnisart/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints.  Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Carrie Scott is an American/English curator, art historian, TV presenter and art writer living in London. Over the past 16 years she has worked with numerous galleries, businesses, collectors and artists worldwide. While at the University of Washington, Seattle doing a Master’s in Art History, Scott was noted curator of the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University's Lee Center, and Director of the James Harris Gallery also in Seattle, Washington. While working with James Harris she curated the first solo show of Rashid Johnson’s work outside of Chicago. From there she went on to be Director of Nicole Klagsbrun gallery in New York. In 2009, Scott launched her own business Carrie Scott & Partners, an art consultancy and curatorial endeavour that could exist beyond the walls of the traditional gallery.

Learn more about Carrie Scott at https://www.carrie-scott.com/.

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I had the pleasure of speaking to New-York based artist Monica Shulman.

Monica is a self-taught photographer and abstract expressionist painter who has been creating art in various mediums for over 25 years. She believes in the power of art to create a moment and to evoke emotion. Her work is energetic and playful and reflects her interest in flawed beauty rather than perfection. Using strong colors and contrasts, coupled with heavy, sculptural layering, Monica strives to create connection and movement in each piece. Since the beginning of her career as an artist, Monica has had the pleasure of working with private collectors, art dealers, television producers, interior designers, bloggers, influencers, real estate developers, galleries, curators, shop owners among others.

You can learn more about Monica at: 

https://www.monicashulman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/monicashulman/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Claire Desjardins is an award-winning abstract painter based in Gore, Quebec and Sarasota, Florida. Claire’s paintings, though abstract, take their visual cues from forms, colors, textures and patterns in nature: the feathers of a bird, the shades of turquoise in the water, how the light through the trees dapples on the ground below.   

Beyond the canvas, Claire’s art transforms commercial and residential interiors, urban exteriors, housewares,  furniture, package design and women’s apparel. Her work has appeared in major motion pictures and popular television shows. Claire’s long-standing corporate collaborations shape and define the customer experience – most notably for retail North American retail giant Anthropologie. 

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Caterina Stambolic is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Toronto, Ontario. Harnessing her own experiences with depression and anxiety, her work seeks to make sense of those feelings and create spaces where people can feel a sense of togetherness and peace.  This has led her to investigate how our brain chemistry, and specifically mental illness, affects so much of how we relate to our world on a physical level. 

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Patrick Skals is a Canadian contemporary artist living in Toronto, Canada. After working 10 years in corporate marketing, in 2017 he decided to make a career shift in pursuit of his artistic ambitions. For years Patrick produced commissioned while developing his signature style. In 2021 he finally discovered his unique identity – his work challenges societal norms and rules, intent on reframing common perspectives and exposing overlooked ones. Patrick draws audiences in with engaging imagery and stimulating composition. His art is distinctive, spirited and curated to provoke reverie and reflection. 

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Caroline Chorazy is a self-taught, Toronto based abstract artist specializing in acrylics and gold leaf. She draws her inspiration from natural elements in an attempt to capture organic movement and flow in all of her artwork. Her use of gold leaf and/or pigment gives each piece a unique gesture and ability to change appearance or shape in cohesion with the room and light.

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https://www.instagram.com/artcc86/

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https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

https://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

Jose Cifuentes is a mixed media abstract artist from Colombia. Jose moved his life and practice to Toronto, Canada, to find inspiration for his current chapter of creation. Known for manifesting varied visual representations of freedom, his art is a mixture of thick knife strokes with free-hand illustrations on canvas and recycled surfaces. He collects and portrays moods and faces that are in vivid, visceral paint strokes, loose lines, deliberate drips and passionate splatters. All this to the great end of creating the ideal marriage of fine and urban art.

Chicago-based visual artist Britni Mara is innately drawn to paint as a medium and has a sensory attachment to the physical push and pull of pigment. Intuition and years of experience guides her work as she seeks a meditative state to curate chaos towards intentional happenstance. She strives to bring a sense of structure to coincidence. Mara finds freedom in gestural energy and peace in the color field interplay which is rooted in post-war abstract expressionist movements. Her original artworks have been sold and shown all over the world. 

Britni is also deeply passionate about creating platforms for emerging artists to thrive. In 2020, Mara founded the hallway gallery, which is an alternative pop-up style gallery dedicated to showing female and non-binary artists in the Chicago area. The goal is to turn the empty walls of hallways into opportunities and provide support to first-time and upcoming artists.

Aadila Munshi is a contemporary artist living and working in Toronto, Canada. She is known for her paintings of distressed urban surfaces. In her work, grit and decay are uniquely juxtaposed with elegant marks and her signature calligraffiti forms. Her paintings are meaningful, emotive, and ultimately inspired by the human condition.

A former Criminologist at the University of Cape Town, Aadila grew up in South Africa during the apartheid regime and paints from a deep sense of repressed voice. Composed intuitively, her abstract expressions emerge as visual representations of her perception of the push and pull between struggle, hope and the ability to rise above. She studied painting with a professional artist and has been painting for over 25 years. In 2000, she moved to Toronto permanently, where she studied at the Toronto School of Art and established her painting practice. Her work has been sold in North America, Australia, U.K. and South Africa.

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based artist Fiona Debell. 

Fiona creates beautiful, color-filled art for clients across the world. Primarily an abstract artist, she believes in the power of ‘now’ - drawing inspiration from many beautiful daily moments. 

Her art calms the eye as she directs the viewer to find balance in colour, composition, and texture. In 2014 Fiona emigrated to Canada from the UK. As a female creative experiencing an entirely new life, her artistic journey reflects her everyday experience. It is the physical embodiment of her own naivety. 

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http://www.fionadebell.com/

https://www.instagram.com/fionadebell/

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http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today I have the pleasure of speaking to Toronto based emerging artist Dani Febres.

Dani is Venezuelan-Canadian and was always passionate about art. She believes that life is even more beautiful when it's colorful, and, through her art practice, Dani fuels her paintings' surroundings with joy and happiness! She believes that you can set the mood of a space with an artwork that is created with positive energy, one that has a purpose and that tells a story. Dani’s artwork lived mainly in Canada, Venezuela, and the United States, but now it lives across the world. 

I hope this episode will inspire you to look at life and see it even more beautiful when it’s colorful. Dani is an emerging artist, she started showing her works last year, but her passion to make an impact and share her joy and positive attitude will not leave you indifferent.

Learn more about Dani at:

https://daniartshop.com/

https://www.instagram.com/daniart_shop/

Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/podcast/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Rachael Speirs is an award winning fine artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She creates unique, moody, narrative mixed media textile art that is full of atmosphere and evoke a dreamy, fairytale-like memory. Her creations are conversational pieces, brought to life with the intention of sparking imagination, connection and meaningful conversation. Seeing the work in person is like losing yourself in a kaleidoscopic dreamworld. Though her work is beautiful at first glance, the work goes beyond just being decorative art to enrich your world. Rachael believes in the life changing impact of art and creates all her works with intention and meaning. 

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Marta Stares is an artist and educator interested in painting the outdoors, especially the Northern Ontario landscape. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Toronto area including Gallery 1313, Black Cat Artspace and Ontario Legislative Assembly. She works primarily in oils and uses bold, vibrant colours in her work.

After receiving her BFA from OCAD University, M. Stares has established an art program for young children at York University Daycare and featured children’s work at Gales Gallery. She has worked as an educator at McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Visual Arts Mississauga. M. Stares currently teaches Visual Art at the high school level in Peel District School Board, where she co-organizes Peel’s annual student art exhibition called Walk the Art.

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https://www.martastares.com/

https://www.instagram.com/martastaresart/

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https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

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Alex Hunt is a Canadian abstract artist with a flair for bold, well-constructed colour palettes and elaborate compositions. Alex’s love for colour and working with acrylics as her chosen medium stems from her longstanding background as a magazine Fashion Editor. This has enriched her talent and technique evident in her colour combinations, exquisite layering and spontaneous brush strokes. Her artwork evokes joy reflective of her positive and playful personality. Intuition and raw emotion make up the layers and texture in her artworks creating a visual delight for her clients to love and adore in their homes.

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Hello! You are listening to curator on the go podcast and I am Liza - your host. Today is the last day of 2019. Each new year offers an exciting opportunity for a fresh start and new beginnings, which is probably why we all look forward to New Year’s Eve so much. It's important, to celebrate all of your experiences from 2019 and to welcome the new year ahead.

Anthony Ricciardi is a renowned multi-disciplinary artist from Toronto, Canada who has traveled internationally showcasing his artwork and murals. Driven by enthusiasm, depth, and storytelling to produce art without limits, Ricciardi introduces viewers to distinctive, vivid and colorful one-of-a-kind masterpieces orchestrated in uncommon forms. 

After leaving the comfort and clout of the corporate finance world to pursue his true passion, the self-taught creator induces a flair for inventive color-mixing and layered creations to elicit reaction and emotion. Ricciardi's large-scale private commission murals and artworks have been shown worldwide in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Miami, London, Manchester, and Montreal.

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http://www.ricciardipaints.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ricciardipaints/

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Claire Crawford (née Gaulin-Brown) is an artist and illustrator living and working in San Francisco, California. Claire uses surrealism and abstract tools to inquire about nature culture dualism as a place to imagine a post anthropocentric world.

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Michael Findlay is a director of Acquavella Galleries in New York. His career began in 1964, when he became a pioneer of SoHo’s legendary gallery scene, presenting the first solo exhibitions of many then unknown artists who went on to become household names. He is the author of The Value of Art and Seeing Slowly (both published by Prestel).

His new book, Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man: New York in the Sixties, is an evocative and exciting journey through the 1960’s New York as an art dealer makes a career of emphasizing the importance of lived experience of art over its pursuit of financial gain, while launching the U.S. careers of some of the most sought-after artists of the late twentieth century. 

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Félix Bélanger is a long-time contributor in the world of art and culture in Canada.  His encounter with the work of Savlador Dalí was a turning point that changed his life, eventually leading to a close relationship with the world-renowned scholar and archivist for Dalí, Frank Hunter. His friendship and collaboration with Frank Hunter broadened his vision of the great master of surrealism and led to the success, development and creative vision for Divina Dalí.

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Anastessia Bettas is a Toronto based, Canadian visual artist and an expert in the use of encaustic paint. Anastessia’s encaustic abstract pieces connect the urban developing world with the world of art. She uses grid to portray urban sprawl, loss of open space, and imaginary territories. Her work can be admired in various commercial and public galleries throughout Canada and the USA.

Learn more about the artist: https://www.anastessiabettas.com/

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today I have the pleasure of speaking to Toronto based Certified Life Activation Practitioner, metaphysical energetic healer, meditation guide, and self-love councilor Jana Stern.

Jana has been traveling through her journey of living with and healing from her version of mental unwellness & eating disorders for more than ten years. During that time, Jana received a multitude of healings & tools that had such a profound effect on her life, that she made it her life's work to learn them so that she is now able to use those tools to help others transform their lives!

This episode is not a typical one about art. It’s about healing, spirituality, self-love and other topics that can help creatives live a happier and better life. Stay to the end of this podcast, as after we finished recording, we talked about being creatives, art, and creative energy. I added that recording as a finishing note, and you for sure don’t want to miss it!

You can learn more about Jana at:

https://www.janastern.com/

https://www.instagram.com/janasternhealer/

You can learn more about the podcast and podcast host at:

http://curatoronthego.com/

https://www.instagram.com/curatoronthego/

Today I had the pleasure of speaking to Toronto-based artist Cherie Harte. Best known for her experimentation.

​Her use of symbolism, as well as hidden and fractured images, draw the onlooker into multilayered portals of storytelling. Although at times seemingly raw, Cherie challenges the onlooker to lean in and fully immerse ones self, with an open heart.  

Cherie also draws on her background in psychology, yoga, and reiki to delve into the human psyche through the lens of growth. ​Intrigued by the evolution of the human spirit; Harte seeks to translate intimate thoughts, moments, and feelings of daily life into her artworks.

Cherie’s work has been celebrated in ads for Saatchi Art and was recently named “Must See Artist” at “The Other Art Fair.” Cherie has exhibited in Canada, the USA, London UK, and Tokyo Japan.

Learn more about the artist:https://www.cherieharte.com/

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Today’s podcast is special as I will be talking about a very special Toronto artist. His name is Koa and he is a little parrot who creates unique abstract paintings that are sold all over the world (swipe right to see more images of Koa and his artworks). I talked to Koa’s owner Gee and she shared Koa’s incredible story that you for sure have to listen to.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀

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4. How Koa gets art commissions; 

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Find more information about the host and this podcast at http://curatoronthego.com/.

Thank you insta-art.ca for supporting curator on the go podcast. insta-art.ca is a Canadian online art platform that helps bring your photos to life in the form of high-quality acrylic prints. 

Want to be an Insta-Art Artist? Submit your photos, artwork or graphics at www.insta-art.ca/artists. You will be credited for your creative property and receive 10% commission on every print sold at insta-art.ca! Custom prints are also available for artists looking to sell independently!

Jodi Miller is a contemporary Canadian impressionist painter whose landscapes explore our sense of belonging and how we interact with our natural environment. She is a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force, following a 20 year career as an aerospace engineer working in aircraft maintenance and project management.  Jodi pivoted to become a full-time artist in 2015, returning to the prairies where she grew up on a family farm. She now finds inspiration in the vast land and skies.

Jodi paints in response to her time in nature and her work represents optimism where the artist sees metaphorical life journeys in the many paths carved out in nature. Jodi’s work has been recognized for “capturing Canadian identity through landscape” and she has been named one of “28 Contemporary Canadian Artists You Need to Know” by Create Magazine. Her work has been requested at shows across Canada and is held in private collections world-wide. 

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Billie Rae Busby is an award-winning contemporary artist who uses a precise hard-edge painting technique and colour theory to reinvent her surroundings. Her abstract landscape paintings evoke wonder and possibility by depicting mood, memory, movement and time. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, she is inspired by both the complexity of urban architecture and the vast rural landscape. She strives to interpret ordinary places in a fresh, new context.

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Karen Jeffrey is an abstract artist working in acrylic, and cold wax, and oil. Karen's body of work is largely reflective of her many travels and she draws her inspirations from her surroundings and the ongoing dialogue in her mind. Each painting represents a collection of fragments from her memories of travels, and they come together to form a larger visual story. Giving the piece lively energy and captures an environment, where the forms, lines, and marks coexist.

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Hello! You are listening to Curator on the Go Podcast! Today, I had the pleasure of speaking to US-based artist Nicholas William.

From his early simple shapes to his current smooth line-work, Nicholas’ studio practice has now grown into something that feels familiar but removed from its standard context. Curiosity, communication, Micro-Cultures, Digital Technologies, and Education. This is where Nicholas's inspiration comes from. Over the years, Nicholas presented his work in a number of solo and group shows and sold art to private collectors across the globe.

Find more information about the artist:

https://bynicholaswilliam.com/

https://www.instagram.com/bynicholaswilliam/

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http://curatoronthego.com/

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 I want to thank today’s episode sponsor Imagefoundry - a Toronto-based fine art printing boutique that specializes in edition printing, art documentation, editing, custom art reproduction projects and retouching work. Imagefoundry always uses top-notch materials and offers affordable prices and flawless execution. They produce ultra-sharp, direct scans from artworks of any size.

Imagefoundry is proud to be a green business that re-uses up to 75% of packaging materials, as well as uses water-based inks, adhesives made from natural materials, and safe, food-grade chemicals for photographic processing. 

Imagefoundry's clients include artists: Rebecca Belmore, Suzy Lake, John Massey, Jeffrey James and organizations like the Art Gallery of Ontario and Art Gallery of Hamilton among many others. 

Imagefoundry always supports the local art community and provides its storefront space for solo and group shows. Visit https://www.imagefoundry.ca/ to book an appointment and learn more about the company and its services.