Arts Interviews
As part of our mission to promote the arts, Life Is Art is presenting a series of interviews with people involved in the arts in the South Florida area. If you would like to be included in our features, please fill out this interview form.
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Nature Loving Artist Art is all around us, you just have to open your eyesMarcelo Salup
Not Boring Portraits I think photography ought to make you look good. But not boring. Why be vanilla?Quique Matos
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### Attention Artists, if you would like to be included in our online gallery, just fill out the submission form here.Sim the Artiste’
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### If you would like to be included in our featured artists, just fill out the interview form here.Litana
### Attention Artists, if you would like to be included in our online gallery, just fill out the interview form here.Susan Alvarez
### Attention Artists, if you would like to be included in our online gallery, just fill out the interview form here.Rebecca Butler Clark
### Attention Artists: if you would like to be included in our online gallery, just fill out the interview form here.Jennifer Maria
Jennifer Maria – colorful, sensual, flowy Do what you love. Base of operations: Miami Beach How to contact this artist: www.jennifermaria.com Instagram @jennifermaria.com.art Background: Art is something that’s been with me since childhood. I just alternate mediums and concepts depending on my inspiration. Tour: I have many, mostly positive experiences from shows and even the not so positive have proven useful lessons for growth. Career: D) all of the above. Art is one part of who I am. My idea of a successful career ...Interview – Ronnie Greenspan – Artist
Ronnie Greenspan Website Facebook Instagram Youtube Biography: Ronnie Greenspan’s work transports viewers to a whimsical. otherworldly place. Show highlights: Nicole Miller Inc. Art Basel Exhibit ArtServe RedEye Exhibit Glass Gallery -one man show Barrier Islands Gallery ArtServe True Colors Exhibit Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? I devote most of my time to creating and marketing my artwork. What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or ...Interview – Ileana Collazo – Artist
Ileana Collazo Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Biography: I learned all I needed to about creating art as a young girl in my grandmother’s garden – where I sat doing what as an adult I call meditating – that quite spot, became my temple. Many years passed before I began to birth the creations conceived in my early daydreams. I started to write fiction and poetry, and then my mind exploded into a galaxy of colors, shapes, and movement as I ...Alejandra Vargas
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If you would like to be included in our featured artists, just fill out the interview form here.Interview – Marjory E. Leposky – Artist
Marjory E. Leposky Website Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Biography: Marjory E. Leposky, a filmmaker and children’s chapter book author with more than 10 years of production experience on a broad spectrum of projects that include TV commercials, music videos for local artists, and feature film productions. She has served as the following: casting director, casting associate, producer, production coordinator, scriptwriter, unit production manager and production assistant for films, TV commercials, corporate videos, and music videos in South Florida and ...Star Trauth
### If you would like to be included in our featured artists, just fill out the interview form here.Cristina Morrison
If you would like to be included in our featured artists, just fill out the interview form here.Interview – Irena Gapkovska – Artist
Irena Gapkovska Website Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Biography: Born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Irena Gapkovska is a passionate visual artist who, since 1998, is also the Founder and President of NGO Art Studio in Skopje. Irena was graphic designer for the newspaper Elena and for Nova Makedonija Magazine, receiving a national award for best art illustration. She earned a Masters Degree in Graphic Art from St. Kyril Methodiy University Fine Art Academy in Skopje with her thesis on ...Interview – Adorable Monique – Artist
Adorable Monique Website Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat: Biography: Adorable Monique is an award-winning U.S. based artist brought up abroad. She holds a Baccalaureate from La Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes and a BFA obtained at La Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán and is currently pursuing a MFA. She has had the good fortune to be mentored by a renown Central American artist, which has helped enriched her artistic vision. She has received merit awards, the opportunity to ...Interview – Daniela Gabay – Artist
Daniela Gabay Website Facebook Biography: Born and raised in Venezuela, Daniela Gabay is an internationally published, award-winning photographer. Daniela specializes in whimsical pictures of babies, children and families. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of fine arts degree in photography. Show highlights: 28 May 2015 – siglo events – Affectus photo exhibition Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? Not a sideline. Art fills me, i cant ...Interview – Mark Diamond – Artist
Mark Diamond Website Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Biography: Mark Diamond has been telling stories with pictures since the age of five, and professionally as a photojournalist for Time Magazine, Rolling Stone magazine, and others since his teens. In 1975, Diamond opened the first 3-D laser Hologram Gallery, Studio and Laser laboratory in the Southeast United States. As a founding member and exhibitor at the Museum of Holography in New York, Diamond is considered a pioneer in bridging the ...Interview – Jonathan Brooks – Artist
Jonathan Brooks Website Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube Biography: Jonathan Brooks is an award winning Photographer/Visual Artist, whose work has been exhibited in Miami, New York City, Amsterdam, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. He is currently one of the 2017 Artists In Residency at the Deering Estate at Cutler. His work has been used as decor in a Twentieth Century Fox film starring Anna Kendrick and Zac Efron, was featured on the CW Network’s The Vampire Diaries, and part of ...Interview – Michael Thomas Diaz – Artist
ARTIST QUESTIONS: Name: Michael Thomas Diaz Most Recent Eexhibition: Broward Palm Beach New Times Artopia Website: www.mikediazart.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? I have made a career out of art as a Graphic Production Artist working for a privately held company in South Florida (www.jmfieldmarketing.com). We have a wide range of projects we do and ...Interview – Kat Rabitt – Artist
Name: Kat Rabbitt Current exhibition: GENDER BENDER Saturday June 13th in Miami’s Design District during the Art Walk Website: WWW.KATRABBITT.COM · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? I am making a career out of it and I have geared my life to be a creative in all dimensions of my life. The career comes residually when your life is in sync with where ...Interview – Gus Colors – Artist
Name: Gus Colors Current exhibition: Wallace Gallery, Fort Myers FL Website: www.GusColors.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? Currently, I am working expanding by exploring different mediums and ways to show and promote my art. However, I am not able to make it a “full time” job, but look forward to making it a career in the near future. · What ...Interview – Daniel Azoulay Gallery – Gallery
Gallery Name: Daniel Azoulay Gallery Owner:  Daniel De Azoulay Artistic Director: Natasha Nesic Opening Date: 1999 at the Design District (previous location: 3900 N.E. 1 St Ave Miami, Florida 33137) Current location:  3301 N.E. 1st Ave. Miami, Florida 33137 Website:  www.DanielAzoulayGallery.com · How did your interest in the business of art start? I began to work as a photographer in the year 1966. Ever since, I have worked with photography and its evolving technology. In ...Interview – Alison Eager – Artist
Name: Alison C. Eager Current exhibition: Signs of Oneness (opening Saturday May 16 at Sailboat Bend Lofts) Website: www.rawhoneyinc.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? Art is my career. I do intend to profit from it. · What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large? I believe my use of colors and the ...Interview – Gustavo Oviedo – Artist
Name: Gustavo Oviedo Future exhibition: Swenson Gallery @ The Bakehouse -“Southern hospitality” opening reception Friday Nov.13th 2009 Website: www.131projects.com · What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large? My work is influenced by my experiences, as I grew up I moved from one country to another many times. Adaptation and understanding of my environment was key, I live in Miami, living here is what s influencing me at the ...Interview – Henry Ballate – Artist
Name: Henry Ballate Website: www.miamiartstudio.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? I can only live making art. I need it like I need to breathe and it gives me the utmost satisfaction. I was born in the midst of chaos and confusion, it was already past “White on Whiteâ€, and someone had already proclaimed that there was nothing ...Interview – Dan Vidal – Artist
Name: Dan Current exhibition: Just Dance Website:  www.dan-vidal.com www.seenightlife.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? Right now it’s what I do, and I want to do more of it. I can pay the rent, so I guess I’m doing alright! There’s always room for more though. · What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the ...Interview – Dena Stewart – Artist
Name: Dena Stewart Current exhibition: Website: www.denastewart.us · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? For more than thirty years, art in one form or another – painting or writing – has been my life – either doing it or teaching other people how to tap into their own creativity. Growing up I had no opportunity to test my artistic talents. I majored ...Interview – Deborah Weed – Artist
Name: Deborah Weed Current exhibition: Rotating shows. . . Website: web.mac.com/deborahweed www.discoveredartists.com/gallery/ArtofBliss · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? It is a career. · What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large? I incorporate water sculptures into my mixed media pieces. The result is a salubrious technique that takes color into a new arena of ...Interview – Sabrina Joy Winogrond – Artist
Name: Sabrina Joy Winogrond Current exhibition: White Series Website:  www.TheGreatCuddle.com  · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? It feels as though what I do is much larger than the idea of a career or even me as a person. I feel more like a vehicle than an inventor. I feel a responsibility to be a good listener and translate what I hear ...Interview – Maria Alquilar – Artist
Name: Maria Alquilar Current exhibition: none Website: www.maria-alquilar.com · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? I have always been a self-taught artist. I started at age five designing clothes for paper dolls. In grade school and middle school, I was the muralist. Instead of going to High School in Brooklyn, NY where I lived, I attended an outsider high school close to ...Interview – Alette Simmons-Jimenez and Artformz Gallery
Gallery Name: Artformz Owner: Alette Simmons-Jimenez Artistic Director: Alette Simmons-Jimenez Opening Date: June 2004 Location: Wynwood Art District, 171 NW 23rd Street, Miami Florida 33127 Website: www.artformz.net · How did your interest in the business of art start? As an artist, I first had my own work in mind. I had worked with a few galleries over the years and was never satisfied with how I was represented. The operational plan behind owning and running most traditional ...Interview – Angelica Clyman – Artist
Name: Angelica Clyman Website: http://www.angelicaclyman.com/ · Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you? My art is a top priority and passion for me. Right now, teaching art is my bread and butter, but I find that painting and teaching both fuel each other. · What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large? I can ...Interview – Adela Holmes and PressitOn Art Gallery
Gallery Name: PressitOn Art Gallery Owner: Adrian Pasieka Artistic Director: Adela Holmes Opening Date: April 11,2009 Location: Design District 4100 N. Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127 Website: www.pressitonart.com · How did your interest in the business of art start? I started representing my artist friend Laura DiNello in 2000. · Is this your first gallery? Do you have a history of gallery work? If so, what other galleries have you worked for or owned? I worked at the Elena Madden Studio Gallery, William Armstrong Studio, ...Interview – CityLoftArt and Hans-Juergen R. Klemm
Gallery Name: European Art Gallery INC / CityLoftArt LLC Owner: Hans-Juergen R. KLEMM Artistic Director: Hans-Juergen R. KLEMM Opening Date: 2004 / 2007 Location: 61 NE 40th Street Miami Design District Miami Fl.33137 Website: www.euartgallerymiami.com / www.CityLoftArt.com How did your interest in the business of art start? Being German, my private life has been influenced by contemporain art. For my business, I worked with interior design within the Bauhaus style. Is this your first gallery? Do you have ...Interview – William Braemer and Art Fusion Galleries
Gallery Name: Art Fusion Galleries Director: William Braemer Location: 1 Northeast 40th Street, Suites 3, 6 & 7, Miami, FL 33137 Website: www.artfusiongallery.com · How did your interest in the business of art begin? I have always been interested in art. When I was a boy, I would take my mother’s canvases and oil paints and experiment. Even though I always made a huge mess of her art supplies, she never stopped encouraging me. As a young man, my ...Interview – Nina Johnson & Gallery Diet
Gallery Name: Gallery Diet Owner: Nina Johnson Artistic Director:  Nina Johnson Opening Date:  November 2007 Location:  174 NW 23 St Miami Fl 33127 Website: www.gallerydiet.com · How did your interest in the business of art start? It started at a fairly young age though in a very different manifestation from what I do now. My aunt used to have an artist come and give me painting lessons over the summer when I would stay with her and my grandmother in Guatemala. Since ...Interview – Culture Kings & Chris Oh
Gallery Name: Culture Kings Artist Collective Owner:  Chris Oh Artistic Director:  Chris Oh / Johnny Robles Opening Date:  April 11th, 2009 Location:  4300 NE 2nd AVE. Miami, FL 33137 Website: www.culturekings.org · How did your interest in the business of art begin? Art has been a passion of mine ever since I can remember. As far as the business of art, I would have to say my interest started when I attended my first Art Show while in high ...Interview – Reed V. Horth
Name: Reed V. Horth Company Name: Robin Rile Fine Art Opening Date: June 2008 Location: Miami Website: www.robinrile.com · How did your interest in the business of art start? I have always generally leaned towards art throughout my life. I think the realization that I was better at the “Business side” than the “Art side” was a tough pill to swallow. But when you surround yourself with talented people, it is both humbling and inspiring. My first job was an animation ...Interview – Claire Breukel
Name:  Claire Breukel Current Company:  ICArt, Miami Current Position:  Director of Projects Website: www.icart.net Previous positions of note: Executive Director, Locust Projects · How did your interest in the business of art begin? I am fascinated with what incentivizes artists to make work. When I was growing up I lived next to a Belgian artist, Jan Vermieren, and I would watch him paint. He had a dark, deep palette and would paint fantastical dream scenes and I always wandered where they ...
