Pia Pack Podcasts

MARINA ADAMS is a painter based in both NYC and Parma Italy. She earned degrees from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Phila. PA and Columbia University, New York, NY. https://marinaadams.com Jefferson Airplane with Grace Slick - White Rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an0AN5V4qj4 Nina Simone - Four Women https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

Rema Ghuloum lives and works in Los Angeles, gained her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2010 http://www.remaghuloum.com Casper The Friendly Ghost - Daniel Johnston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1CdrKenfXo Deep Inside - Hardrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0WL4TJVCg Ring the Alarm - Tenor Saw https://www.youtub…

Shizu Saldamando was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Shizu's solo show 'LA Intersections' at Oxy Arts - VIRTUAL TOUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyEqFGRl88 Ex…

Elisabeth Kley is a ceramicist & painter based in New York City. https://elisabethkley.com/home.html Miriam Makeba The Click Song https://open.spotify.com/track/329ss78X6RxaEa6iN1SsH8?si=hpAypZqVS-unq05_nGJeIg Mompou Canciones i dances #6 Alicia de Larrocha https://open.spotify.com/track/7CvUhDROhXQxhrrmnC7FyW?si=PnLB- A Chloris, Reynaldo Hahn,Susa…

Michelle Blade is a visual artist working in painting, sculpture and installation in Los Angeles. https://michelleblade.com 1. Lay my love - Brian Eno & John Cale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gzMb0s6zM 2. New Sensations - Lou Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrXIoHyfObg 3. Slow Children - Karl Blau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlY6mTsuu…

Stef Halmos is an artist, developer, and object-maker based in Catskill and Brooklyn, NY. https://www.stefhalmos.com 1."N.Y. State of Mind", Nas, Illmatic 2."Steve Biko (Stir it up)", A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders 3."Atoms for Peace", Thom Yorke, The Eraser 4."Honey", Robyn, Honey 5."Jeep's Blue", Duke Ellington, The Duke: The Columbia Y…

Laurie Nye was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972 and lives in Los Angeles. 1. The Breeders "Cannonball" 2. Nirvana, "Heart-shaped box" 3 Tracey Chapman, "Fast Car" 4 Led Zepplin "Ramble On" 5 Dirtbombs "Wreck my Flow" 6 French Vanilla, "Carrie" You can find Laurie's work and the work of all the other artists involved in this podcast on www.whatart…

Scarlett Bowman is a London-based multi-disciplinary artist, who creates abstract sculptures and reliefs that addresses’ the materiality that forms our contemporary commodity culture. She her MA Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Philip Glass - Metamorphosis 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2inNYauU1o A Tribe Called Quest - …

Kristen Liu-Wong a Los Angeles- based artist from San Francisco who studied Illustration at Pratt Institute. https://www.kristenliuart.com / @kliuwong You can find Kristen's playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20dTSTZMSZuTx9rf8P9aoI?si=9RU404onQl2-_Q7KH3nllA Enya - Flora Secret https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYv2uopwkY Nathalie…

Sarah Sullivan, lives & works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sullivan is a fiber artist and painter, a.k.a. Sullystring. http://www.sullystring.com You can find Sarah's playlist on Spotify New Order - Your Silent Face https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so-L12LFRR8 Windsor For The Derby - The Meldoy of a Fallen Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Jr0Yrox-M Gor…

Alexandra Grant is a Los Angeles-based artist who through an exploration of the use of text and language in various media—painting, drawing, sculpture, film, and photography—probes ideas of translation, identity, dis/location, and social responsibility. https://alexandragrant.com https://www.grantlove.com https://www.xartistsbooks.com You can hear …

Rachel Hayes - lives Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rachel creates fabric structures that vibrantly explore painting processes, quilt making, architectural space, light, and shadow. Because of the large-scale nature of her installations and her interests in painting and the craft of sewing, Hayes’ work is a balance of power and fragility. You can find Rachel's w…

Vanessa Garwood - born Israel 1982, lives London. Vanessa studied painting and sculpture for three years at Charles Cecil Studios in Florence. Now she lives and works in west London, focusing half on commissions and half working towards exhibitions. She makes work using a mixture of life sittings and photographs on many subjects, including portrait…

Tahnee Lonsdale is a British artist, living in Los Angeles. BA Fine Art, Byam Shaw St.Martins School of Art. Lonsdale's work is about sex, gender roles and female empowerment. But it is also about love, being loved and needing love. The push pull of what it is to be a woman and a mother. Bending and folding yourself to the needs of others. Balancin…

Cassi Namoda, born 1988 Maputo, Mozambique, lives & works in Los Angeles, CA As the daughter of a Mozambican mother and an American father, Cassi Namoda spent most of her childhood travelling around the world, being exposed to a variety of idea, cultures, and stories. She would return to Maputo, Mozambique, in her early twenties before permanently …

Felicidad De Lucas is a photographer from Madrid, Spain, based in Los Angeles. Her body of work is split into different genres including Conceptual, Fine Art, Street/Documentary, and Fashion photography. Soul Sauce - Cal Tjader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rSNqhEWH9M Besame Mama - Mongo Santamaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVU2DTOliI Cha…

Melissa Herrington is a contemporary abstract artist currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. She has called Venice Beach, California home since 2005 where she received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally. You can listen to Melissa's playlist on the What Artists Listen T…

Allison Bagg born Los Angeles, lives Los Angeles. She earned her BA in Film Studies at UC Berkeley, but wishes she had just stayed in school forever. The Other Art Fair LA is her first art fair. You can hear Allison's What Artists Listen To playlist on Spotify. El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pey29CLID3I Artifacts…

Amanda Flowers, born Antioch, now resides in Los Angeles. Currently finishing her AA at Pasadena City College. An artist who has experience but is taking another step to gain new strategies for moulding a better art experience in her future. Amanda uses many mediums ranging get from animation to photography and oil pastel to express her current sta…

Kara Joslyn was born in San Diego, CA, she now lives and works in Los Angeles. Joslyn earned her bachelors degree from CCA, a post-baccalaureate at Columbia University, and received her MFA in 2016 from UC San Diego. Current solo show, Dandy In The Underworld at Bozomag, Los Angeles. Listen to Kara Joslyn's What Artists Listen To playlist on Spotif…

Erin Morrison, born in Little Rock, lives in Los Angeles. MFA Painting UCLA, BFA Memphis College of Art. Exhibited in New York, Mexico City, San Fran, Seattle and Los Angeles. Erin Morrison's What Artists Listen To playlist on Spotify. Neil Young - Unknown Legend : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNYjaZ_29k Sibylle Baier - Colour Green : https://w…

Born 1974 in Illinois Works in Los Angeles Kysa received her BFA from the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland. She has exhibited at, among other venues, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Tang Museum, The DeCordova Museum, Dublin Contemporary, The Nicolaysen Museum, The Katonah Museum of Art, The Hudson River Museum, The 2nd Biennial of…

Kristy Luck (b. 1985, Rockford, Illinois) currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She received her BFA from Rockford University (2010) and her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2014). She has exhibited her work in LA, New York, Chicago, Denmark and Stockholm. Kristy Luck's What Artists Listen To play…

Jamie Felton is painter and dancer who lives and works in Los Angeles. Jamie Felton's What Artists Listen To playlist on Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/user/hkzv2en77x4qvsfaslxu3phtu/playlist/5U9shh87khj0Ew8Ofhl1UE?si=esDaR1GsTVSQu0LMNg1Dzg Solange - Mad Ft. Lil Wayne : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_zlkGN46Y Prince - Kiss : https://www.you…

Anna Schachte is a contemporary artist who makes paintings. A native of Charleston, SC and long time resident of Brooklyn, NY, Anna now resides in Los Angeles, CA. Anna Schachte's What Artists Listen To playlist on Spotify. Featured tracks on the podcast: Deee-Lite : Deee -Lite Theme (World Clique) Cajmere - Percolator (original mix) Armand Van Hel…

Mattea Perrotta received her BFA from University of California Berkeley in 2011 and her MFA from the school of life, she lives and works in Los Angeles. Drums - Laurie Speigel Jesus Doesn't want Me for a Sunbeam - Nirvana Stranger - Love Joys Manru - Mammane Sani et son Orgue Rhyme -Television Baby Lemonade - Syd Barrett You can find Mattea's work …

Bijou Karman is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. Bijou graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Motion Pictures - Neil Young Voila - Francoise Hardy Hounds of Love - Kate Bush Consideration - Rihanna It Never Entered My Mind - Miles Davis Quintet Give Me Back My Man - B-52’s You can find Bijou's work …

June Edmonds is a painter and public artist, June has been a recipient of grants with the Department of Cultural Affairs in Los Angeles, most recently the COLA Master Artist Fellowship, and the California Arts Council. June received an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Bachelors degree from San Diego State University and currently resides and works in …

Claire Colette received her MFA from Mills College in 2013, she now lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Up Jumped The Devil Francis Baby - Catching Up Laurie Anderson - Oh Superman Alice Coltrane - Journey into Satchidananda LFZ - Fair Winds and Following Seas Gene Clark - Some Misunderstanding Solo exhibition Mountain…

Debra Scacco is an artist, curator and program director works with contemporary and historic structures of permission: environmentally, politically and socially. Debra has lived in New York, Atlanta, London and she now resides in Los Angeles, CA. Cocteau Twins - Sugar Hiccup Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Storms - Colores (Para Lole, Pt.2) Alice …

Nancy Baker Cahill received her B.A. with Honors in Art, from Williams College. She lives in Los Angeles, CA. Nina Simone - Feeling Good Andrew Bird - Pulaski at Night N.E.R.D. & Rihanna - Lemon Girl Bros. - Reaching One J.S.Bach - Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 Rufus Wainwright - I don't know what it is You can find Nancy's work and the world of …

Elizabeth Huey received her an MFA from Yale University in 2002. She now resides in Los Angeles, CA. Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song Frank Ocean - White Ferrari Bob Dylan - Mr.Tambourine Man Radiohead - Everything in its right place Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy You can find Elizabeth's work and the …

Iva Gueorguieva (b. 1974, Bulgaria) received an MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Can - Mushroom Bonnie Prince Billy - I see a darkness Joanna Newsom - Peach Plum Pear Ween - Fluffy Les Rallizes Denudes - White Waking The Fall - Rowche Rumble And the rest of Iva's playlist on Spotify. Iva ha…

Galia Linn was born in Israel and now lives in Los Angeles. We met at her new art hub Blue Roof Studios in South LA. In her work Galia constructs relationships between subject, object and their environments by creating elemental tensions; a delicate balance between the mediums’ limits and Linn’s exploration with life’s imperfections. Galia Linn’s 6…

Yasmine Diaz was born and raised in Chicago to parents who immigrated from the highlands of Yafa in southern Yemen. Her work navigates overlapping tensions around religion, gender, and third-culture identity using personal archives, found imagery and various mixed media on paper. She has exhibited and performed at spaces including the Brava Theater…

Bettina Hubby is a multi-media conceptual artist - her practice is wide-ranging, encompassing curatorial, public engagement and project-based work, alongside more traditional media such as collage, drawing, photography and sculpture. With a recent show at Loran Reynolds Gallery, and a recent show and an upcoming show at Klowden Mann Gallery in 2019…

Amanda Maciel Antunes is a multidisciplinary artist currently an artist in residence at The Mine Artspace in Los Angeles, CA. She works in a variety of mediums including installation, imagery, objects assemblage, video, performance, and writing. See Amanda Maciel Antunes' work on What Artists Listen To and learn more about the art podcast project o…

Hayley Barker is an artist who makes paintings and drawings about spiritual experience, landscape, ritual, and the body - encompassing pain, love, sorrow, desire, memory, loss, sensations and colours. Hayley has a deep affinity for the musician PJ Harvey who is on the entirety of her playlist which can be found on Spotify under What Artists Listen …

Jessica Rath is an artist who embraces all that is going on in her internal and external environment - making work that teaches and inspires as she investigates the balance between the humans and the natural world. The artist also has great taste in music, check it out on Spotify. See Jessica Rath's work on What Artists Listen To and learn more abo…

Alex Olson is an artist who is always pushing herself within the parameters and limitations of painting on canvas - the artist is deeply interested in the capabilities a painting has to affect the viewer and I am inspired by her altruistic approach to painting in the 21st century. Plus, the soundtrack to her artistic life is very good - you can lis…

I went to Alyse Emdur's special event Stinky Drinks & Edible Flowers at Odd Ark gallery during her solo show 'Skunks and Flowers' and was not only struck by Alyse's work but also the artist herself when she did a Q&A with Lisa Anne Auerbach . Later I had the opportunity to sit with the artist in her loft home/studio in the heart of the Arts Distric…

Austyn Weiner is a transplant to LA from the East Coast - she has been busy since she arrived a few years ago, and her most recent show was at Ibid Gallery. I spoke with Austyn at the Listening Party I hosted at the LA gallery Chimento Contemporary and I discovered an artist who's raw, honest and vigorous approach to life unsurprisingly translates …

Very fortunately I met the artist J.Parker Valentine early on when I moved to LA last year and she was one of the first people I had the opportunity to speak to on the podcast. J.Parker Valentine, a transplant herself but from New York, shows her work with Germany gallery Max Mayer where she is currently showing her recent body of work Transients I…

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