The Aesthetic of Reflexivity – Interview with Helidon Xhixha

Helidon Xhixha_The Aesthetic of Reflexivity by Jill Thayer PhD See also: “Helidon Xhixha–Sculpting Light.” By Jill Thayer, Ph.D. Contributing Writer, ARTDISTRICTS FLORIDA Magazine NO. 33, December 2014 – January 2015 My sculptures react to the different exposure to light. They are influenced by the tone of light they are exposed to. Whether natural or artificial, light plays […]

Helidon Xhixha – Sculpting Light

Helidon Xhixha_Sculpting Light by Jill Thayer PhD See also: “The Aesthetic of Reflexivity–Interview with Helidon Xhixha.” 5 September – 7 November 2014, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany By Jill Thayer, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, ARTPULSE Magazine, NO. 21, VOL. 6, 2015 My sculptures mirror and converse with the surrounding landscape and their complex vitality becomes inexhaustible sources of reflections, […]

Artists in the Lime Light: A Conversation with Thinh Nguyen, Debra Bianculli, Olivier Mirguet, Melanie Moore, Alan Nakagawa, Paulin Paris, and Jane Gillespie Pryor

A Conversation with THINH NGUYEN  DEBRA BIANCULLI  OLIVIER MIRGUET  MELANIE MOORE  ALAN NAKAGAWA  PAULIN PARIS  JANE GILLESPIE PRYOR June 12, 2014 Conducted at thinhstudio, Hawthorne, California Interviewer: Jill Thayer, Ph.D. Interview with Thinh Nguyen (curator); Alan Nakagawa, Melanie Moore, Debra Bianculli, and Jane Gillespie Pryor (Lime Light exhibition artists); with Paulin Paris and Olivier Mirguet […]

Enraptured Visions: A Conversation with Carlos Luna

December 2014 Written by Jill Thayer, Ph.D. for ARTVOICES Magazine, Winter Issue Carlos Luna is an artist and storyteller whose emblematic themes engage fables and mysticisms, eroticisms and prejudices, religiosity, anthropology, and the socio-political contexts of life. His semiotic narratives depict not only his rich Latin American heritage, but also his take on the contemporary currents of […]

Tm Gratkowski: NOTHING SHOCKING

Tm Gratkowski_Nothing Shocking by Jill Thayer PhD See also: “Word Play: A Conversation with Tm Gratkowski.” By Jill Thayer, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, ARTPULSE Magazine, Miami, Dec. 2014 – Jan. 2015 Issue. Review: Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, 10 Sept. – 1 Nov. 2014 In our quest to assimilate mass communication in a 24/7 news stream, […]

Synergy of Expression: A Conversation with Karrie Ross

See also: “A Catalyst of Meaning: The Art of Karrie Ross.” September 2014 Written by Jill Thayer, Ph.D. for ARTVOICES Magazine, Fall Issue “I paint with abandon, driven by a belief that centers around being connected through vibrational energy of the universe.” Karrie Ross believes that everything has a frequency, a mechanism that stimulates response. […]

A Catalyst of Meaning: The Art of Karrie Ross

See also: “Synergy of Expression: A Conversation with Karrie Ross.” A catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition at LA Artcore Gallery at the Union Center for the Arts (August 25 – 31, 2014), Los Angeles, California, by Jill Thayer, Ph.D.      For centuries, artists have explored the conceptual boundaries of art and science, such as Da Vinci, […]

Life Imitates Art: A Conversation with Alba Francesca

May 2014 Written by Jill Thayer, Ph.D. for ARTVOICES Magazine, Summer issue “Sometimes it starts by something as simple as a piece of fabric that triggers a memory.”      Alba Francesca Color-infused textiles of cotton and silk pieced into figurative narratives and geometric abstractions personify the life and multi-faceted career of Alba Francesca. Her work […]

Word Play: A Conversation with Tm Gratkowski

See also: “Tm Gratkowski: NOTHING SHOCKING.” December 2013 Written by Jill Thayer, Ph.D. for ARTVOICES Magazine, Winter issue “There became a point where art making became the career wasn’t about taking notes, it was about doing.”      Tm Gratkowski A stream of print media is captured, codified, and shared through the process-driven works of Tm Gratkowski. […]

The Sublimity of Trang T. Lê

A catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition, Trang T. Lê: Quiet Thoughts (October 4 – November 11, 2013) at Artspace Vincennes, Indiana. By Jill Thayer, Ph.D. A calm presence is felt upon viewing the paintings of Trang T. Lê. Her ethereal compositions impart the quiet essence of nature in a visual language of contemplation. For Lê, […]