Keep your courage. Do what you believe in. Find a way to do it - Dr. Jo Melvin [31]
Jo Melvin is a professor in fine arts and feminisms at Chelsea College of Art in London, director and curator of the Barry Flanagan estate. Jo is also an art historian, a writer, a lecturer, a filmmaker, a curator and an exhibition maker."I speak as a woman who wears many hats, academic, scholar, teacher, mother, alongside the simultaneous development of my artistic, curatorial and exhibition making practices."In this episode of The Warrior Artist, Jo Melvin chats to Éadaoin Glynn about:Ending up in art school 'by default'Steering her own path in art schoolHow she approached and met artists who inspired herHer approach to curating and exhibition makingTeaching Meeting Barry Flanagan and curating his workMeeting Marion Milner, Francis Bacon and Lucy LippardHer advice to artistsHer love of film and her own creative practiceRead the blog.Follow Jo Melvin on InstagramFollow Éadaoin Glynn on Instagram.Support The Warrior Artist on PatreonPodcast edited by Bren Russell of Podland.
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The most important thing is being authentic to yourself, as a creator, and actually trying to find your true voice - Leah Hewson [30]
Leah Hewson is an abstract artist who works in layers of complex patterns, in vibrant neon colours. She studied in Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design. She has exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions in the RHA and Hillsboro. Fine Art. She has had residencies in New York, LA Berlin and Dublin. She has won several awards, including the whites award for painting in the RHA. Her work is in many public collection and has also been auctioned at Sotheby'sIn this episode of The Warrior Artist Podcast, Leah chats to host Éadaoin Glynn about :Interning with Sean Scully in New York moved her directly into abstractionCollaborations enable to give up control and access creativityWhy she enjoys working in a variety of mediumsHer intuitive painting process and painting in the 'flow state'Avoiding the comfort zone and challenging herselfHer advice for artists Commercial commissions and being outside the gallery systemHaving a painting auctioned at Sothebys LondonMural paintingHaving an authentic voice and the importance of discipline.Read the blog Follow Leah Hewson on InstagramFollow Éadaoin Glynn on InstagramSupport the Warrior Artist on PatreonPodcast Edited by Bren Russell of Podland
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You’ve got to keep working at your practice - that's why we call it a practice - Ciara Rodgers [29]
In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Ciara Rodgers, a visual artist based in Cork City who works from her studio at Backwater Artists Group. She has a BA and MA from Crawford College of Art and Design and works in an expanded drawing practice which includes polaroid photography, installation and performance. Her work is often site specific, with the defunct and disappearing architecture of the urban landscape as her starting point.Ciara discusses:How the frustration of COVID lockdown forced her to explore new areas in her practiceHer love of the unpredictability of Polaroid photographyHer public practice vs her private practicePerformance drawingHow the urban environment inspires herHer colour palette inspired by her 1980s childhoodHow she nurtures her practice and balances all her different mediumsBalancing two teaching jobs with her studio practiceTaking holidays from social mediaHow she handles rejectionThe best advice she received as an art studentHer advice for emerging artistsRead the blog See Éadaoin's work on her website and Instagram.See Ciara's work on her website and Instagram. This episode was edited by Podland
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Leah Beggs - intuitive painting process [28]
In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Leah Beggs, a visual artist based in Galway.
Her work is semi-abstract landscapes and she is represented by the Solomon Gallery in Dublin and the Kenny Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway.
A graduate of Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, her work is in public collections including the Department of an Taoiseach, Trinity College Dublin and the National Concert Hall.
Leah discusses:
Her intuitive painting process and 'the crap pile'
How moving to Connemara impacted her work
How interior design and visual art are mutually beneficial industries
The importance of having a studio
Working with galleries
The importance of being professional
the challenges of balancing family time, administration and her painting practice
Rejection
Wandhanger hanging system
Read the Blog post on my website.
Follow Éadaoin Glynn and Leah Beggs on Instagram.
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Love the mistakes. You have to keep persevering before the good stuff comes out - Debbie Godsell [27]
In this episode of the Warrior Artist Podcast, host Éadaoin Glynn interviews Debbie Godsell, a visual artist and art educator based in Cork. Her work is primarily lens based, but has evolved to include sculptural forms and video.
A graduate of Crawford College of Art and Design and Limerick School of Art and Design, she is a member of Cork Printmakers. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize. She has won many awards and her work is in public collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the OPW, and the Crawford Art Gallery.
Debbie discusses:
her artistic evolution from lens-based work to printmaking the influence of her rural surroundings on her art.
her love of the unpredictability and possibilities within printmaking
the impact of her family history and environment on her work
Her interest in folklore, identity, and the colonial history of Ireland
The creative processthe challenges of balancing teaching and her art practice
Rejection
Advice and the importance of community
The importance of perseverance
See Debbie's work in her upcoming solo exhibition 'Flail' in Source Arts Centre, Tipperary, 14th September – 19th October 2024
Full show notes available here
Follow Debbie on Instagram and her website
Follow Éadaoin on Instagram and her website
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