What’s My Thesis?
Javier Proenza
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300 Art World Gatekeeping, Internet Culture, and Creative Survival - Dakota Noot & Christopher Anthony Velasco
For the 300th episode of What’s My Thesis?, Javier Proenza is joined by Los Angeles-based artists and cultural workers Dakota Noot and Christopher Anthony Velasco for an informal conversation shaped…
299 Dave Young Kim — Asian Mythology, Immigrant Narratives, and Curating Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
In this episode, Dave Young Kim, a Los Angeles–based muralist and curator, discusses his recent exhibition at the USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena. Developed around the theme of Asian mythical…
298 Snezana Petrovic — Yugoslav War, Migration, Identity & Ecological Art Practice
Snezana Petrovic, a Yugoslav-born painter, installation artist, and former production designer, joins What’s My Thesis? to discuss her early career across film and theater in Yugoslavia and her…
297 Joe Galarza: Punk, Indigenous Anarchism, and Art as Resistance in Los Angeles
Joe Galarza is a Los Angeles-based muralist, musician, and community educator whose practice engages Indigenous identity, political resistance, and the social role of art. Introduced through the East…
296 Josh Schaedel — Artist-Run Spaces, Photography Economics & Community in Los Angeles
In this episode, photographer Josh Schaedel discusses his work founding and sustaining an artist-run exhibition space in Los Angeles, reflecting on a practice rooted in service, hospitality, and…
295 Donel Williams — Abstraction, Black Figuration, Performance Art & Institutional Critique
Artist Donel Williams reflects on his unconventional path into art, from community college photography to his studies at UCLA, where he developed a multidisciplinary practice spanning painting,…
294 Faris McReynolds — Painting, Art Market Critique, Artist Labor & Institutional Power
Faris McReynolds is a painter and musician whose practice engages directly with the structures of the contemporary art world. In this conversation, he reflects on his early entry into the gallery…
293 Jahn Muller: Painting, Generational Memory & the Experience of Art
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, Los Angeles painter Jahn Baby Muller, a graduate of the USC Roski School of Art, joins host Javier Proenza to discuss his thesis work and the philosophical…
292 Katie Hector — Portrait Painting, Beauty Standards, and Contemporary Image Culture
Painter Katie Hector joins host Javier Proenza for a conversation on portrait painting, image culture, and the shifting cultural frameworks that shape how faces and bodies are represented in art.…
291 Estefania Ajcip on Painting, Immigration, Family Separation & Contemporary Art Practice
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, painter Estefania Ajcip joins host Javier Proenza to discuss the personal and cultural experiences that shape her work. Ajcip reflects on growing up between the…
290 Raul Baltazar Interview: Chicano Art, Ritual Performance & Cultural Syncretism in Los Angeles
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza speaks with Los Angeles–based Chicano artist Raul Baltazar about the cultural and historical foundations of his practice. Baltazar reflects…
289 Kristine Shomaker on Conceptual Painting, Collaboration & Artist Support in Los Angeles
Kristine Shomaker is a Los Angeles–based conceptual painter and arts organizer, and the founder of Shoebox Arts and Art and Cake at the Brewery Art Complex. In this conversation, she reflects on…
288 Olivier Arsène Ganthier: Haitian Muralism, Black Figuration & Spiritual Syncretism
In this episode, Haitian painter and muralist Olivier Arsène Ganthier, an MFA candidate at Otis College of Art and Design, reflects on his artistic formation in Haiti and his current practice in Los…
287 Liz Stringer on Monumental Ceramics, Biopolitics, the Body, and Public Ritual
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, ceramic sculptor and installation artist Liz Stringer joins the podcast for an in-depth conversation about sculpture, scale, and the body. Working primarily with…
286 Frannie Hemmelgarn on Community Art Spaces, Papermaking, and Gentrification | DMST Atelier
In this episode, Javier Proenza speaks with Frannie Hemmelgarn, director and co-founder of DMST Atelier, an artist-run space in Los Angeles developed in collaboration with affordable housing…
285 Stephanie Sherwood on Painting Trash, Artist Collectives, and Municipal Art Spaces in Los Angeles
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza speaks with Stephanie Sherwood, an artist and Exhibition Coordinator at the Brand Library in Glendale. Sherwood reflects on her dual role as…
284 Ever Velasquez on Artist Careers, Spiritual Practice, and Power Inside the LA Art World
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, Javier Proenza speaks with Ever Velasquez, Director of Charlie James Gallery, about her path from collage and community organizing to gallery leadership, and the…
283 Joaquin Stacey on Ecuadorian Identity, Latin American Art, Catholic Iconography & Fermentation as Practice
Artist Joaquin Stacey joins Javier Proenza for a conversation on art, identity, and cultural formation shaped by migration. Born in Ecuador and raised in Miami before relocating to Los Angeles for…
282 Flora Kao — Installation Art, Taiwanese Rituals, Grief, Origami, and Cultural Memory
Artist Flora Kao joins What’s My Thesis? to discuss the evolution of her practice from painting to large-scale installation, and how Taiwanese mourning rituals, Buddhist symbolism, and diasporic…
281 Manuel Vdah Bracamonte — Graffiti, LA Street Culture, Identity, and Art as Survival
Artist Manuel Vdah Bracamonte joins What’s My Thesis? for a grounded conversation on graffiti, identity, and the lived conditions that shaped Los Angeles street culture in the 1980s and 90s. Born in…
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