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ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Isaac Mann

67 episodes

2 weeks ago

Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Wallace joins host Isaac Mann to discuss his unique paper pulping technique, creative process, and journey into art-making after 25 years in another industry. Wallace had a solo exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery in May 2026 and has shown with other New York City venues including Cristin Tierney Gallery and Rick Wester Fine Art. He has participated in residencies at the American Academy in Rome, VCCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo, and curates Main Window, a Broo...

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Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Wallace joins host Isaac Mann to discuss his unique paper pulping technique, creative process, and journey into art-making after 25 years in another industry. Wallace had a solo exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery in May 2026 and has shown with other New York City venues including Cristin Tierney Gallery and Rick Wester Fine Art. He has participated in residencies at the American Academy in Rome, VCCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo, and curates Main Window, a Broo...

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ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#66 with Jeff Wallace

Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Wallace joins host Isaac Mann to discuss his unique paper pulping technique, creative process, and journey into art-making after 25 years in another industry. Wallace had a solo exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery in May 2026 and has shown with other New York City venues including Cristin Tierney Gallery and Rick Wester Fine Art. He has participated in residencies at the American Academy in Rome, VCCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo, and curates Main Window, a Broo...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 16 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#65 with Jameson Green (Part 2)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest returning today is Jameson Green. Jameson is a New York-based painter whose work is in collections at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. He's exhibited with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech in New York, Paris, London, and Brussels. On last week's episode, Jameson and I discussed the three elements of great painting, drawing, sampling from art books and other pa...

1 month ago

58 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#64 with Jameson Green

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Jameson Green. Jameson is an artist living and working in Hudson, NY. He holds an MFA from Hunter College. Green has exhibited extensively with Derek Eller Gallery and Almine Rech, including solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Brussels, and Santa Monica. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, Museo Picasso Málaga, and ICA Miami. You can also find Green's work in the public col...

1 month ago

1 hour 3 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#63 with Clova Rae-Smith

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today, Clova Rae-Smith, is a British jewellery designer based in New York City. Clova graduated from Central Saint Martins and was recognized as one of DAZED’s “UAL Graduates to Watch.” She specializes in grillz that blend fine art, fashion, and identity, and has quickly become one of the most sought-after jewelers in the industry. Clova’s work has been featured in VOGUE and ROLLING STONE, and her clients include Beyoncé (who gifte...

2 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#62 with Robert Schefman

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Robert Schefman. He is a Detroit-based artist with a BFA from Michigan State University and an MFA from the University of Iowa. His work is in collections at the Detroit Institute of Arts and The Broad, along with other major institutions, and has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and other venues across the country. He's a recipient of Pollack-Krasner and Kresge Foundation grants and is Professor Emeritus at the Col...

2 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#61 with Kyle Staver (Part 2)

Kyle Staver is a figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow. Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She has received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. She has had solo exhibitions at Nino Mier Gallery, Half G...

3 months ago

49 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#60 with Kyle Staver

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Kyle Staver. A figurative painter who draws on mythological and folkloric traditions, reworking familiar stories with her distinctive use of color and shadow. Staver earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize, and was previously awarded t...

3 months ago

43 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#59 with Erik Sommer

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today I'm speaking with Erik Sommer, a New York-based painter who is also the founder of Mott Projects, a contemporary art project space. Sommer's work explores chance, beauty, and the attempt to control time through unconventional mark-making techniques. His practice incorporates industrial materials like concrete and drywall, reflecting his interest in urban decay and found textures. After 15 years in an East Harlem studio, Erik relocated...

4 months ago

57 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#58 with Michael Stamm (Part 2)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. On this week’s episode Michael Stamm is back to continue with our conversation about his artistic practice and career insights. Michael Stamm is a Brooklyn-based painter with an MFA from NYU and an MA in English Literature from Columbia University. He also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016. Stamm has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Deli Gallery, DC Moore and Thierry Goldberg in New York, and Shul-amit Nazari...

4 months ago

59 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#57 with Michael Stamm

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists! My guest today is the Brooklyn-based painter Michael Stamm. Stamm explores themes of strength and weakness, vice and virtue, and self-actualization versus obliteration in his work. Stamm received an MFA from New York University and MA in English Literature from Columbia University, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2016. Stamm has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Deli Gallery (NYC), DC Moore (NYC) and Thierry ...

4 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#56 with Dennis Kardon

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Dennis Kardon. Dennis is a Brooklyn-based painter known for his influential work 49 Jewish Noses and his most recent solo shows at Lubov Gallery and Massimo De Carlo. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad, received major career grants including a Guggenheim Fellowship, and written for top art publications such as Artforum, Artnet and Hyperallergic to name a few. I sat down with Dennis at his studio in th...

7 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#55 Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse (Part 2)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This week on ARTMATTERS, we get back to our conversation with Brooklyn-based artists Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse. Like last time, this conversation explores their differing personalities, creative processes and the dynamics at play in the lives of a working artist couple. Today we discuss balancing introversion and extroversion, setting boundaries, maintaining focus, the emotional role of color, the importance of decisiveness...

9 months ago

44 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

Special Valentine's Day Edition: #54 with Krista Louise Smith and Elliot Purse

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. This week on ARTMATTERS, I'm sending some belated Valentine’s love to all my listeners! In the spirit of the season, I spent my February 14th hanging out at the shared studio of artists Elliot Purse and Krista Louise Smith. It was the perfect way to mark the holiday, exploring the unique dynamics of working side by side with your spouse in the studio. In this week’s conversation, we discuss studio schedules, collaboration, writing applicati...

10 months ago

48 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#53 with Julie Harrison (Part 2)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. Today we continue our conversation with Julie Harrison, a New York-based artist whose decades-long career has spanned drawing, photography, video, painting, and performance. In this episode we discuss framing and exhibiting works on paper, the overlap between drawing and collage, overcoming creative blocks, exploring new tools, building community and the importance of art history. We also talk laziness, playing tricks with materials, and no...

10 months ago

52 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#52 with Julie Harrison

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.This week, we’re joined by Julie Harrison, a New York-based artist whose decades-long career has spanned drawing, photography, video, painting, and performance.In this episode we discuss Julie’s transition from grayscale to color and back again, her interest in scientific imagery, archiving and selecting reference materials, drawing techniques, early artistic influences and her career path. We also discuss her transition to painting in the 1...

11 months ago

1 hour 17 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#51 with Eric Fischl (Part 2)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.On this week’s episode we are once again joined by the iconic painter Eric Fischl.Eric Fischl is an internationally acclaimed American artist known for his profound influence on figurative art. Born in 1948 in New York City, Fischl’s work captures the uneasy undercurrents of American life. His journey through art education took him from Phoenix to California, where he earned his B.F.A., and later to Chicago and Nova Scotia for teaching and e...

11 months ago

1 hour 8 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#50 with Eric Fischl

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists.Happy New Year! I’m thrilled to kick off 2025 with a milestone celebration of our 50th episode. I am also extremely excited to say this special episode features a great conversation with the iconic artist Eric Fischl.Eric Fischl is an internationally acclaimed American artist known for his profound influence on figurative art. Born in 1948 in New York City, Fischl’s work captures the uneasy undercurrents of American life. His journey through...

1 year ago

1 hour 25 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

BONUS: Episode 50 Preview, Big News and a Look Back

🎉 Special Bonus Episode! 🎉Welcome to episode 49.5 of ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists—a special teaser leading up to our milestone 50th episode!We’ve got an incredible guest lined up for Episode 50, someone whose impact on contemporary art is legendary. I can’t wait for you to hear our conversation. Stick around until the end for a sneak peek—you might recognize the voice!Episode Highlights:A sneak preview of Episode 50’s guest (any guesses?)Big news about new, limited-edition ARTMATTERS m...

1 year ago

9 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#49 with Jeff Way (Part 3)

Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists:Today we conclude our 3-part conversation with the artist Jeff Way. Jeff has lived and worked in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood since 1969. Featured in the 1973 Whitney Biennial and a subsequent solo exhibition, Way’s work has been shown at institutions like the New Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and the ICA Philadelphia. His innovative Chalk Line Paintings, begun in the late 1960s, explore the grid through layered lines o...

1 year ago

36 minutes

ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists

#48 with Jeff Way (Part 2)

Today on the podcast we continue our conversation with Jeff Way, an artist who has lived and worked in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood since 1969. Featured in the 1973 Whitney Biennial and a subsequent solo exhibition there, Way’s work has been shown at institutions like the New Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and the ICA Philadelphia. His innovative Chalk Line Paintings, begun in the late 1960s, explore the grid through layered lines of raw pigment, a technique he revisits i...

1 year ago

37 minutes