Jonathan O’Dea creates abstract sculptures out of waste material from construction sites. In so doing, he makes art in a sustainable way. In this episode, he talks about his Irish background in which he was making objects from an early age, how working on building sites as a young man inspired his future art, how he discovered sculpture after studying painting at Central St Martins, the kind of materials he takes from construction sites such as Crossrail and the Olympic Park, how he puts them to use in his sculptures and how his artworks offer a metaphor for the human condition.
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Su Richardson became a pioneer of feminist art in the 1970s through her crocheted and other works which focused on domesticity and feminine issues such as motherhood, PMS, menopause and so on. In this episode she talks about reactions to her art which challenged views in a male-dominated arts establishment at that time, how she studied graphic design and became an art teacher before making soft sculptures at home, the postal art project she co-founded and the Fenix Collective, her work in sexual health. how she joined a “cow punk” band as a percussionist, her history of self-portraits and her current exhibition on the theme of ultra-processed food.
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Jerry Buhari is a renowned artist whose works reflect themes of the environment and the political and social woes of his native Nigeria. In this episode, he talks about how human development has affected his place of birth in the rural north of the country, how ethnic tensions and political repression affected him and his art, his obsession with miniature paintings and micro objects within his larger works, the spectre of oil pollution and the presence of the Boko Haram insurgency, why he began using fabric as his “canvas”, his use of unusual materials and collaborators, and about his latest exhibition on the subject of African migration.
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Hannah Thomas paints dreamlike, abstract landscapes full of weird biomorphic shapes, hybrid creatures and visceral body parts full of symbols and metaphor. In this episode, she talks about her previous career as a photographer shooting rock musicians, why she gave up photography for painting, her instinctive process often inspired by music, her interest in Absurdism, how restraints on personal freedom have inspired various series of her works, and how her art is evolving.
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Jean-Luc Almond is a prize-winning portrait painter whose images are distorted in order to give them a psychological and emotional depth, representing the polarities of the human condition. In this episode, he talks about his early life in Africa, how he developed his current visual language at art school, how working in care homes influenced his oil paintings, how the texture and materiality of paint itself becomes as important as the representational subject, how he expresses the polarities of the human condition and how he’s been influenced by Victorian post mortem photography.
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Fiona Campbell creates sculptures and installations that she reappropriates from found and discarded materials. In this episode, she talks about how her concern for the environment is at the heart of her practice, the types of materials she looks for, how she interprets environmental issues in a visual way, her upbringing in Kenya, the mixture of shock and allure that she seeks to achieve in many of her works and the influence of her home county of Somerset on her oeuvre.
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Rosanne Guille is an artist and activist who grew up on the tiny Channel Island of Sark. In this episode, she talks about the idyllic childhood she had there, how the scenery of Sark was inspiring as a plein air painter of land and seascapes, how she became involved in a campaign to halt the over-development of the island by the billionaire Barclay Brothers, how moving to the nearby island of Guernsey saw the development of her artistic practice, and how she has responded artistically to the 80th anniversary of the Channel Islands’ liberation from the Nazis at the end of World War II.
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Andrew Gifford’s paintings of both nature and cityscapes are concerned with the shifting effects of light and atmosphere. In this episode, he talks about painting wildlife from an early age, how particular episodes in his life forged his individual identity, the influence of an art teacher, why he painted cityscapes and the pleasant interactions with the public it entailed, how art has enriched everything he looks at, how his visual language has developed, the importance of shadow in his works, his recent trip to Costa Rica and his experience of the effects of climate change and loss of diversity.
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Californian artist Jacqué Price paints landscapes, animals and figures in what she calls a “representationally expressionistic” way. In this episode, she talks about a near-death experience which changed her life, how she initially gave up art to study neuropsychology and subsequently practise various forms of wellness therapies to contribute to society, how she took art up again after her own metal health suffered, and how she creates an “awkward, elegant aesthetic” in her paintings.
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Carolyn Tripp makes traditionally-shaped porcelain ceramics but gives them a contemporary twist. In this episode, she tells of how family members first piqued her interest in ceramics, why she gave up a successful career in advertising to follow her passion, how she flourished during her degree at Camberwell College in London, how she helps support people with mental illness through creating ceramics after processing grief of her own, and how she gives her pieces a modern feel.
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