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STUDIO VISIT DATES: August 31, 2015

Steve DeFrank with Andrew Birk

AURORA IXCHEL PELLIZZI United States (NY)/ Mexico (MO), Italy (Fl) aurorapellizzi.com/ __   STUDIO VISIT DATE: February 4, 2013 Aurora Pellizzi's work incorporates her experiences with traditional craft while employing contemporary materials and technology.  Aurora currently lives and works in Florence, Italy.

Aurora and I first met in 2011, we were introduced by a mutual friend and we have been collaborating ever since then through many projects and exhibitions. Aurora has become one of the main members of Eyelevel BQE as well as Natalia Porter. In August 2013 we presented work together in a show called DIS-PLACEMENT curated by Remy Amezcua, at Sensei Exchange

ADAM GREEN musician, visual artist, filmmaker United States, NY adamgreen.info

__   ENTRE | VISTAS consists of a camera, an artist, a studio and a deck of very special cards: Each card of the Zebra Deck has a either a question a statement or an image, then the artist picks a card, and one by one responds or reacts at the flip of a card.  Eva Posas and Rodrigo Teie are the responsible for generating these interviews determined by chance, and published to ohcolourmein.com 

For this interview we borrowed Colour Me In's Zebra Deck and invited Ana Maria Hermida (filmmaker) to conduct and record the interview and (photographer) Livia Corona to take a portrait of Adam.

  Adam Green talks about México in his work [...] 

Epic Linen w/ Blue Cow Acrylic on Unprimed Linen 84"x108"

Ana Maria and Adam on: cartoons, self-portraits Aladdin and 9/11

Red Cartoon Portrait w/ Cravat   Acrylic, Crayon, and Watercolor on Paper 24"x19" Flying Rug Ride Acrylic on Canvas 60"x36"

STEVE DEFRANK visual artist United States, NY stevedefrank.com

__   STUDIO VISIT DATE: March 15, 2013 DeFrank first gained attention with his portraits of Ken dolls and Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman made out of hand dyed Lite-Brite pegs. Later-on developed more portraits made of Lite-Brite pegs, some of the portraits are of re-sexualized little people such as the gay leather man, Fritz, or the cowboy, Hank. Once this acclaimed line of work became victim of its own shtick, he then decided to walk away from it, and explore more. Steve then developed paintings in wood, in both its natural and by-product forms: tree stumps, were painted with humorous phrases carved into their bark, surrounded by fairy dust and floating bubbles; other stumps were painted with flowing manes of hair taking on a nearly human persona. In conjunction with the paintings, he then created a series of “Stud”  sculpture works, developed in vibrant colors mimicking its wood grain, the Stud(s) were named after gay male pornography stars and painted  in casein, technique he has mastered over the years.  

Steve DeFrank is a huge inspiration for me and many artists I know, he constantly challenges himself, and puts the word (used so often in artist statements) "painstaking" to shame. He is hilarious, and is able to translate this hilarity into his work.

CELIA ROWLSON-HALL filmmaker, choreographer United States, NY celiarowlsonhall.com

__   STUDIO VISIT DATE: June 20, 2012 Celia is a filmmaker, choreographer and Bessie Award-winning performer (The New York Dance and Performance Awards) and the creative force behind multiple shorts, Celia has choreographed dance sequences for music videos by artist including Chromeo and MGMT; as well as several stage and film performances.  The first time I met Celia was in early 2009. Celia and Jen Dunlap wanted to share and brainstorm some ideas for a two woman show including two shorts by Celia and large scale and small rainbow-filled paintings by Jen. At the beginning stages it was going to be called PDA, but then "Parallel," sounded better suiting for the kind of work they were presenting together. The promo video for Parallel is extremely amusing, it just never gets old. The photo for the postcard was shot by Tom Hines, Dunlap and Rowlson-Hall are lying down over a bright blue carpet, where Celia is as a giant ball of yarn and Jen is a black cat pulling a thread from it. Posterior shows and collaborations include: Our Relationship Is Extinct (2013) SchoolHouse Projects Spring Break (2012), School at Prince Street The Convent (2009), St. Cecilia's Convent