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Art Talks MTL

by Yaniya Lee

Yaniya Lee and Naomi Cook loved thinking and talking about all things related to art. It became clear to them that you can’t discuss a painter without talking about her gallery; bring up an artist-run-center without thinking of politics and funding; or reference an art critic without looking at where her work might be published. In 2012, they created this podcast as a forum to engage with different art professionals, in order to discover what they do and how. Their hope is that these conversations might draw a landscape of the histories and networks that bind the art world in Montreal.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 15: Dana Michel

    Dana Michel is a choreographer and performer based in Montreal. Before obtaining a BFA in Contemporary Dance at Concordia University in her late twenties, she was a marketing executive, competitive runner and football player. She is a 2011 danceWEB scholar (Vienna, Austria) and is currently an...

  2. Episode 14: Hajra Waheed

    Hajra Waheed seeks to address personal, national and cultural identity formation in relation to political history, popular imagination and the broad impact of colonial power globally. Her mixed-media practice consists of ongoing bodies of work that constitute a growing personal archive – one...

  3. Episode 13: Sheena Hoszko

    Sheena Hoszko earned a BFA and an MFA in sculpture from Concordia University, and studied Visual Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Centre Clark, DAREDARE and La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, and in group exhibitions at CIRCA, Leonard &…

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  4. Episode 12: Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak

    Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak met over 15 years ago in Victoria, BC. Jim draws grayscale worlds inhabited by all sorts of creatures and monsters. Matt paints colourful urban landscapes and ghost towns. Together they make large, immersive installations of drawing on paper. They've completed…

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  5. Episode 11: The Long Haul

    The Long Haul has been a non-profit, artist-run organization of affordable artist studios in Parc Extension since 2001. A board of directors oversees its greater vision, while the day to day operations are maintained by founders Vanessa Yanow and John Tinholt. Both are visual artists who started...

  6. Episode 10: Celia Perrin Sidarous

    Celia Perrin Sidarous photographs objects and spaces. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Walter Phillips Gallery (Les Choses, 2013), WWTWO (Paha-Koli is Evil Mountain, 2012), VU (Le livre des choses, 2011) and Les Territoires (Trouées, 2009). Celia has attended residences at The...

  7. Episode 9: Nadia Moss

    Nadia Moss is a visual artist and musician. She has presented solo exhibitions and attended residencies in galleries and art spaces across Canada and the United States. With ink, watercolor and whatever other material suits her fancy, she makes fantastical, otherworldly bodies as works on paper,...

  8. Episode 8: Eloi Desjardins

    Eloi Desjardins is an arts journalist, a critic and an independent curator. From 2004-2014 he hosted Un Show de Mot’arts, a radio show dedicated to new media and visual arts. He is a gentleman about town on the arts scene, ubiquitous and well informed. During this episode, Eloi shares what he’s...

  9. Episode 7: the MAW collective

    Since 2010 Gabriel Baribeau, Jackson Darby, Max Evans, John Gunner, Craig Spence and Simon Zaborski have been making sculptures, installations and videos together as the MAW collective. They've had solo exhibitions at Galerie Lock, VAV Gallery, Galerie AB and CTRL Lab. This past May, MAW created...

  10. Episode 6: Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre

    Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre is a writer and independent curator. She has curated exhibitions at le Centre de diffusion Clark, le Musée régional de Rimouski, la Galerie de l’UQAM and la Cinémathèque québécoise. Her writing about art has been published in Ciel Variable, Inter, ETC and esse arts +...

  11. Episode 5: Seripop

    Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau are the prolific paper artists behind Seripop. Their creative collaboration started in Montreal over a decade ago. They toured North America and Europe as part of the avant-grade noise-rock formation AIDS Wolf for a while, and at the same time become pretty renown...

  12. Episode 4: The Artifact Institute

    At the curious intersection between art, research, electronics, archiving, sociology and sustainability, the Artifact Institute investigates different issues and perspectives relating to electronics and group formations. It does so by fostering spaces in which people can reflect on their...

  13. Episode 3: Robert Poulin

    Long time collector Robert Poulin regularly exhibits work he owns at Espace Robert Poulin, in suite # 411 of the Belgo building. In 1995 he founded La Peau de l’Ours a group of art collectors dedicated mainly to buying large scale paintings by lesser known artists. Based on a similar venture in...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Yaniya Lee and Naomi Cook loved thinking and talking about all things related to art. It became clear to them that you can’t discuss a painter without talking about her gallery; bring up an artist-run-center without thinking of politics and funding; or reference an art critic without looking at where her work might be published. In 2012, they created this podcast as a forum to engage with different art professionals, in order to discover what they do and how. Their hope is that these conversations might draw a landscape of the histories and networks that bind the art world in Montreal.

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Yaniya Lee

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How many episodes does Art Talks MTL have?

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What is Art Talks MTL about?

Yaniya Lee and Naomi Cook loved thinking and talking about all things related to art. It became clear to them that you can’t discuss a painter without talking about her gallery; bring up an artist-run-center without thinking of politics and funding; or reference an art critic without looking at...

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Art Talks MTL is created and hosted by Yaniya Lee.
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