Atelier Visit

Jose Lozano is an artist and published author based in Fullerton, California whose works include public projects, paintings, murals and serigraphs. He received his MFA from Cal State Fullerton. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited widely at venues which include the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art, Patricia Correia Gallery, Self Help Graphics, and Avenue 50 Studio. He has received many awards including a J. Paul Getty Mid-Career Grant in Painting and a California Arts Council Grant for Drawing and Painting. Lozano prefers to work in a series and focuses on particular themes and topics, such as Mexican wrestlers, paper dolls, Mexican movie imagery, clowns and loteria playing cards. Lozano was also granted and completed his own Metro train station located at La Brea's Expo line.

Background: From the late 1960s to the early 1980s Highland Park in Northeast Los Angeles was home to the influential Chicana/o artists collectives Mechicano and Concilio de Arte Popular, which included among their members some of the most important Chicana/o artists of their time: Carlos Almaraz, Frank Romero, Judithe Hernandez, Teddy Sandoval, Gilbert Magu Lujan, Leo Limon, Barbara Carrasco, and John Valadez. In stark contrast to the upscale galleries of West Los Angeles, where an individualistic conceptual art was taking root, Highland Park was becoming home to an art form that emphasized the themes of community, cultural pride, and economic struggle inherited from the great Mexican muralists of the previous generation. Read more at resurrectedhistories.com

"Resurrected Histories" has an exciting update. After scheduling, filming, editing and fine-tuning, KCET's Departures, has video clips, photos, and essays available online for viewing.

Brooklyn born Artist Myron Kaufman shares his time with Atelier Visit to discuss his work and thoughts on art. The interview/dialogue was filmed in his Pasadena studio in 2010. Mr. Kaufman's work has been exhibited at Project 210 and Offramp Galleries in Pasadena. -Abel Alejandre

Based out of Los Angeles, California, we are pleased to present Graham Goddard. We caught up with him at Left Coast Galleries in Studio City, California. Graham is a Trinidadian-American conceptual artist who paints, sculpts and does site specific installations.

Peter J. Harris, wrote poem to honor the legacy of beloved Jamaican born artist Joseph Beckles. Peter performed piece for Atelier Visit in his Los Angeles studio.

We are proud to share this sliver of insight into Brandon’s mystical world of art making. San Fran­cisco Artist Brandon Walls Olsen dis­cusses his work with Raphael Noz. The interview was filmed at “Sight School” an artist run store­front located at 5651 San Pablo in Oak­land, California. Brandon received an MFA from California College of the Arts and BAs in Art and Psychology from UC Berkeley. For more information on Brandon’s upcoming projects and exhibitions visit his site at brandonwallsolsen.com. You can also check out our Artist Registry at ateliervisit.com/profiles/ to view some of his works.

Los Ange­les based Artist Lisa Adams shares her time with Ate­lier Visit to dis­cuss her work and thoughts on art. The inter­view and or con­ver­sa­tion was filmed in her Los Ange­les stu­dio in May of 2010. Lisa’s haunt­ing work of birds, nature, mys­te­ri­ous nar­ra­tives and col­li­sions with abstrac­tions adorn her stu­dio. Lisa has worked as a non-representational artist for ten years and then intro­duced her new visual vocab­u­lary for which she is known today. Her cur­rent work is a beau­ti­ful strug­gle to be seen.

Santa Barbara Visual Artist, Mary Heebner, shares some of her time with Atelier Visit. Her interview was filmed in Los Angeles at Edward Cella Art+Architecture where she was opening her solo show. Exhibit is running through April 17, 2010 at Edward Cella Art+Architecture located at 6018 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Los Angeles Installation Artist, Jane Castillo, shares some of her time with Atelier Visit. Her interview was filmed in her home Studio in February 2010. Jane recently exhibited at MACLA Gallery (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano) in San Jose, California. The show was titled "Conceptual Landscapes: recent work by Castillo and Mariana Garibay". She also has recently completed a collaborative outdoor installation called "Bloodlines" which utilizes red ribbons woven between the trees across the street from MACLA.

Los Angeles Artist Leigh Salgado known for her sculpted drawings shares some of her time with Atelier Visit. Her interview was filmed in her Los Angeles Studio at the famous Brewery Artist Colony.

German born American Artist Dominique Moody shares her thoughts and story with Atelier Visit. We caught-up with Dominique in her Los Angeles studio orderly packed with resource materials.

Daniel Marquez is a Visual Artist with an amazing energy to create, collaborate and nurture the younger artist. Currently he is in an art and residency program (Arts in Corrections) where he is teaching with all mediums. He was in Los Angeles visiting when we caught-up with Daniel.

This is a breif introduction to the project Atelier Visit. Hope that you find informative and maybe even enjoy it a little.

Ismael and Heriberto Castro are two phenomenal visual artists based in Mexicali, Baja California. Recently they have collaborated with one another on several projects. Having worked on several public works they have become more ambitious with each new project. For this interview we drove to CEART (formerly Casa de Juventud) where one such project is in the form of a mosiac.