Amber Boardman in Sydney, Australia
Former Atlantan Amber Boardman is a creative chameleon. First known for her animations, then for her video and time-based projects, the Maine-born artist is now settled in Sydney, Australia, where she...
View ArticleAnna Podris in Raleigh, North Carolina
A painting can be so many things. It may reassert the materials and the process that went into its making, or act as an illusory window, providing a three-dimensional view into a world we already know....
View ArticleAshlynn Browning in Raleigh NC
Ashlynn Browning’s new abstract paintings say volumes about space and color. The geometric forms and stacked structures that became a touchstone of her style over the past eight or so years are still...
View ArticleDanielle Roney in Atlanta
We met with Danielle Roney in her studio last May as she was finishing up a major commission and preparing to move to New York. She was working on a 40-foot-long table, with meticulous diagrams that...
View ArticleCarl Joe Williams in New Orleans
I first noticed Carl Joe Williams’s work at The Front, one of the artist collective galleries on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans. He had designed an installation for the gallery’s backyard, and I was...
View ArticleA Visit with Jessica Scott-Felder
It’s hard not to be taken with Jessica Scott-Felder. But it’s not just because of her work, although that is compelling. It’s because she has a presence – a warm, fearless, adventuresome presence...
View ArticleCaroline Allison in Nashville
When it comes to following her creative instincts, Caroline Allison is one of those daring individuals who fulfills the idiom “seek forgiveness, not permission.” In fact, considering the impressive...
View ArticleMaggie Davis Makes Her Mark
Maggie Davis is arguably one of Atlanta’s hidden art treasures, a prolific and dedicated painter/activist/teacher who has quietly toiled in the city’s cultural scene for over 30 years. Now, she is...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Jodi Hays in Nashville
Nashville-based artist Jodi Hays usually moves among several paintings in her studio practice, a habit that may be responsible for echoes across her body of work. Yet each painting stands on its own as...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Jon Field in Savannah
Jon Field (b. 1963, Manchester, England) is the sort of artist who would do something as painstaking as make 8-foot images by pressing 10,000 steel pins into stark black backgrounds. His wide-ranging...
View ArticleJiha Moon Visits with Erin Jane Nelson
I met Erin Jane Nelson through a good friend of mine who recently moved to Brooklyn. She introduced Erin as a young but mature upcoming artist who relocated to Atlanta from Oakland about a year ago. In...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Shanequa Gay
After hearing Shanequa Gay speak at the Hammonds House, Atlanta Contemporary, and the forum on race and feminism presented by Smoke School of Art and tART Collective, I was impressed by her eloquence...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Cosmo Whyte
This week marks one year since I first saw the work of Jamaican-born artist Cosmo Whyte in the exhibition “Rites” at the Zuckerman Museum of Art. Curated by artist Fahamu Pecou, “Rites” was a small...
View ArticleStudio Visit: Larry Walker in Lithonia
Back in January 2015, we visited Gwen and Larry Walker in their home in Lithonia, Georgia. The Walker home is a multi-faceted dwelling. While certainly “home,” it also houses their art collection,...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Jordan Stubbs
Whenever I run into the artist Jordan Stubbs (which is, pleasingly, often), I’m never disappointed by the novelty and enthusiasm of his greetings. Sometimes I receive mock-formal salutations...
View ArticleBURNAWAY Visits InKyoung Chun in Her Studio
BY JAC KUNTZ AND JESSICA MILLER InKyoung Chun is known for her colorful and narrative watercolor style, but she has been experimenting with new formats and materials — designing houses made of wood,...
View ArticleChopping It Up with Southern Prize Finalist Masud Olufani
We continue our coverage of the Southern Prize finalists and winners with this studio visit with Masud Olufani, conducted well before the prize was announced. Click here to learn about the prize and...
View ArticleStudio Visit: Steffen Sornpao in Capitol View, Atlanta
Steffen Sornpao burst onto the Atlanta art scene right out of college. A 2017-18 Walthall Fellow, he also co-directs the gallery Good Enough in the basement of his home. The post Studio Visit: Steffen...
View ArticleConversation Pieces: Charity Harris on cultural appropriation, fiber arts,...
Using such unorthodox materials as acorns, shells and artificial hair, Atlanta artist Charity Harris creates hybrid garments infused with personal meaning. The post Conversation Pieces: Charity Harris...
View ArticleStudio Visit with Paul Collins and Alex Blau
BURNAWAY visits the backyard studios of artist couple Alex Blau and Paul Collins in Nashville, where Collins's exhibition "Fortnight Sessions" is on view through March 31. The post Studio Visit with...
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