I Like Your Work: Conversations with Artists, Curators & Collectors Erika b Hess

Kim Garcia is an artist working in sculpture, drawing, and painting. Through her 2nd-generation Filipino American lens, her practice explores social dynamics and residual trauma from interpersonal relationships, community structures, and memory. Kim comes from a background in creating collaborative community projects that often employ alternative spaces to explore studio art practices, site-specific collaboration, and museum and exhibition research. She is the founder of The Cold Read, an online critique group and artist collective that engages gestures of care and support through writing and is one of the co-founders of after hours gallery, an art gallery in Los Angeles that hosts two-person exhibitions. Kim is based in Los Angeles and received her BA from UC San Diego and her MFA from UC Irvine.
"Through the fusion of reality and fiction, my work emerges from personal encounters, aiming to complicate narratives surrounding second-generation Filipino American histories. I delve into the intricacies of post-colonial identity, exploring themes of intimacy and influence stemming from social interactions. Sculptures form the vibrant outcome of the work, fictionalizing personal events to probe power dynamics, trauma, community structures, and memory. Utilizing materials like medical casting tape, my artworks simultaneously display trauma and symbolize healing. Gradient colors evoke movement, while layered hues express emotional complexity. The sculptures breathe life into color, activating motion and tension. I perceive my work as a form of storytelling, where the malleability of oral narratives inspires a nuanced approach to archiving personal histories. By combining sculpture, drawing, and painting, my hybrid material practice investigates enduring tensions accumulated over time, unearthing possibilities for constructing a future from a suppressed past."
LINKS: 
https://kimgarcia.info/
 
@kimwantscoffee  


























 














 
 
Artist Shout Out: 
 
 


Yubo Dong at of studio photography for the amazing documentation of my work. https://www.instagram.com/ofphotostudio/
 
 
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In this last mini episode of season 6, I talk about some of the opportunities we have for artists at I Like Your Work and I chat about how I'm thankful for the listeners of the podcast!
 
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Laura Sallade is an artist living and working in Philadelphia. Sallade earned a Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and is completing a coordinated Bachelors of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania. During her time at UPenn, the artist has also worked toward a Certificate in Positive Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Creative Writing. While completing her degree, the artist has worked at the intersection of painting and glass, exhibiting in New York, Philadelphia, and beyond, creating large scale multi panel works. Her most recent solo exhibitions include Cairn University in 2023 and Massey Klein Gallery in 2022. Notable group exhibitions include the Susquehanna Art Museum, Future Art Fair, and The Woodmere Art Museum. Laura has completed public commissions for Atlantic Aviation Airport, Jefferson Hospital, and The Ritz Carlton, among many others. Recent awards and residencies include The SIM Residency in Iceland, The Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, and The Nextfab Fellowship. Laura is currently preparing for a two person show at Works on Paper Gallery in Philadelphia.
"Without light we can’t see matter—inversely, without matter we can’t see light. This interdependent relationship is the crux of my practice. I’m interested in colloquial references to light as a fleeting presence—a shadow appears, the sun sets, a beam of light enters the room. In reality, we know that light is the constant and we are the variable—it’s our physical world that is shifting, our planet that is rotating, our galaxy that is hurling through space. I observe these paradoxical understandings of the world and emphasize our skewed perception of light by capturing moments of flux. Using glass, silver, and mixed media, I investigate the link between light and matter. Integrating scientific and intuitive processes, I create evocative gestural works that walk the line between image and object. Rather than rendering light, I rely on its interaction with opaque and translucent shapes and textures to capture the ephemeral. Paying homage to the fickleness of memory, I indiscriminately excavate large portions of a composition through hand-cut elimination and rely on suggestive remains."
 
LINKS: 
laurasallade.com
 










@laura.sallade



 















https://www.masseyklein.com/
 

 






 
Artist Shout Out: 
 
 


https://www.alisonstigora.com/
https://www.leighsuggs.com/
https://www.kristadedricklai.com/
https://www.heathermcmordie.com/
https://www.cameronwilsonritcher.com/
 






 
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Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive: 
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It’s just $97 and one hour to save you thousands on your taxes, this year, next year, and forever.
Get it at sunlighttax.com/deductions. 
 
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This week, I'm chatting about fear and how you can move through imposter syndrome as an artist to grow in your career. 
 
Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast:
Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive: 
For artists and self-employed creatives. and is everything you need to know about self-employed tax deductions.
It’s just $97 and one hour to save you thousands on your taxes, this year, next year, and forever.
Get it at sunlighttax.com/deductions. 
 
Apply for Summer Open Call: Deadline May 15
 
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https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency
https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency
 
 
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John Paul Kesling (b. 1980, USA) was born and raised in Northeastern Kentucky in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. He received his BFA in Arts from Morehead State University (Morehead, KY, 2003) and spent a summer in Europe studying art history (Summer 2002). He went on to receive his MFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA, 2010). He spent the next six years in Brooklyn, NY immersed in the NYC art scene. In March of 2016, while attending a month-long residency at The Vermont Studio Center he realized how integral time, space, and nature were to his studio practice and in 2016, relocated to Madison, TN, just outside of Nashville.
His work has been featured in various group exhibitions at Ground Floor Contemporary (Birmingham, AL), Lowe Mill (Huntsville, AL), Gallery 85 (Chelsea, NY), The Parthenon (Nashville, TN), CultureLab LIC (Queens, NY), Piano Craft Gallery (Boston, MA), New York Hall of Science & SciArts Initiative (Queens, NY), Prince Street Gallery (New York, NY), Flatwork Contemporary (online), I Like Your Work Podcast (online and print), ArtMaze Mag (online and print), Create Magazine (online) and the NYC Crit Club Winter Session 2023 (curated by MEPAINTSME). In 2022 he was accepted to the White Columns Curated Online Artist Registry (New York, NY). His work is included in the permanent collections of The Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta, GA and Lacoste, France), Vanderbilt University Medical Center Community Arts Initiative and Soho House Nashville. He has attended artist residencies at Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Art Residency Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN), Azule (Hot Springs, NC), Jx Farms (Cleveland, MS), and Mudhouse (Crete, Greece). He has had solo shows at Wheelhouse Arts (Louisville, KY), Oz Arts (Nashville, TN) and The Red Arrow Gallery (Nashville, TN). 
He has an upcoming residency at On:View Artist Residency at Sulfur Studios (May 2024, Savannah, GA) and a solo show at The Ellis Gallery at Sulfur Studios (July 2024, Savannah, GA). In April, 2024 he will also be included in a group exhibition at Tyger Tyger Gallery (Asheville, NC). In 2024, Kesling will also be showing in two-person shows at The Gadsden Museum of Art (Gadsden, AL), Wheelhouse Arts (Louisville, KY), and Ground Floor Contemporary (Birmingham, AL). 
Kesling is a member of the artist collective at Ground Floor Contemporary (Birmingham, AL) and is represented by The Red Arrow Gallery (Nashville, TN) and Wheelhouse Art (Louisville, KY).
"My practice delves into the complexities of human intimacy, both romantic and familial. After the death of my younger brother and many of my friends to the ongoing opioid epidemic of my Appalachian hometown and the country at large, my own mortality became embedded within my active mark-making. Driven by a need to understand the world around me, my work serves as a visual exploration of the emotional and psychological intricacies of relationships, personal loss, and our place in the natural world. Imbued with a deep sense of nostalgia, the work harkens back to the excitement and vulnerability of new human connections and experiencing nature in a new light. For me, painting is as necessary as digging in the dirt - dragging your hand through a body of water - across a freshly buzzed head."
 
LINKS: 
www.johnpaulkesling.com
 
www.instagram.com/johnpaulkesling  
















 

 






 
Artist Shout Out: 
 
Brett Douglas Hunter @brettdouglashunter
Marlos E'van @marlosevan
Lindsy Davis @lindsydavis_



 






 
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Check out our sponsor for this episode: The Sunlight Podcast:
Hannah Cole, the artist/tax pro who sponsors I Like Your Work, has launched Business Deduction Deep Dive: 
For artists and self-employed creatives. and is everything you need to know about self-employed tax deductions.
It’s just $97 and one hour t

Today, I'm sharing some new and different ways you can collaborate with other artists including how you can collaborate outside of directly working on art pieces together. Join me in this episode to hear some alternative ways you can work with other artists. 
 
Apply for Summer Open Call: Deadline May 15
 
Chautauqua Visual Arts:

https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/two-week-artist-residency/ 2-week residency
https://art.chq.org/school/about-the-program/ 6-week residency
 
 
Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/

Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast

Submit Your Work
Check out our Catalogs!
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