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The Next Artspace Artist: Final Round

The fourth and final round of the Next Artspace Artist showcases three works, each with a slightly more feminine side than past rounds. From the pink-haired beauty in Rebekah Campbell’s photograph to the direct gaze of Holly Sharpe’s illustrated portrait and the profile view of a woman in Allen Chiu’s slightly surreal image, each work represents a new perspective on the female figure. These contenders, along with the semi-finalists from past rounds, will move into the Semi-Finals starting on Monday on Artspace.com! Follow along here to keep tabs on your favorite contestants and to get details on how to vote in the final rounds.

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September 21, 2012 1,016 notes

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 3
Round 3 of the Next Artspace Artist closed with three creators at the top working in very different mediums: collage, illustration, and photography. Each offers their own unique perspectives in these short Q&As with the Artspace team. Reminder to artists: Today is the last day to enter this contest! Submit here to be considered for the fourth and final round.
Bryan Olson
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, art for Bryan Olson has always been a family affair. Due to time spent watching his grandmothers paint, he was inspired to start creating himself and started illustration at a young age. He gets his inspiration from science, space, and Japanese illustration.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
Wonder and captivation.
What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?
A scratch paper image of a skateboarder that I made in high school.
What would you be doing if you weren’t an artist?
That’s impossible.

What is indispensable in your studio?
My utility knife, scissors, and glue.
Who is your favorite artist (living or historical)?
Kazumasa Nagai, an amazing artist and designer.
What is your favorite place to see art?
Strangely enough, the internet. I’ve seen so much artwork that is just incredible beyond belief.
Jisoon Park
Currently working as a graphic designer for a mobile phone company in Korea, Jisoon Park turned to more artistic endeavors for a creative outlet that he couldn’t get out of his design career. He is motivated by the straw desire to just “draw something” and is frequently influenced by music, which is a driving force in his life.
Where did you grow up? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Seoul, South Korea, and live there now.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
I hope people enjoy my artworks as they want to. I don’t mind if you find any philosophical meaning from the pieces. I don’t mind if you imagine bubble gum from the pieces. It depends on how you enjoy my artworks.
What would you be doing if you weren’t an artist?
Pop columnist. I love music and write about that.
What is indispensable in your studio?
Background music while I’m working.
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Julian Opie.
Agustin Farias
Born just outside of Buenos Aires, Agustin Farias knew as a kid that he wanted to study art. After moving into Buenos Aires proper to study, he found a city filled with inspiration, images, sounds, and art and began to pursue his passion.
Where do you look for inspiration? How do you get your creative juices flowing?
The internet is a big place to find inspiration. I’m about to finish the Image and Sound design career, so movies are a big source of inspiration for me. Finally life itself is the most important source of creativity: traveling around the world, doing long walks with my camera, and being always prepared to capture the situations.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
My biggest wish is to make fell people the same sensation I was having at the moment of the shoot. Anyway I know that’s a hard thing to, so I’m glad just thinking that people are knowing my universe.
What is indispensable in your studio?
I really enjoy having different kind of cameras. I have digital, analogue, Holga, Diana, and compact cameras. I also have a lot of flashes. I love to experiment with different kind of films too.
Who is your favorite artist (living or historical)?
I think that there are a lot of great artists, and it’s difficult to choose only one. I have my favorites: Philip-Lorca Dicoria, Ryan Mcginley, Richard Avedon, David Hockney, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Michael Haneke.
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Definitely Richard Avedon.
Today — September 21, 2012 — is the last day to enter The Next Artspace Artist contest! Submit here if you want to squeeze in under the wire. Want to vote for the contenders? Check back here.

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 3

Round 3 of the Next Artspace Artist closed with three creators at the top working in very different mediums: collage, illustration, and photography. Each offers their own unique perspectives in these short Q&As with the Artspace team. Reminder to artists: Today is the last day to enter this contest! Submit here to be considered for the fourth and final round.

Bryan Olson

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, art for Bryan Olson has always been a family affair. Due to time spent watching his grandmothers paint, he was inspired to start creating himself and started illustration at a young age. He gets his inspiration from science, space, and Japanese illustration.

What do you hope other people get out of your art?

Wonder and captivation.

What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?

A scratch paper image of a skateboarder that I made in high school.

What would you be doing if you weren’t an artist?

That’s impossible.

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September 14, 2012 4,473 notes

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 2
In Round 2 of the Next Artspace Artist contest, three semifinalists slowly emerged after a tight race to the finish. Though all works and styles are distinctly different, it was the use of color that grabbed the attention of the votes. From the bright lavender and pops of fuschia in Jack Hardwicke’s abstracted digital photograph to the streaks of paint dripping down the work of Jonni Cheatwood or the multicolored brushstrokes in Aaron Smith’s portrait of a bearded man, this week proved to be a rainbow of winners. (And if you’re interested in joining the contest yourself, be sure to submit.)
Jonni Cheatwood
Unsure of what he wanted to do for his career, Jonni took a chance on an Intro to Painting course in college. After completing an assignment to remake a Jackson Pollack painting, he was hooked as an artist. Constantly inspired by his surroundings and pop culture, he keeps a notebook on him at all times in order to record his ideas as they occur.
Where do you look for inspiration? How do you get your creative juices flowing?
I read a lot, watch films, and listen to music from people much more creative than me just to surround myself with creativity. The core of my thought process is dedicated to deconstruction, making mistakes, and finding truths in the abstract. I am deeply interested in the process of creating an aesthetic piece and how one gets there, so I try to get there by just trying. I carry a notebook with me everywhere, so if I have a thought or an idea, it is always on paper.

What do you hope other people get out of your art?
I am interested in how creativity cultivates hope, revival, and the restoration of what was nothing into something beautiful. I get the question, “What does it mean?” all the time. I want to express my own personal story through abstract work, and story is the most powerful tool that we have been given. We all have stories.
What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?
In my apartment, I have taken yarn and made sculptures like webs that just have so much geometric value. I needed something on the walls, so I took it upon myself to try something new. I’m proud of them.
What is indispensable in your studio?
Painter’s tape.
What is your favorite place to see art?
Trains. I love seeing trains go through town and see what has been tagged onto the cars. It just gives me this odd sense of creative liberation. Then being on a train, you get to see landscapes and backdrops that most people in cars don’t get to see. There are so many hidden murals out there. Other than that, I could spend hours learning about different artists online.
Who is your favorite artist (living or historical)?
This is a hard question for me because I have two living that come to mind. I hope to be as creative as Jaybo Monk one day, so he is probably my favorite artist. However, there is a painter in NYC named Makoto Fujimura who is such a creative catalyst and inspiration for the arts as a whole and he’s a solid guy. I want to make the same impact on people that he has made with my art.
Jack Hardwicke
Jack Hardwicke is an artist who struggles with calling himself an artist. Not particularly “arty” as a child, it wasn’t until he decided to try a new hobby after a breakup that he picked up a camera and realized his passion for photography. Most satisfied with the work he has just completed, Jack finds himself continuously trying new things and make art of which he can be proud.
Where do you look for inspiration? How do you get your creative juices flowing?
There’s so much to see and experience wherever you are. Tumblr is a great place to overload the senses, and I regularly scroll through my dash looking for something interesting. Though generally I don’t tend to actively seek out inspiration, it normally finds me. It could be music, people, a beautiful face, nature, a sound, architecture, inspiration can come from anything and anywhere. I just try to keep my eyes and my mind open and active.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
How somebody reacts to my work is completely personal. I would rather leave it that way and not try to influence how somebody sees or feels about a piece. Any kind of reaction is good though for sure. If my work inspires a few people to create along the way, then brilliant.
What would you be doing if you weren’t an artist?
Pretty much what I’m doing now — working 9 to 5 and worrying about a lifetime of mediocrity.
What is your favorite place to see art?
When I can, and especially when traveling, I try to visit art galleries, exhibitions and museums. I wouldn’t say I have a favorite place, but I have been to some wonderful places. The Museum of Modern Art in Luxembourg City, the fluorescent light museum (Electric Ladyland) in Amsterdam, and the basement portion of the Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana are three that spring to mind.
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Could I get Bob Dylan to do a lyrical portrait? To be honest I don’t really want anybody drawing me. Perhaps Banksy could stencil my face all over the world. I’d definitely have a better shot at winning this competition then.
Aaron Smith
Growing up a BART away from artsy San Francisco, and one half of an artistic twin duo, Aaron Smith describes himself as an “art history nerd since day one.” A collector of Victorian photography and carvings from Papua New Guinea, these two inspirations have directly influenced his most recent work.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
First of all, I want them to be pleasurable. They are meant to bring up questions about mankind’s relationship to nature. Particularly how we attract others with our visual presentation. In the paintings, I’m presenting Victorian dandies as birds of paradise.
What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?
I don’t think I’ve made it yet. I suppose there are times when the piece I’m working on is my favorite, but that’s only when I’m lost in the process. Once a painting is finished, I’m anxious to pursue that feeling again.
What is indispensable in your studio?
Music.
Who is your favorite artist (living or historical)?
I can’t just say one. Historical? Ferdinand Hodler, Cuno Amiet, Picasso,Vuillard, Bonnard, Alice Neel. Living? Marlene Dumas, Peter Doig, David Hockney, Ryan Mosley.
What is your favorite place to see art?
I’ll go anywhere to see art. Museum Island in Berlin is one of my favorite spots on the planet.
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Modigliani.
Note that this is the last week to enter The Next Artspace Artist contest! Submit here by Friday, September 21. Want to vote for the contenders in the next round? Check back here on Monday, September 17.

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 2

In Round 2 of the Next Artspace Artist contest, three semifinalists slowly emerged after a tight race to the finish. Though all works and styles are distinctly different, it was the use of color that grabbed the attention of the votes. From the bright lavender and pops of fuschia in Jack Hardwicke’s abstracted digital photograph to the streaks of paint dripping down the work of Jonni Cheatwood or the multicolored brushstrokes in Aaron Smith’s portrait of a bearded man, this week proved to be a rainbow of winners. (And if you’re interested in joining the contest yourself, be sure to submit.)

Jonni Cheatwood

Unsure of what he wanted to do for his career, Jonni took a chance on an Intro to Painting course in college. After completing an assignment to remake a Jackson Pollack painting, he was hooked as an artist. Constantly inspired by his surroundings and pop culture, he keeps a notebook on him at all times in order to record his ideas as they occur.

Where do you look for inspiration? How do you get your creative juices flowing?

I read a lot, watch films, and listen to music from people much more creative than me just to surround myself with creativity. The core of my thought process is dedicated to deconstruction, making mistakes, and finding truths in the abstract. I am deeply interested in the process of creating an aesthetic piece and how one gets there, so I try to get there by just trying. I carry a notebook with me everywhere, so if I have a thought or an idea, it is always on paper.

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September 7, 2012 4,461 notes

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 1
The art of photography reigned supreme in Round 1 of the Next Artspace Artist. The Artspace team reached out and asked this week’s winners to share their thoughts on art, inspiration, and more. All of these winners will be moving to the Semi-Finals (to be hosted on Artspace.com from October 1 - 5).

Barry Cawston
As a young boy growing up in London, Barry Cawston always took a different route home from school, curiously wandering on side streets and peering in windows and open doorways. Despite a change in scenery (he now lives out in the countryside keeping pigs and growing vegetables), he continues to explore the world around him, camera in hand.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
Stimulation, a different view, something that touches them and makes them think. The world and life can rush pass you and leave you isolated in an onrushing river hopefully my work captures some peoples attention and slows them down.
What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?
Books Napoli and The Tibetan Cowboy are two images that have an extra something a touch of magic captured from the real world, which is when photography for me rises to compare to other art forms. Both have a surreal quality which I love.
What would you be doing if you weren’t an artist?
Growing vegetables and keeping pigs, looking after my family, but I would still need to be making something, possibly furniture.
What is your favorite place to see art?
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, I love seeing art in the landscape.
What is indispensable in your studio?
My Wista 5/4, which is a beautiful arcane wooden field camera that I still use all the time.
Gianna Badiali
After a childhood in Switzerland and Italy, Gianna Badiali has recently found herself living in Providence, RI, while attending Brown University. Describing it as a “strange, grungy, uniquely beautiful place,” she often finds herself encountering both the bizarre and amusing. Armed with one of her two favorite Nikon cameras (the D200 or F65), she manages to capture the unexpected in the many of the overlooked spaces and places that shape America.
What made you want to become an artist?
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by movies and filmmaking. I remember my family had a television channel that aired nothing but “making-of” documentaries. I watched these constantly. I think this initial interest might have cultivated a more sweeping question about what it means to create or reproduce an image or to tell a story.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
Having an agenda about this feels foreign to me in a way. But if you find something comical in one of my photos, or if you experience a twinge of disordered nostalgia … I think the very simple idea that casual images from my life can have emotional weight for someone else is really powerful.
What’s your favorite thing you’ve ever made?
Last year I drove from Dallas to Providence via Chicago. Not being from the United States, I knew the destinations on my trip only through the pop culture mythos surrounding them. I’m fascinated by the extent to which many places played into my expectations and yet subverted them in unexpected ways. A breakfast diner in a small town in Mississippi would feel like the ultimate caricature, and then a vibrating disco ball in the corner would catch me completely off guard. These places were so funny — the photo series from this trip might be my favorite.
What is your favorite place to see art?
In a certain sense, definitely the internet. I think Tumblr is really a beautiful system.
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Paula Rego.
Danno Watts
An Arizona native, Danno Watts now lives in San Francisco or “heaven on earth.” Encouraged at an early age to think outside of the box (and question if there even is a box), Danno turned to art as a form of expression and discovery. Photography became the medium of choice; in his words, it “resonates with me, it makes me happy.”
Who is your favorite artist (living or historical)?
Hard to narrow it down, but I really do have an emotional response to Gerhard Ricthter and Jackson Pollock. I also have an emotional connection to Roald Dahl’s works.
Where do you look for inspiration? How do you get your creative juices flowing?
I love books, movies, music, and museums. I’m able to look to all of them, as each offers something different to affect my creativity and get the gears moving. I have a few go-to artists and albums to get my mind and heart into a receptive and creative place.
What do you hope other people get out of your art?
I want people to have a reaction to my art, to feel something. I take Pretty Pictures of Pretty Girls doing Pretty Things. I want people to appreciate the beauty of these women.
What is indispensable in your studio?
Sunlight, music, laughter and a cup of black hot tea (prepared English style).
If you could get any artist to do your portrait, who would you choose?
Living: Nick Knight or Paolo Roversi. Dead: Richard Avedon or Man Ray.
Interested in entering The Next Artspace Artist competition? Submit here through September 21. Or, vote for Round 2 Contenders here.

The Next Artspace Artist: Round 1

The art of photography reigned supreme in Round 1 of the Next Artspace Artist. The Artspace team reached out and asked this week’s winners to share their thoughts on art, inspiration, and more. All of these winners will be moving to the Semi-Finals (to be hosted on Artspace.com from October 1 - 5).

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