“Variables actually help me reach for new challenges and push the limits.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Sooo-Z Mastropietro graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York with a BFA in Fashion Design and Textile Design. From textile design, to oil painting, to estate renderings, to playing classical bass in regional symphonies, her philosophy…
Category: artist Interviews
WTP Artist: Brian Wehrung
“The photographic medium doesn’t need to be about documentation.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Brian Wehrung graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio with a degree in engineering. An entirely self-taught artist, he started pursuing photography as a hobby, only professionalizing in his fifties. His highly technical training as an engineer continues to influence…
WTP Artist: Yasuaki Okamoto
“In each place I visited, I studied the local flora and fauna.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Yasuaki Okamoto is a New York–based artist. His paintings perform a kind of surrealism that incorporates animals, plants, everyday objects, landscape, and ethereal beings. His work is metaphorically based and inspired by his travels throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. …
WTP Artist: Stephen Althouse
“Cloth, string, and rope are such expressive materials for me.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor “Stephen Althouse (b. 1948) fabricated his early sculptures out of wood, leather, and forged metal to resemble farming implements. Later, rather than making sculptures from raw materials, he began collecting already made objects which he loosely assembled together to…
WTP Artist: Susan Malmstrom
The Deserted Toy Shop Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Susan Malmstrom attended California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in Printmaking. She was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of California at Irvine. Since 2011, she has been installing…
WTP Artist: Ryan Schroeder
“Relics That Reflect Reality” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Ryan Schroeder received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries, including an upcoming exhibition, Ryan Schroeder: Recent Paintings at the Chenango Arts Council, Norwich, NY. He has…
WTP Artist: Ivette Cabrera
Women Who Wear Crowns Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Ivette Cabrera is a Nicaraguan-born artist currently residing in Wynwood Miami, Florida. She migrated to the United States with her mother and siblings at the age of three to escape the Sandinista Revolution. She studied Interior Architecture and Design at the Academy of Art University and Marketing at…
WTP Artist: Kelly Zélen
Sculpting Hidden Emotions with Steel Wool Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Kelly Zélen received her BFA from the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA in 2005. Since then, her sculptures have been exhibited around Massachusetts and New York, including a solo show at Colo Colo Gallery in New Bedford. Jaeger:…
WTP Artist: Gil Desiano Bitton
From Margin to Center Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Gil Desiano Bitton is a painter living in Tel Aviv. He received his MFA from The Faculty of Arts – Hamidrasha at Beit Berl College. Bitton’s work was featured in multiple solo exhibitions in Israel, including The Artists House, Tel Aviv and Sissman Gallery, Tel…
WTP Artist: Daniel Ketelhut
The Vitality of Becoming Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Daniel Ketelhut is an emerging painter who currently resides in San Diego, California. Ketelhut received a B.A. in Studio Art from San Diego State University. He has participated in the Art Pulse Mentor Program in San Diego, under the mentorship of McLean Emenegger and Peter Frank. Ketelhut’s…
Lubov Lemkovitch: The Architecture of Emotion
Lubov Lemkovitch on Portraiture by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor In her portraits appearing in this month’s issue, Vol. IV #9, Lubov Lemkovitch portrays up-close the subtle strength and interior emotions of her female subjects. Trained as an artist in Kishinev and Israel, Lemkovitch has exhibited her work internationally, including exhibiting at Art About, an Israeli…
WTP Artist: Eleen Lin
“I was inspired to retell the tale of Moby Dick through a different cultural lens.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Born in Taiwan and raised in Thailand with a Western education, Eleen Lin is a true “third culture kid.” Lin studied at Slade School of Fine Art, UK (BA 2005), and Yale School of Art (MFA…