Author Archives: jolanta

Santiago Mostyn is a photographer and video-maker whose images focus on the interaction between urban subcultures and the soon-to-fail natural environment. In an America experiencing its last over-saturated burst of unilateral war and fanatical idealism, everything appears consumable—whether it is love, shoes or political affiliation. As a means of counteracting this excess, groups of artists […]

Zeitgeist gallery is located in Hillsboro Village near Vanderbilt University and the famed “Music Row” in Nashville, TN. In this energetic and somewhat eclectic location, Zeitgeist shares space with the architecture and design firm, Manuel Zeitlin Architects. The open studio format invites visitors to the gallery for interaction both with the gallery staff and with […]

My work focuses on creating abstract environments populated by luminous flora and fauna that exist somewhere in between reality and fantasy. Large uninhabited spaces are neither empty, nor a backdrop, but assert themselves as palpable atmospheres. They are an exploration of mutation, imitation and definability in seemingly serene environments. Made with acrylic on wood panels, […]

It’s 2001. I’m a graduate art student and I’m meeting with the eminent lino-cut artist Bill Fick (my professor at the time). We are going to meet the legendary printmaker Richard Mock. We meet up and get on the G train heading out to a sketchy neighborhood in Brooklyn, near the Nevins stop. Bill looks […]

I grew up in the Southern U.S; I did not grow up in Japan and so I do not have an inherent understanding of the culture that spawned anime and manga. My first experience with Japanese popular culture was seeing the anime Akira as a teenager. I was completely captivated and simultaneously repulsed by the […]

Dangenart Gallery is a by-artist-for-artist organization founded by professionals from New York. It opened its exhibition space in Nashville, Tennessee, in August 2005. As an alternative to the mainstream commercial art galleries, it was founded to provide emerging contemporary artists with exhibition opportunities. In addition, it was adamantly dedicated to art colonization and cultivating art […]

For a long time, this library was able to capture the emotions of its stunned visitors. Some emotions remained stuck to the grilles in front of the books, or else they trickled away down the gaps in the parquet flooring. There, these emotions groaned and wished the whole day long, whenever visitors glided over them […]

We simply started working together because of our mutual curiosity in mixing each of our different skills. We hoped, together, to invent a new aesthetic in photographic imagery. Our desire to see unborn and unseen imagery has lead us to experiment with combining photography with other mediums such as drawings, collage, hand-made props and computer […]

Painting for me acts as a pressure release valve and I feel fortunate to enjoy it thoroughly while making a living at it. To do so, I find it requires regularly striving for freedom from my own expectations. This helps me to keep my mind open and my work fresh. While evolution as an artist […]

On November 11, 2001, J.D. Wilkes, Leslie Paterson-Marx and I opened The Plowhaus Artists’ Cooperative in a 700 square foot storefront in Historic Lockeland Springs, East Nashville. We were three artists trying to find a way to help our community heal after the devastating events of 9/11. Our goal was to provide a venue for […]