Articles and Conversations
We believe conversation is a vital ingredient of a healthy studio practice.
These articles allow artists to discuss what they are working on at the moment, inspirations and share how they are coping in times of change.
A series of conversations akin to physical studio visits between two artists who have both been to PADA but not necessarily at the same time. It will connect two artists irrespective of geography to have a conversation about their studio practice, to find commonalities and shared passions. To share what is happening in their community and to talk about any projects they have coming up.
Brendan Sullivan & Joe O'Rourke
In this long range studio visit Brendan Sullivan and Joe O’Rourke discuss their time at PADA and how they both took inspiration from the history of the area and also the material artifacts and detritus that surround the studios. They also talk about their relationship to drawing and how they both return to this simplest of medium as a point of departure.
Hannah Benassi & Catie Dillon
This Long Range Studio Visit is a chance to reconnect for two PADA alumni, Hannah Benassi and Catie Dillon. They discuss their experiences at PADA and in Lisbon after the residency as well as sharing current studio developments and also recent exhibitions of their work.
Suzy Babington & Jesús Crespo
This Long Range Studio Visit brings together two painters to talk about a spiritual and trance like approach to painting and the preparations necessary for a more intuitive painting practice.
The conversation covers their interest in light and how as painters they are able to imbue works with a luminosity through an understanding of colour and layering.
Elizabeth Langford & Soraya Hamlaoui
Soraya Hamlaoui and Elizabeth Langford discuss their multi-disciplinary practices and the temporality of their chosen materials. They also talk of the effect the landscape around PADA had on them whilst on residency and the healing, transformative qualities of art.
Noah Pryke & Jack Shearing
This conversation brings together two painters, Noah Pryke and Jack Shearing. They discuss honesty in painting and how memory is a fallible but vital tool in both of their practices.
Thomas Klein Horsman & Sophia Pauley
Painters Sophia Pauley and Thomas Klein Horsman discuss the inspirations for their work, how their work developed whilst at PADA and how painting can break free from two dimensions.
Mále Uribe & Thomas O’Brien
Not just a contemplation upon a pigment
Bislacchi & Juliette Ezavin
This virtual studio visit brings together two painters who are both consciously working on the boundaries of the medium. They talk about their experiences with PADA, experimentations with materials and possibilities of artistic development during confinement.
Sebastian Reis & Sam Van Strien
Two artists working with unconventional image formats. They discuss the shift in working conditions during lockdown, the ways they are influenced by architecture and found objects, and the strategies in which they develop their works.
Kathryn Macnaughton & Felix Zandt
This conversation brings together Kathryn Macnaughton and Felix Zandt, they talk about their inspirations for paintings, techniques they use and methodologies they follow. Readers can dive into their practices and understand the multilayered works they create.
Amy Robson & Amalia Mourad
In this article, Amy Robson and Amalia Mourad they discuss the subjective response to an environment, systems of accessing the unconscious whilst painting and producing work with instinct and raw emotion.
Maria Positano & Nicole Shaver
Two artists that share an intense relationship with the environment and a practice that works with and alongside the landscape. In this article they discuss their explorations of the restricted section of the industrial park at PADA, how they processed the finds and how it has informed their respective practices moving forward.
Kinga Bartis & Mark Jackson
In the next conversation of our Long Range Studio Visits series we introduce Kinga Bartis and Mark Jackson. Both artists work with painting and drawing, and are interested in topics related to their personal experiences. In this article they talk about their routines of work during the pandemic, their inspirations and what being artists mean to them.
Alia Hamaoui & Lennart de Neef
This conversation brings together two artists whose practice focuses on objects and their perception in society, through time and technology. They play, reconstruct and redefine objects' roles and historical narratives.
Caroline Collom & Richard Graville
Bringing together two abstract painters, they talk about inspirations in their surroundings, such as architecture and wildlife, their use of colour and continuing their practice during the pandemic.
George Chapman & Saskia Fleishman
In this correspondence the invited artists talk about the notion of nostalgia, the use of borders in painting and their personal relation to memory. The conversation takes the form of written letters between London and New York.
Anne-Marie Cosgrove & Henrique Neves
Artists talk about their practice during confinement and techniques they use while painting. They also discuss importance of questioning and rethinking older works and discovering new methods of painting.