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The Bunny That Was Hers: How LADY AIKO Built a Career Making Art Entirely Her Own
From Tokyo to New York, the streets to the studio, LADY AIKO has built a career defined by movement, reinvention, and independence. At the heart of that journey is “Bunny”, the stencil-born character that has traveled alongside her for two decades. In conversation, AIKO reflects on identity, collaboration, resilience, and her solo latest show In Transit.
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Building Bridges and Subverting the “White Cube” – A Q&A with Shrey Mendiratta and Jacqueline Buckley of Westlab + Gallery
Westlab + Galley is a staple in the analog photography scene in NYC, occupying a storefront on Irving Avenue a few blocks away from Maria Hernandez Park. Operating as a full service film lab where you can also grab a cup of coffee, they serve as a gallery space and support creative work in the neighborhood and beyond.
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How to Draw a Lion with Samuel Kinyua
Art is international – a global phenomenon that connects people regardless of language or background. Meet Samuel Kinyua, an artist from Nariorbi, Kenya whom we connected with during Artizen’s Season 5. He is the operational Director ‘How to Draw a Lion’ and art teacher, spreading the joy of creating.
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Chaotic Control – Camille Gendron’s Search for Structure in Chaos
Camille Gendron is a French artist whose work explores the boundaries between art and science through the use of spray paint. With a background in art history and a deep connection to nature, she combines intuition, research and technique into a visual language she calls chaotic control.
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Lady Spray Day ’25 at Morgan District Walls
On Saturday May 24th, over 15 female graffiti writers and artists gathered for ‘Lady Spray Day,’ an event dedicated to allowing women to creatively express themselves, as part of the Morgan District Walls (MDW) curatorial program.
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Through the Lens of Miki Yamato
Meet Miki Yamato, a Tokyo-born photographer and visual artist whose creative journey bridges two iconic cities: Tokyo and New York. Rooted in a childhood surrounded by art and inspired by hip-hop, street culture, and film photography, Miki’s work captures authenticity, emotion, and a cinematic sense of beauty.
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The Philosophy & Art of Philadelphia-based Painter Thomas Dillon
In painter Thomas Dillon’s Philadelphia studio, conscious thought is seemingly not encouraged. Known for his large-scale gestural paintings that colorfully blend figuration with abstraction, Dillon describes his foundational study of the western canon of Philosophy as “self-indoctrination” – with his personal interests broadly ranging from abstract and concrete modes of conscious experience to obscure and occult concepts of reality.
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Kicking It with Gordopelota: Martín Kazanietz’s Tribute to Fútbol Barrial
Martín Kazanietz, better known by his moniker Gordopelota (b.1985), is an Argentine artist hailing from Buenos Aires and raised in General Pico. He’s renowned for his caustic murals and paintings that tackle the bare-bones pulse of fútbol barrial—the gritty, grassroots culture of amateur football, far removed from the slick, flashy pomp of the big leagues.
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Acclaimed French Artist JR on his First Solo Show in Lisbon, Collaborating with Friends, and Changing the World
JR is a globally-active urban artist and activists known for impressive installations and innovative approach to engaging with the public. While the essential techniques of his art-making could be categorized as “photography” and “pasteup”, JR takes his art form to epic heights. From building a giant toddler peeking over the Mexico-US border wall to making the Louvre Museum Pyramid disappear, or from co-creating a piece with the New York City Ballet to community-focused participatory projects like the Can Art Save the World Foundation, JR consistently finds wild new ways to bring people and art together. Bree caught up with the acclaimed artist at his recent solo show at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon.
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UP5: Inside the Mind of Ian Cinco
Ian Cinco comic inspired art, subverts expectations with a surrealist twist. A visionary as much as a hustler, Cinco has self-published a few comics of his own and learned some lessons along the way.
