What’s My Thesis? Podcast
1) 283 Joaquin Stacey on Ecuadorian Identity, Latin American Art, Catholic Iconography & Fermentation as Practice
Ecuadorian-born artist Joaquin Stacey discusses identity, Catholic iconography, migration, and process, tracing a practice shaped between Quito, Miami, and Los Angeles following his MFA at Otis Colleg...Show More
2) 282 Flora Kao — Installation Art, Taiwanese Rituals, Grief, Origami, and Cultural Memory
Artist Flora Kao joins What’s My Thesis? to discuss the evolution of her practice from painting to large-scale installation, and how Taiwanese mourning rituals, Buddhist symbolism, and diasporic memor...Show More
282 Flora Kao — Installation Art, Taiwanese Rituals, Grief, Origami, and Cultural Memory
1:04:21 | Dec 16th, 2025
3) 281 Manuel Vdah Bracamonte — Graffiti, LA Street Culture, Identity, and Art as Survival
Artist Manuel Vdah Bracamonte joins What’s My Thesis? for a grounded conversation on graffiti, identity, and the lived conditions that shaped Los Angeles street culture in the 1980s and 90s. Born in E...Show More
281 Manuel Vdah Bracamonte — Graffiti, LA Street Culture, Identity, and Art as Survival
1:01:51 | Dec 9th, 2025
4) 280 Kelly Witmer | Glass, Clay, and the Desert: Material Process & Survival in the Art World
Artist Kelly Witmer joins host Javier Proenza to talk about material process, experimentation, and what it means to sustain an art practice in the desert. Based between Joshua Tree and Los Angeles, Wi...Show More
280 Kelly Witmer | Glass, Clay, and the Desert: Material Process & Survival in the Art World
1:14:52 | Nov 11th, 2025
5) 279 Craft, Textiles, and Community Resistance in East L.A. | René Camarillo
René Camarillo is a Mexican-American craftsperson from East Los Angeles whose practice resists the hierarchies of the art world. Trained in apparel design at LA Trade Tech, fiber and material studies ...Show More
279 Craft, Textiles, and Community Resistance in East L.A. | René Camarillo
1:02:44 | Nov 4th, 2025
6) 278 Hmong Refugee History, Weaving, and Contemporary Art in Los Angeles | Sheng Lor
Artist Sheng Lor reflects on her journey from a Thai refugee camp to a studio practice in Los Angeles. Born to Hmong parents displaced by the Secret War in Laos, Lor discusses culture shock, grief, an...Show More
278 Hmong Refugee History, Weaving, and Contemporary Art in Los Angeles | Sheng Lor
1:00:13 | Oct 28th, 2025
7) 277 Elmer Guevara | Painting the 1992 LA Uprisings, Inherited Trauma, and the Salvadoran American Experience
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, Los Angeles–based painter Elmer Guevara returns to the podcast ahead of his upcoming exhibition at Charlie James Gallery. Known for his densely layered figurative...Show More
8) 276 David Lloyd on AI, Abstract Painting, and the Los Angeles Art World
Artist David Lloyd joins What’s My Thesis? to reflect on a career that spans CalArts in the early 1980s, formative years at Margot Levin Gallery, and decades of navigating the shifting landscape of th...Show More
9) 275 Kristen Huizar: Drawing, Printmaking & Documenting Los Angeles Life
Artist Kristen Huizar joins What’s My Thesis? to reflect on drawing, printmaking, and the act of documenting Los Angeles. Born and raised in Commerce, CA, she traces her path from community college to...Show More
10) 274 Emma Christ on Artillery Magazine, Gallery Work, and the Future of Artist Support
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza speaks with Emma Christ, editor at Artillery magazine and gallerist working between Portland and Los Angeles. Christ reflects on her beginning...Show More
274 Emma Christ on Artillery Magazine, Gallery Work, and the Future of Artist Support
1:25:37 | Sep 23rd, 2025