What’s My Thesis? Podcast
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) 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
5) Israel Campos
6) 272 Jackie Castillo: Southern California Light, Class, & Installation Art | ICA LA
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza sits down with Los Angeles–based artist Jackie Castillo, whose practice transforms the overlooked landscapes of Southern California into sculp...Show More
7) 271 Feminist Ritual, Asian Art, and Curating Beyond the Western Gaze | Ann Shi (a poco art collective)
This week on What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza is joined by Ann Shi, a nomadic curator and founder of a poco art collective, whose deeply intuitive curatorial practice bridges Chinese literati ae...Show More
8) 270 Filipino-American Artist Kim Garcia on Art as Intuitive Archive, Caregiving, and the Legacy of Spanish Colonialism
In this resonant episode of What’s My Thesis?, artist and educator Kim Garcia joins host Javier Proenza for a layered conversation about memory, community, and the personal and political frameworks th...Show More
9) Paper, Process, and the Alchemy of Grief with Lauren Goldenberg Longoria
In this episode of What’s My Thesis?, host Javier Proenza is joined by artist Lauren Goldenberg Longoria for a conversation that traverses personal memory, studio practice, and the tender labor of tra...Show More
10) Dena Novak