What’s My Thesis?
Episodes
#192 The Promise of Paradise - Artist Josh Vasquez
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#191 Man in a Ring Mold - Patrick Donovan
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#190 Strange Reality - Art Critic and Curator Mario Vasquez
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#189 Creating Black Queer Otherworlds: Embracing Surrealism - Leslie Foster
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#188 Food Fertility, and Border Control - Kim Ye
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#187 Gender - Kean O’brien
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#186 Florist for the Dead: Absurdism and Art - Artist Emily Silver
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#185 Art History is Not Linear: Painting After Postmodernism - Rachid Bouhamidi
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#184 Processing Fear - Emmy Bright
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#183 Other Places Art Fair - K Knittel
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#182 Fleeing Communism - Katya Usvitsky
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#181 Philosophy and Art - Ricardo Harris Fuentes
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#180 Lapsed Mormon - Conceptual Artist Alison Neville
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#179 Outsider Art - Trent Christiansen
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#178 Chthonic Cults of Ancient Greece - Anthony Bodlović
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#177 It’s Not a Cult - Chelsea Flowers
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#176 Art or Machinima - Yeltsin Penado
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
# 175 The Twenty Year Flood - Charlotte Bastian
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#174 Augmenting Reality - Artist Matthew John Apol
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#173 Learning Disabilities - Painter Alicia Cheatham
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#172 A Vigilante Rises - Painter Avani Patel
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#171 Popular Science - Photographer Kevin Cooley
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#170 Ambitopian Science Fiction - Artist Yann Novak
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#169 Romantic Comedies - Liz Nurenberg
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#168 Things We Can’t Talk About - Laurelie Rae
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#167 Art DNA - Hagop Najarian
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#166 Thinking about Thinking - Artist Renée Forest
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#165 How to Make Sense of the New Art Economy - Josh Hashemzadeh
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
164 Architecture and Art - Ben Warwas
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
163 Blinking In and Out of Existence: Art, Quantum Physics, and Skinwalker Ranch - Artist Leah Beeferman
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
162 True Crime, Religion, and Cults - Camilla Taylor
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
161 Shepard Fairey: a Mapping Point of Gentrification and Neoliberal Art - Raul Baltazar
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
160 Leaving Los Angeles - Artist/Ceramics Restorer Debora Broz
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
159 What We Say About You in Spanish - Emmanuel Galvez
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
158 Art Labor - Artist Samuel Scharf
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
157. John Berger’s Ways of Seeing - Artist Megan Reed
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
156. Dystopian Optimism - Bridget Batch
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
155. The Music We Love to Hate - Juan Gomez
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
154 Art Studio Fire - Surge Wiltron
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
153. Que Pasa USA? - Pamela Ramos
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
152. Underdog Imperialism - Justin Michelle
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
151. The Third Culture Kids and the Information Superhighway - Malado Francine
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
150. Whatever Happened to Nostalgia? - Artist/Printmaker May Roded
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
149. Artist as a Full Time Job - Artist/Painter Doug Domonkos
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
148. Metalwork and Poetry - Artist/Fabricator Jacky Perez
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and Fabricator Jacky Perez talks about balancing her art practice and her career as a fabricator for the entertainment and fine art industries,...
147. Theories about Edges - Artist Megan Muller
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at her show Theories about Edges at The Fulcrum Press, Artist Megan Muller talks about making photographic images using a flatbed scanner ins...
146. Don’t Huff Sh*t, Kids - Lauren Maryam Moradi
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
145. Hopeless Horny Teenagers in Love - Soyoung Shin
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Soyoung Shin talks about her recent obsession with Young Adult books, and the nostalgia they bring for a time when emotions were all encompassi...
144. Nikki Ochoa
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
143. How to Make Art Friends - Maiden LA Co-Founder Molly Schulman
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and Maiden LA Co-Founder Molly Schulman and Javier Proenza talk about how they went from relative obscurity to active members of the artist run...
142. The Athenian Marketplace - Robert Ramirez
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
141. Christine Atkinson
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
140. Humor in Art - Rose Briccetti
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
139. Don’t Talk Sh*t About LA - Gozie Ojini
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
138. Artist Run LA - Carl Baratta
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, and Co Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, Carl Baratta talks about his love for the artist run side of the art world. Carl is one...
137. OK Boomer - Sam Dybeck
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
136. $6000 Worth of Weave - Quinn Hunter
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
135. Thumbtack Wrestling - Christopher Anthony Valesco
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
134. Whatever Happened to Critical Thought? - Emily Blythe Jones
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
133. Collaboration - Clare Gatto
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
132. Pre and Post Millennium Ravers - Victor Castañeda
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
131. Artist Baking Residency - Sara Nishikawa
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
130. Family Archive Project - Kamal Badhey
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
129. Light - Gerald Collins
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Gerald Collins uses light and color
128. Where Inspiration Comes From - Pilar Rius
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Pilar Rius initiates a discussion about where inspiration comes from as we observe cultural differences between the French and Americans. Are A...
127. Streets and Context - Hiroshi Clark
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and skater Hiroshi Clark stops by to discuss the streets as a multi-use space with ever changing context. Wether used as a metaphor, "I'm from ...
126. Drug Memories - Ian McDaniel
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Musician and Sound Engineer Ian McDaniel and I wax philosophical our favorite drug memories. We get in to all the wild, grimy shit we ALLEGEDLY did as...
125. Art Practice and the Unknown - Marley Starskey Butler
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Multidisciplinary artist Marley Starskey Butler shares his thoughts on the relationship between art practice and the unknown, sharing stories about ho...
124. While the Encampments Burned - Alex Andrew Sanchez
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Painter Alex Andrew Sanchez comes on the show for a post covid catch up. We talk about feigning interest in kids stuff as an artist parent, and watchi...
123. How Colors Make Us Think and Feel - Danielle Winger
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and poet painter Danielle Winger talks about the importance of how colors make us think and feel in the context of art making and critical medi...
122. Coincidence, Serendipity, and Fate - Debra Broz
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Debra Broz and I think about coincidence, serendipity and fate as we explore her practice of thrifting for ceramic animal figurine , breaking t...
121. Financial Strategy for Artists - Chris Adler
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Chris Adler stops by to talk financial strategies to keep visual artists from becoming starving artists.
120. Italian Horror Films - Dakota Noot
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visual Artist Dakota Noot talks about Giallo Movies, which are a genre of Italian horror Films pioneered by Dario Argento. we get into camp and gore, ...
119. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind - Jamie Hamilton
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aliens! Artist Jamie Hamilton and I discuss Steven Greer's claim that through meditation people are able to summon Alien Beings and have UFO (UAP) enc...
118. Unmixed Paint - Phillip J. Mellen
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Phillip J. Mellen talks about his approach to painting with color.
117. Law Vs Morality - Molly Parmer
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal Defense Attorney Molly Parmer describes growing up the daughter of artist Skip Williamson during the Chicago 7 trial. Skip Williamson was in...
116. Generational Labor - Melissa Loney
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
115. Kitsch - Anna Breininger
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Anna Breininger and I try to pin down what kitsch even means in an art world where hierarchy’s are actively being dismantled.
114. Fighting Gentrifiers in 2021 - Lincoln Heights Intel
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Five LH Intel members stop by to talk their experiences running for Neighborhood Council. We talk about Los Angeles history, the brewery Arts Complex,...
113. Landscapes of the Post-Industrial Midwest - Kale
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Kale talks about the political context of midwestern landscapes, and how they represent an late stage capitalist aesthetic, before we get into ...
112. Treasure Hunt For Ordinary Things - Deirdre Colgan Jones
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What's my Thesis? is a visual art podcast. Artist Deidre Colgan Jones talks about living in different American cities as an Irish woman from Dublin, b...
111. Still Life - Annie Compean
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Annie Compean talks about her obsession with collecting and arranging objects to paint, while taking us on a visual tour of her practice, from ...
110. When Stuffed Animals Attack - Adrienne Sacks
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Adrienne Sacks talks about cuteness as a capitalist aesthetic, and worries she is the only one seeing it everywhere she goes.
109. The Biden Years
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I break down the first months of the Biden Era. It's not off to a great start.
108. Island of Banished Daughters - Elin Karlsson
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing inspiration from Pandataria, an island where Roman Emperors banished their daughters, artist Elin Karlsson describes how she writes fiction to...
107. Latinx Futurism - Michael Anthony Garcia
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, and co host of El Puente Podcast Michael, Anthony Garcia talks about the influence science fiction has on his art practice, and the importance...
106. Rooted in Horticulture - Surge Witrön
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Surge Witrön and I go on a range of side tangents as we discuss his early interest in horticulture.
105. The Fight Against Gentrification - Lincoln Heights Intel
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An Anonymous representative of Lincoln Heights Intel details the fight against USC, the City of Los Angeles, and luxury apartments built on Toxic supe...
104. Painting Bad - Sofia Heftersmith
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Sofia Heftersmith talks about the freedom she feels when she sets out with the intention of making a bad painting.
103. Mad Science - Michelle L Morby
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Michelle Morby talks about her interest in setting up interactions, the roll science plays in her practice and how she started a zoo to connect...
102. Flag Design - Cristina Victor
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Cristina Victor talks about her experiences in the world of vexillology (flag design) as the vibe gets super cuban. Scarface, Communism, Spies,...
101. Hair - Chelsea Flowers
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Chelsea Flowers does her hair while we talk.
100. Metal Leaf - Dawn Okoro
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Dawn Okoro breaks down her use of metal leafs, like gold and copper, in her painting, and how she uses it to elevate and obscure her subject ma...
99. Canadian Covid - Alex Noel
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
98. The Role Imagination Plays in Building Identities and Traditions - Tsz Kam
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This audio only episode is available on YouTube
97. Genealogical Disclosure - Ana Iwataki
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
96. Kidnapping Artisans - EJ Son
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artist EJ Son and I compare the Australian and American government's response to covid 19 before getting into the complicated relationship between Jap...
95. Neo-Liberal Fascists
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Que pasa, USA?
94. The 5th Dimension - Roberto Jackson Harrington
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
93. The Commercialization of Apathy - Matt Miranda
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas