ERIC ANTHONY BERDIS

June 27, 2025

This week Eric Anthony Berdis joins the podcast to talk about his work, which utilizes found fabric to create soft sculpture and installation works that explore queer history, identity, and activism.

Eric currently has a two person exhibition titled “Entity Cramming” with Soso Capaldi entitled “Entity Cramming” at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia on view through July 27th.

Studio Break is pleased to have Eric’s work selected as part of our 2023 Studio Break Professional Competition by Jeff Stevenson, Artist & Gallery Director at Governors State University.

MADISON VARNS

January 30, 2025

January 31, 2025

This week Madison Varns joins the podcast to talk about her studio work, which explores the mundane through mixed media painting and ceramic forms.

Madison’s work was selected by Studio Break host David Linneweh as part of the 2022 Studio Break Student Competition.

ERIKA B. HESS, MARC MITCHELL, NEIL CALLANDER

January 17, 2025

This week Erika B. Hess, Marc Mitchell, & Neil Callander join the podcast to discuss painting and some upcoming exhibitions.

Erika has been featured on Studio Break episodes: #207, #266, #314
Marc has been featured on #296 & 314
Neil has been feature on: #310 & #314

AVA STARNES

October 18, 2024

This week Ava Starnes joins the podcast to discuss her self portrait works that are created from video still images in compositions that stretch and contort the figure.

Ava’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.

ELLIOT BOWERS

August 23, 2024

This week Elliot Bowers sat down with Dave & Johnny Disco to discuss Elliot’s new exhibition “Displacement” at Purple Window Gallery, at Mana Contemporary in Chicago.

LILY MADDEN

August 2, 2024

This week Lily Madden joins the podcast to talk their work and solo exhibition “Coffins for Cicadas” opening at Haw Contemporary August 9th from 5-8PM in Kansas City.

Lily’s work was selected by artist/curator Mia Risberg from our 2023 Studio Break Student Competition.

AMY REIDEL 2

December 8, 2023

December 8th, 2023

This week Amy Reidel returns to the podcast to talk about her recent mixed media and installation based works that combine abstract and figurative elements to explore the relationship between being a caregiver during a period of global turmoil.

JEFF STEVENSON

December 1, 2023

December 1st, 2023

This week Jeff Stevenson joins us to talk about his work that explores ideas of masculinity and the self through a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, and installation.

Jeff also talks about his the exhibition “Cross-Section: the many faces of Jeff Stevenson” that opens at Studio Break Gallery with receptions on Sunday Dec 3rd from 2-5 PM and Sat Dec 9th from 4-8 PM.

MIA RISBERG 2

May 5, 2023

This week Mia Risberg returns to the podcast to talk about her studio practice and recent series of drawings that began during the pandemic quarantine. The solo exhibition“Quiet Contemplation” runs from May 12th- June 16th at Studio Break Gallery in West Chicago with an opening reception on May 12th from 5-8PM.

JONATHAN VIRGINIA GREEN

April 10, 2022

This week Jonathan Virginia Green joins the podcast to discuss his recent paintings that combine a variety of materials to “explore mechanisms of desire, pleasure, and transformation that are oriented within his experience as a queer transgender male”.

HANNAH LINDO

February 18, 2022

This week Hannah Lindo joins the podcast to discuss her studio practice and recent abstract paintings that explore ideas of growth & decay in flesh-like landscapes reminiscent of the human body.

EVA GABRIELLA FLYNN

February 11, 2022

This week Eva Gabriella Flynn joins the podcast to talk about her work that explores the idea of dual identity and boundaries through her painting and installation works. She’s currently in a group exhibition entitled: Warmth at Stay Home Gallery in Paris (TN) through 3/6.

SHAHRBANOO HAMZEH

January 21, 2022

This week Shahrbanoo Hamzeh joins the podcast to talk about her abstract paintings that explore traumas created by dilemmas related to boarders and boundaries.

DAVID KASSAN

June 4, 2021

David Kassan joins the podcast this week to discuss his studio practice, he’s currently working on a series of portraits of Holocaust survivors.

SAM MACK

November 21, 2020

Sam Mack joins the podcast to discuss their work and writes: “the installations of my work form a grammar of materials that utilizes institutional signs of caution and control punctuated by trans and queer-signaling. interwoven references point toward a slippage of both material and language that exists between physical, academized, and a theoretical corporeal existence.”

MEREDITH MATTHEWS

August 29, 2020

Meredith Matthews joins the podcast to discuss her work which has investigated a range of figurative, animal, and landscape elements in rich and vivid detail.

BERENICE CHAVEZ

May 8, 2020

This week Berenice Chavez shares her work which explores themes of family, love, separation, and belonging through a series of photographs of her family.

JOSIE DEL CASTILLO

October 26, 2018

This week Josie Del Castillo joins Studio Break to discuss her colorful paintings which focus on appreciation of Mexican American culture through a series of portraits and self-portraits.

TANNON RECKLING

October 12, 2018

Tannon Reckling joins the podcast to discuss his studio practice which is informed through experiencing art via the internet. His work questions traditional modes of art/academia and is influenced by growing up as a queer youth in rural Nebraska.

DOMINIC LIPPILLO

September 28, 2018

Dominic Lippillo joins the podcast to discuss his photo based works which explore landscape, domesticity, and identity.