Studio Visits

Phanuel Antwi

by Zoë Ritts // Nov. 10, 2023
It is late September. Antwi sits on his heels at the top of the marbled yoga mat that travels with him everywhere. His workspace is here, in the Prenzlauer Berg living room of an…[read on]

John Monteith

by Jayne Wilkinson // Oct. 20, 2023
Whenever I visit John Monteith’s studio in Toronto, the first thing I’m always struck by is colour. He’s a fastidious colourist and his many series of abstractions are remarkable for…[read on]

Marianne Thoermer

by Eva Szwarc // Sept. 15, 2023
Marianne Thoermer’s studio has the two key ingredients of light and space. The street outside is peppered with trees—from one sounds the high-pitched call of a redstart and its mate…[read on]

Su Yu Hsin

by Gillian N. Osborne // Sept. 12, 2023
Su Yu Hsin’s studio feels like a haven of order and calm in this chaotic city. The space itself is bright and airy, with high ceilings and French windows opening onto the courtyard down below…[read on]

Via Lewandowsky

by Dagmara Genda // Sept. 5, 2023
The defining feature of Via Lewandowsky’s practice is not a material or a theme but an attitude—a nearly palpable, restless curiosity. It is also what makes his work so difficult to pin down…[read on]

Anan Fries

by Olivia Ladanyi // Aug. 29, 2023
Climbing the stairs to Anan Fries’ Kreuzberg flat, which also houses their studio, I lament the fact that these visits always seem to coincide with the few unbearably hot days that this…[read on]

Marianna Simnett

by Eva Szwarc // Aug. 25, 2023
Marianna Simnett seems to have an impressive array of light fixtures in her Siemensstadt studio; this makes sense, given that the space is based in a former light bulb factory, which is…[read on]

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

by Annalisa Giacinti // Aug. 4, 2023
We head to the studio, which is a small bustling room tucked away at the end of her apartment’s hall. Its surfaces are covered in images, drawings, sketches. Flags and printed…[read on]

Fette Sans

by Olivia Ladanyi // July 18, 2023
Fette Sans welcomes us into her Prenzlauer Berg studio on the first really hot day of the year. The glass-fronted, ground floor space, draped in sensual purple crocodile velvet, offers…[read on]

Monika Grabuschnigg

by Annalisa Giacinti // June 13, 2023
When I arrive at her studio, on a very warm and sunny afternoon in May, I’m five minutes too early, Monika Grabuschnigg points out jokingly…[read on]

Jenna Sutela

by Eva Szwarc // May 30, 2023
A creak of a nearby door and Jenna Sutela waves our team inside, ushering us through the courtyard to the back of the building, where her studio is located amidst…[read on]

Chloé Lee

by Annalisa Giacinti // May 12, 2023
Chloé Lee’s studio is located in a calm residential street on the top floor of an apartment building, and it overlooks a tree-lined courtyard. Despite it being a rather cool early April day…[read on]