Public Republic

Agnieszka Rogowska: Colourful planes just create and talk about something, building a kind of tension You say you are interested mainly in colour and the way it can be a creativity tool. Tell us more about your attitude toward colour. It is interesting what you say as on the whole we are used to give […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with Javier Munoz How did painting become a main part of your life? I have been drawing and painting since I was a child. Professionally I started my carrier 21 years ago, when I was 16. Who or what has influence on your work? I like very much the paintings of […]

Interview of Yana Radilova with the artist Mihail Kamberov Mihail Kamberov: “My paintings reflect my sensibility to the world. To me it is colourful and cheerful.” Mihail Kamberov was born on November 20, 1952 in Sofia. Mihail Kamberov frequented School of Arts in Sofia until 1973. From 1976 to 1981 he studies painting in the […]

Interview with Cliff Snell III by Galya Mladenova Cliff Snell III is the American “fairytale surrealist” artist. His “fairytale” swirling nature paintings are very distinctive, and his collectors prize his dreamy, but precise use of color. Naturalists enjoy his ability to present an accurate, if beautiful specimen of a plant, and those who seek beauty […]

An interview with artist Sophie Holstein by Maya Kolarova Photo: Personal archive Sophie Holstein – biography notes and artist statement I was born in 1983 in North of Germany. After I graduated from high school in 2003, I moved to Madrid for half a year to learn Spanish. I was curious to discover new places. […]

An interview with artist Tiphaine de Bodman by Maya Kolarova Photo: Personal archive Tiphaine has been trained in illustration and graphics, with an ongoing passion for drawing, and obtained an MA in Communication Design from Central Saint Martins in 2007. Tiphaine’s approach to drawing is unique in its meticulousness and compulsiveness. The laborious hours spent […]

An interview with painter Jill Mulleady by Maya Kolarova Jill Mulleady – “a whirlpool of complex emotions” Photo: Personal archive Jill Mulleady (born 1980 in Uruguay) is a painter based in London. She studied theatre at Jacques Lecoq School (2002-03), Paris and MA Fine Arts at Chelsea College of Arts, London (2007–09). Jill Mulleady’s paintings […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the painter Martin Key (Yavan) Originally I am from Hungary. I’ve lived in some really great spots all around the world; most recently in Dublin, Ireland. My art is what directs me from place to place, as well as from stroke to stroke, and not the other way around.

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Gerardo Gomez Who is Gerardo Gomez? Gerardo Gomez is a young visual artist from El Salvador, Central America, turning 20 this year. A dreamer and a rebel, with an immense passion about his art. We are starting a new century and a new millennium; things are evolving and we are looking […]

Vanya Nikolaeva Deron Cohen was born and raised in San Diego, California. He graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles, with a degree in Fine Arts. Deron has been teaching painting courses, held one man shows in Seattle, and participated in group shows at the San Diego Art Department, Limbo Fine Arts, and […]

Iliana Ivanova, virtual exhibit, part II The artist doesn’t create as he lives, he lives as he creates. Jean Lescure My first acquaintance with Iliana Ivanova’s paintings reminded me that the boundary between an artist’s real life and her artwork can be ever so tenuous, especially when the movements of the soul, its quests and […]

Iliana Ivanova, virtual exhibit, part I What impressed me most in the paintings of artist Iliana Ilieva is that each image has its own self and dynamics. To me, her artwork are not just an artist’s sharing and self expression, but also an echo, a resonance, an emotion reaching for viewers to involve them in […]