Public Republic

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. Afterwards i [...]

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 on sketching, as [...]

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 combine figuration and [...]

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 for [...]

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 Sushi [...]

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 aspirations overflow into [...]

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 a [...]