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Neoteric Art: Give us some background information on yourself.

Johannah Silva: I was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. when I was a teenager. My family settled in San Francisco and I started high school there in the 10th grade, shortly thereafter attending the University of California at Berkeley after graduating. Although I was Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background information on yourself.

Scott Simons: I was born in Iowa and grew up in Michigan. I graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Marketing and moved to Chicago where I got my MBA at Loyola. I moved to NYC in 1991 and joined corporate America. I consider myself Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some history on yourself.

Jean Koeller: I was very fortunate to have a mother who encouraged our creative sides as children. She took us to museums, surrounded us with music, books and hated television. She even called the TV an “idiot box” during the time it was a status item to acquirer. Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some history on yourself.

Ellen Soffer: I was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. My father was an untrained artist on the side. My first memory of art making was of watching my father make collages out of fabric sample books. As a child I went to the Philadelphia Art Museum with my family and during Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some history on yourself.

Timothy Vermeulen: I was born in Paterson, NJ the son of a funeral director. For many of my formative years we actually lived in a funeral home and had a morgue in our basement. I have never figured out exactly what effect this has had on my psyche. Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You grew up in Iowa and received your BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Discuss the transition moving from Iowa to Chicago, time spent in art school and your time since being a working artist.

Darrell Roberts: I spent most of my early life in school about twelve years of college and art school. After six years, I finally finished a BA in Art History, at the University of Northern Iowa, where I also took painting and drawing classes and immediately moved to Chicago. Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background history on yourself including time spent in art school.

Kathryn Arnold: Growing up in the Midwest, we took many family vacations where we traveled across the United States. I did undergraduate work, first two years at the Kansas City Art Institute (which has an excellent Foundation program) and completed my BFA at University of Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background history on yourself.

Jay Zerbe: My sister (who is also an artist) became involved with art in high school. We hung out a lot, and she decided to teach me what she was learning. (And I have to say that process continues today!). I found I was good at making art, and became more and more interested. By the Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You have been painting for over forty years. Discuss how your painting has changed and evolved over the years.

Robert Stanely: For the first five years or so, I made art blindly. I took what I’d learned in school and “developed” it. Then, finally, I made a painting, a real painting. A living moment, paint, color, and composition—all came together. The moment was a sudden head Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background information on yourself including when you decided to be an artist.

Michael Behle: I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in a working-class family. My father’s family owns and operates a materials supply company in which I worked on and off as I was growing up. In many ways, that experience has informed the sensibilities of my work. Like many artists Continue reading »