Praying Mantis Disco Queen: Read Our Interview of Artist Joyce Pensato

Walking into Joyce Pensato's vast studio in Bushwick I’m first greeted by Elizabeth Ferry, an artist and Pensato's studio assistant, as well as Charlie, an eerie looking, sweet dog whose right eye is blind by cataracts. Pensato herself is short, but tall in personality. Her shoes, feel more stylish, remnants perhaps of days in Paris, but still they’re perfectly covered in her signature paint drippings. As we sit, Ferry is busily packing up the space because they leave the next day for the closing of Pensato’s recent show, “The Fizz,” which as has been on display at Grice Bench Gallery in Los Angeles. After this, they come back briefly to prepare and work for upcoming exhibitions in Chicago, and then Austria. Click here to read more. 

Opening Of "Present Conditional" Group Show @ Mier Gallery in Los Angeles

Mier Gallery presents Present Conditional, the first group exhibition of the gallery. With eight major contemporary female painting positions, Present Conditional will form a powerful, heterogeneous and intergenerational exhibition as a visual and contextual snap-shot. Artists included: Rita Ackermann, Amy Bessone, Ida Ekblad, Sophie von Hellermann, Joyce Pensato, Jana Schröder, Odessa Straub, Anke Weyer. Present Conditional will be on view until November 27, 2015 at Mier Gallery, 1107 Greenacre Ave West Hollywood, CA

Joyce Pensato 'Castaway' @ Petzel Gallery in New York

Petzel Gallery presents Castaway, a solo exhibition by New York based artist Joyce Pensato. This is her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. For this exhibition, Pensato will present a new series of paintings and drawings, as well as premiere digital c-prints of her studio taken by the artist and predominantly comprised of collages on her studio walls. Castaway will be on view until March 28 at Petzel Gallery.