Volume 18
Friend of The Artist aims to create a supportive ecosystem for artists from around the globe, by shining a spotlight on emerging talent, and sharing their work with a wider audience through its volumes juried by art world insiders, published artist interviews, and social media features. Volume 18's jury panel includes a dynamic and international group of curators, museum directors, and gallerists.
Price: $50
Release Date: June 22, 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Page count: 216 pages
ISBN: 979-8-218-42651-4
Artists
Alisa Aistova, Jessica Alazraki, Kendull Anderson, Kristina Baker, Sara Benninga, Anna Berghuis, Thomas Flynn II, Daniel Freaker, Lorena Frías, Candice Gima, Emma Hapner, Nanxi Jin, Brooke Johannesen, Minju Kim, Connie Kirk, Amber Larks, Elin Lindecrantz, June McCall, Kelly McCallum, Manuel Mera, Kristin Moore, Catherine Morin, James Robert Morrison, Baby Mueller, Ellie Kayu Ng, Adam Niklewicz, Madeline Norton, Erik Parra, Grace Qian, Meg Rossetti, Jodi Ruffner, Kate Rusek, Nezir Sarac, Josefine Schulz, Zhenyuan Shi, John-Marshall Stubbs, Anna Tong, Angus Vasili, Marcus Venegas, Grace Worley, Tianxing Xu, Alice Yang, Julie Yeo, Se Young Yim, Hayley Youngs, Guigen Zha, Kiki Zhen, Rolandas Žigonis
Jurors
Jonathan Hoyt
Jonathan Hoyt is the Partner and Director of Steve Turner gallery in Los Angeles, where he has lived and participated actively in the arts community for the past 10 years. Jonathan has discovered and championed a number of emerging artists, with a special interest and focus in guiding their navigation of the art market as they begin the early stages of their careers. He primarily works with and supports via collecting, artists of his own generation who have backgrounds which lead to perspectives and stories which are often underrepresented.
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Executive Director of the Parrish Art Museum, is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) United States Board of Directors and a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors. A frequent juror and panelist, Ramírez-Montagut served on the US Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions (Venice Biennale), Washington DC., the organization that selected Simone Leigh—first black woman to represent the US and winner of the Venice Biennale Golden Lion in 2022.
Before joining the Parrish, Ramírez-Montagut was Director the Michigan State University (MSU) Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and was responsible for developing and implementing an interdisciplinary vision that connected the art museum both to MSU’s academic strengths and to broader community and global issues. Prior to the MSU Broad, she served as the Director of the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University in Louisiana, where she implemented a multi-year strategic plan focused on serving diverse communities, and where she co-curated the national touring exhibition Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of America.
She has held curatorial positions at leading arts organizations including The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Throughout her career, she has curated a wide range of exhibitions, including Frida Kahlo Without Borders and Zaha Hadid Design: Untold at MSU. At the Newcomb, she organized Beyond the Canvas: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico; Diana Al-Hadid and Elena Dorfman: Syria’s Lost Generation; Mickalene Thomas: Waiting on a Prime-Time Star; Fallen Fruit: EMPIRE; and KAWS in Dialogue: Karl Wirsum & Tomoo Gokita, among many others
Ramírez-Montagut earned a Ph.D. in Theory and History of Architecture from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, ETSAB, Barcelona, Spain; a Master of Architecture from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, ETSAB, Barcelona, Spain; and a Bachelor of Architecture from Universidad Ibero Americana, Mexico City, Mexico
Gemma Rolls-Bentley
Gemma Rolls-Bentley has been at the forefront of contemporary art for over a decade, working passionately to champion diversity in the field. Her curatorial practice amplifies the work of female and queer artists. Gemma is Chief Curator at Avant Arte. Alongside her curatorial practice Gemma is an advisor to early stage startups, cultural projects and private art collectors and she teaches at institutions including the Royal College of Art, Glasgow School of Art and Goldsmiths. She co-chairs the board of trustees for the charity Queercircle and she is a member of the Courtauld Association Committee. In 2022 Gemma curated The Brighton Beacon Collection, the largest permanent display of queer art in the UK, for Soho House’s Brighton Beach House. Most recently she curated the inaugural Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival in London and Tschabalala Self’s first public sculpture at Coal Drops Yard, London. In 2023 she will curate exhibitions at The Leslie Lohman Museum of Art and Company Gallery New York and her debut book ‘Queer Art’ will be published in 2024 by Frances Lincoln.
Photo credit : Gina Soden