Studio Visits

Basma al-Sharif

by Adela Lovric // Mar. 5, 2024
Basma al-Sharif’s Berlin home exudes immediate warmth. Beyond the aesthetic of curated nostalgia⁠—some of it personal while other items appear to be inherited…[read on]

Cibelle Cavalli Bastos

by Lorna McDowell // Dec. 12, 2023
“This is care in action!” exclaims Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, as they serve us steaming hot tea soon after we arrive at their studio in Köpenick, a lushly forested neighbourhood in…[read on]

Silke Nowak

by An Paenhuysen // Nov. 24, 2023
“Sometimes they come and sit with me on the sofa,” Silke Nowak tells us. We are discussing possible locations for the photo shoot after our studio visit. Nowak’s two bunnies…[read on]

Phanuel Antwi

by Zoë Ritts // Nov. 10, 2023
It is late September. Antwi sits on his heels at the top of the marbled yoga mat that travels with him everywhere. His workspace is here, in the Prenzlauer Berg living room of an…[read on]

John Monteith

by Jayne Wilkinson // Oct. 20, 2023
Whenever I visit John Monteith’s studio in Toronto, the first thing I’m always struck by is colour. He’s a fastidious colourist and his many series of abstractions are remarkable for…[read on]

Marianne Thoermer

by Eva Szwarc // Sept. 15, 2023
Marianne Thoermer’s studio has the two key ingredients of light and space. The street outside is peppered with trees—from one sounds the high-pitched call of a redstart and its mate…[read on]

Su Yu Hsin

by Gillian N. Osborne // Sept. 12, 2023
Su Yu Hsin’s studio feels like a haven of order and calm in this chaotic city. The space itself is bright and airy, with high ceilings and French windows opening onto the courtyard down below…[read on]

Via Lewandowsky

by Dagmara Genda // Sept. 5, 2023
The defining feature of Via Lewandowsky’s practice is not a material or a theme but an attitude—a nearly palpable, restless curiosity. It is also what makes his work so difficult to pin down…[read on]

Anan Fries

by Olivia Ladanyi // Aug. 29, 2023
Climbing the stairs to Anan Fries’ Kreuzberg flat, which also houses their studio, I lament the fact that these visits always seem to coincide with the few unbearably hot days that this…[read on]

Marianna Simnett

by Eva Szwarc // Aug. 25, 2023
Marianna Simnett seems to have an impressive array of light fixtures in her Siemensstadt studio; this makes sense, given that the space is based in a former light bulb factory, which is…[read on]

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

by Annalisa Giacinti // Aug. 4, 2023
We head to the studio, which is a small bustling room tucked away at the end of her apartment’s hall. Its surfaces are covered in images, drawings, sketches. Flags and printed…[read on]

Fette Sans

by Olivia Ladanyi // July 18, 2023
Fette Sans welcomes us into her Prenzlauer Berg studio on the first really hot day of the year. The glass-fronted, ground floor space, draped in sensual purple crocodile velvet, offers…[read on]