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There are so many, but I have to say that some of my favorite artists, curators, and thinkers of the moment are Wayde Mcintosh, Jordan Casteel, Elmer Guevara, Aaron Gilbert, Francesca von Rabenau, Ebony Haynes, Marcela Guerrero, Jody Graf, Jasmine Wahi, Blaize Lehane, and Nicole Calderón. Who are your favorite artists, curators, or other thinkers to follow on social media right now? Specifically, I like a podcast called “ Stuff You Should Know,” as well as t he “Week in Art. It makes me feel less alone while giving me someone to listen to. I guess that’s why I really enjoy podcasts if I’m in the studio by myself.

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I know that’s not very common with many artists, but I find myself focusing hard on what I’m doing when someone is talking to me because my mind isn’t free to wander elsewhere. I love the sounds of the city through my window, and having friends over while I paint is never a distraction. I actually love painting with people around. What kind of atmosphere do you prefer when you work? Do you listen to music or podcasts, or do you prefer silence? Why? We spoke to De Jesus about residency life, how she stays inspired, and why dogs are essential studio assistants.ĭanielle’s setup in her Beecher Residence studio. It has since been taken over by John Auerbach, the CEO of art-storage company UOVO, and Ed Tang, a founder of the art advisory Art-Bureau, who began the residency this year. The Stillman House, where De Jesus is currently spending her days, was commissioned by art collectors Rufus and Leslie Stillman in 1950. This fall, she will be included in the major exhibition of Puerto Rican art opening at the Whitney Museum and will be the subject of a solo show at François Ghebaly in Los Angeles.

Her photographs and paintings-which she sometimes does on dollar bills and tablecloths-trace the individual stories of Bushwick’s displaced residents and members of the Puerto Rican diaspora to crystallize broader truths about gentrification, migration, and how place informs who we become.ĭe Jesus’s work is currently on view as part of the MoMA PS1 exhibition “Life Between Buildings” (through January 16, 2023). The primary source material for her rich portraits comes from her native neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn. This summer, the recent Yale University MFA graduate is the inaugural resident at the Beecher Residency, housed in Breuer’s historic Stillman House in Litchfield, Connecticut.ĭe Jesus is used to taking inspiration from her surroundings.

It’s an idyllic, if temporary, setup for the artist, who usually works out of a packed space in Ridgewood, Queens. These days, the view from artist Danielle De Jesus’s window is a rare Alexander Calder mural and the clean lines of Marcel Breuer’s architecture.