JASON VIVONA - FERNDALE, MI
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what's the idea behind your dolls?
i really just tried to make paintings that i liked on them. i tried at first to fit the way that i make paintings and draw into the traditional aesthetic of the nesting dolls, but then they just ended up resembling my paintings anyhow. i did a few layers, a few different paintings on them. the result of covering them up is a sort of history or timeline. The chemical makeups of the ink and laytex paint let some of the old stuff show through. kind of like thoughts or other glimpses of the characters.

red vines or twizzlers?
i'm sorry, i don't eat candy.

what contemporary artists are you inspired by?
Gerhard Richter, Mark Gonzales, Neil Blender, The Swords Project, .......

last piece of art acquired?
a painting by Bill Falsetta.

tell the audience what movie/book/album/website/tv show/magazine you love that most people haven't seen/read/heard?
i guess Soul On Ice by Eldridge Cleaver.

how did you get to where you are now?
chance.

favorite place in your town?
hart plaza in the spring with Heather.

favorite place in the world?
the road, sadly.

i would not be an artist if it were not for _________ ?
my parents.