{"id":67,"date":"2015-09-09T15:49:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T19:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2015-09-10T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T15:30:17","slug":"interview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/read\/interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview w\/ Seze Devres by Abigail Feldman<\/a> – December 2003
\nfor The School of Visual Arts MFA Photo Program<\/p>\n

How do you get you art seen?<\/strong>
\nIn 1997, when I graduated from Bard College, I had a fear that no one
\nwould ever see my artwork and I did not want to wait until I had a
\ngallery. So I taught myself HTML and made a basic website. It was my
\nfirst time ever using a computer for my art. I got a lot of replies
\nfrom people about my site and my work via email.<\/p>\n

Where was your first exhibition and what was your experience?<\/strong>
\nMy first major exhibition was a painting show in Istanbul, Turkey. I
\nsold seven paintings on opening night. It was the happiest night of my
\nlife, and I was wearing black wings. It was a series based on the
\nlanguage of angels called, “Monas Hieroglyphica”. I made the paintings
\nin the time after college when I lived in Providence, Rhode Island
\nwhere had a lot of space to paint. Although it was very successful, I
\nwanted to continue with the camera less photography that I was pursuing
\nat Bard College.<\/p>\n

How did you come to work with your dealer?<\/strong>
\nMy dealer’s assistant was a student at SVA. She knew my work and
\nrecommended me to her boss, Jayne Baum. Jayne looked at my website and
\nwe have been working together ever since.<\/p>\n

What steps have you taken to promote your artwork?<\/strong>
\nI actively promote my art work by convincing other people to promote my
\nwork. What I mean is that I believe that other people should do that
\nfor you because it is more genuine and honest when someone else is
\npromoting and raving about your work. I am not at all shy or ashamed to
\ntalk about myself and my work. I am always going to openings, art
\nwalks, and lectures where I am meeting people and talking about art.<\/p>\n

What were the first steps in supporting yourself as an artist?<\/strong>
\nThe first step is to decide on a place to live where the standard of
\nliving meets your needs. When I got out of college, I lived in
\nProvidence, Rhode Island where I had enough time, as well as physical
\nand mental space to make my art. Also teaching has been very beneficial
\nto me in this way because it gives me the time to make art. I recently
\ngot a grant the first time I applied from Kutztown University, where I
\ncurrently teach. It is a faculty grant that gives you the funds to
\nproduce a new body of work. They say that once you get one grant, it is
\neasier to get another.<\/p>\n

What advice do you have for an emerging artist?<\/strong>
\nKeep your options open and keep on making your work. Do not get
\ndisappointed or disenchanted because once doors start to open, you will
\nwant to have a good strong body of work to put out into the world. Build
\nyour own art community. Surround yourself with inspiring and creative
\npeople even if they do not work in the same medium as you. Go to a lot
\nof parties and art events. Meet people in the art world and do not be
\nsuperficial about it.<\/p>\n

What are your likes and dislikes of the art\/gallery world?<\/strong>
\nMy likes are that there is so much art in New York City. I love that
\nthere is a whole entire neighborhood devoted to art, as well as so many
\namazing museums. New York is so full of art, it is impossible to see it
\nall. My dislikes are that the art world feels completely impenetrable.
\nIt is such a small exclusive world when compared to film or other
\nmediums. There is just a very small population who are going to see a
\nshow in the best gallery in Chelsea that it will never get into mass
\nculture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interview w\/ Seze Devres by Abigail Feldman – December 2003 for The School of Visual Arts MFA Photo Program How do you get you art seen? In 1997, when I graduated from Bard College, I had a fear that no one would ever see my artwork and I did not want to wait until I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seze.net\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}