Jonah Strub
Jonah Strub is a painter, sculptor, performance artist, and ceramicist based out of Toronto. He graduated from the University of Guelph in 2019, with a double major in Studio Art and Psychology. Jonah finished off his degree at the University of the Arts (HFK) in Bremen. Since experimenting with ceramics in Germany, Jonah’s practice has pivoted from painting to include sculptural forms. One of his more recent works being a larger than life bust titled “Mz. Velveeta Creamcheese” made of paper maché and acrylic paint adorned with a feather boa.
Our conversation was recorded in Tkaranto, on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe, and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations.
Show Notes
“Mz. Velveeta Creamcheese” 2020 -https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3nP79hbGD/
Kent Monkman - https://www.kentmonkman.com/
Shary Boyle - https://www.sharyboyle.com/
Pansy Ass Ceramics - https://pansyassceramics.bigcartel.com/
Emily Reimer - https://www.emilyreimer.com/
Hairspray the Musical
Miss Cracker - https://www.instagram.com/miz_cracker/?hl=en
Ben de la Creme - https://www.instagram.com/bendelacreme/?hl=en
Zackey Lime -https://torontodrag.com/zackey-lime/
Fastwürms - http://www.paulpetro.com/arc/fastwurms/index.php
Chris Ironside - http://chrisironside.com/
Lesbian and Gay Archives - https://arquives.ca/
AGG - Art Gallery of Guelph - https://artgalleryofguelph.ca/
“Social upheaval”
The 2020 protests against police violence towards Black people sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and on-going acts of violence against Black and Indigenous people.
Rajni Pereira - http://www.rajniperera.com/
Ness Lee - http://www.nesslee.com/
Patel - https://www.patelbrown.com/
Daniel Faria - https://danielfariagallery.com/
Paul Petro - http://www.paulpetro.com/
Toronto Gallery Stats - https://canadianart.ca/essays/ibrahim-abusitta-black-and-indigenous-artists-at-toronto-commercial-galleries/
Stephen Andrews - http://stephenandrewsartist.com/
Will Munro - http://agyu.art/project/will-munro-history-glamour-magic/
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - https://www.thesisters.org/
Kate Barat - http://heikekatibarath.de/
Podcast Recommendation
OFTV - https://soundcloud.com/onefromthevaultspodcast/oftv-18-storme-weather
Thanks for listening to Hopping the Fence a podcast dedicated to the fringes of the Canadian art scene.
If you have an artist you would like to hear interviewed, would like to correct / fact check a past episode or would like to chat feel free to send me a message on Instagram @hoppingthefence or by email rebeccaecasalino@gmail.com
Thanks to OCAD University for their financial support, my project supervisor Amish Morrell for his advice and guidance and Claudia Slogar Rick for all of her extra help. Original artwork for Hopping the Fence by Alex Gregory and original music by Jessica Price Eisner.