IN THE MEDIA
NOWNESS | FEATURE | 06 JULY 2016
Nowness’ feature Zero Zero Takeover reports Annka Kultys Gallery’s summer group show Zero Zero. →
THE QUIETUS | REVIEW | 01 JULY 2016
Explore Functions: Zero Zero At Annka Kultys Gallery, By Robert Barry
Zero Zero, at Annka Kultys Gallery, was reviewed by Robert Barry for The Quietus. →
HUFFINGTON POST | INTERVIEW | 27 JUNE 2016
Artist Interview with Reality Artist Signe Pierce, By Madelaine D’Angelo
Madelaine D’Angelo has interviewed Reality Artist Signe Pierce for the Huffington Post. →
PAPER MAG | INTERVIEW | 16 JUNE 2016
Molly Soda was interviewed by Paper Mag with regards to her latest series of digital paintings inspired by Sex and the City. Soda is quoted saying: “Sex and the City is such a visually-pleasing show to me — the outfits, the city, the fantastical “events” they find themselves at. I wanted to take those elements and combine them with my personal touch and sort of bring their world into my world.” →
SLUTEVER | INTERVIEW | 08 JUNE 2016
Talking Cyberfeminism and Art with Artist and Aspiring Cyborg, Signe Pierce, By Kristen Cochrane
Signe Pierce was interviewed by Kristen Cochrane for Slutever, a website that deals predominantly with sexuality and relationships, where they speak about American Reflexxx, cyberfeminism and Jean Baudrillard. →
DREAM IDEA MACHINE | PROFILE | JUNE 2016
ART CITIES: London -ZERO ZERO, By Efi Michalarou
Efi Michalarou at dreamideamachine has profiled Zero Zero, the lates exhibition at Annka Kultys Gallery. →
WE FIND WILDNESS | INTERVIEW | 20 MAY 2016
one message interviews #24. Rachel de Joode
Rachel de Joode has contributed to the “one message interviews” series for We Find Wildness. →
OXYGEN | PROFILE | 18 MAY 2016
Signe Pierce has been profiled by Oxygen, in which she notes: “I like looking for beauty, in banal and boring situations”. →
VICE | PROFILE | 09 MAY 2016
Photos That Blur the Line Between Public and Private Personas, By Mossless
Vice has interviewed Romke Hoogwaerts about Mossless, a new photography publication that features work by Molly Soda and Signe Pierce. →
AETHER | FEATURE | SPRING/SUMMER 2016
Photos That Blur the Line Between Public and Private Personas, By Mossless
Signe Pierce has been featured in the Spring/Summer issue of Aether art magazine. →
MOUSSE MAGAZINE | REVIEW | 01 MAY 2016
Alexandra Gorczynski “Never Forever” at Annka Kultys Gallery, London
Alexandra Gorczynski’s exhibition Never Forever at AKG was reviewed by Mousse Magazine. Gorczynski is quoted saying: “Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the work is its play upon the continuum that exists between traditional painting and new media.” →
NEW YORK MAGAZINE | FEATURE | 18 APRIL 2016
11 Artists Poised to Have a Breakout Year, By Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine’s chief art critic, has selected Signe Pierce as one of 11 artists set to have a breakout year. →
OBSERVER | INTERVIEW | 13 APRIL 2016
11 Artists Poised to Have a Breakout Year, By Jerry Saltz
Molly Soda is interviewed for the article “How I get By: The Lives of Five American Artists” by Ryan Steadman for the Observer. →
NYLON | FEATURE | 07 APRIL 2016
Molly Soda’s article ‘This Web Artist Is Ditching The Razor And Fighting The Patriarchy’ was featured in the April 2016 issue of Nylon magazine. →
DETROIT FREE PRESS | REVIEW | 03 APRIL 2016
CCS Centre Galleries exhibition Doubly So in Detroit, including works my Molly Soda, is reported in Detroit Free Press. →
52 INSIGHTS | INTERVIEW | 28 MARCH 2016
New Voice In Art: Signe Pierce | Post-Everything
Signe Pierce has been interviewed by 52 Insights concerning her and Alli Coates’ video work ‘American Reflexxx’, which now has more than 1.5 million views on YouTube. →
DETROIT ART REVIEW | REVIEW | 19 MARCH 2016
“Doubly So” @ CCS Center Galleries
Molly Soda’s work in the exhibition Doubly So at the CCS Centre Galleries in Detroit is reviewed by Clara DeGalan for the Detroit Art Review. She writes, “Soda’s work in “Doubly So” left me with a grim suspicion that autonomy of image in social media still alludes women, and it’s a problem we are going to have to spend a few more decades thinking our way around.” →
AUJOURD’HUI | REVIEW | 19 MARCH 2016
Hello, This is Dash at AKG is reviewed by Aujourd’hui. “Making art by recording his life was a form of both communication and catharsis for Snow” writes the author. →
ANOTHER | REVIEW | 18 MARCH 2016
THE HEDONISTIC LIFE AND WORKS OF ARTIST DASH SNOW, BY CHARLOTTE JANSEN
Hello, this is Dash at AKG is reviewed by Another magazine. Annka Kultys is quoted saying: “Now, I am showing his work because I believe that his works are a bridge between his generation and the new Instagramming generation who also makes the private public.” →
DAZED | INTERVIEW | 17 MARCH 2016
Relive this bloody, raw and real account of downtown 00s NYC
To mark Dash Snow’s exhibition at AKG Dazed has reprinted a 2006 interview with the artist. “I don’t really know much about technique, I just aim to ‘keep the moment’… I feel like technology is a fool’s game” says Dash. →
ART F CITY | FEATURE | 07 MARCH 2016
The Artist-Centric Movement has its Milestone Moment: SPRING/BREAK, By Paddy Johnson
Paddy Johnson has featured Signe Pierce in an article about how the artist-centric movement is having a watershed moment. →
ART MONTHLY | FEATURE | MARCH 2016
Molly Soda’s exhibition From my bedroom to yours at AKG is mentioned in Paul Carey-Kent’s article “Getting Art” in Art Monthly. →
DAZED DIGITAL | ARTICLE | 02 MARCH 2016
Why are people still shocked by female sexuality? By Ione Gamble
Ione Gamble at Dazed Digital has covered You Can Call Me Baby, a group show featuring Signe Pierce which tackles the problem of casual misogyny in contemporary society. →
ART ASIA PACIFIC | REVIEW | 02 MARCH 2016
Why are people still shocked by female sexuality? By Ione Gamble
Ittah Yoda’s exhibition at AKG is reviewed by Ambika Rajgopal for Art Asia Pacific. “From their personal narrative, Ittah Yoda imbue their works with an individual and cultural specificity, which results from a transcultural collaboration”, writes Rajgopal. →
I-D | FEATURE | 01 MARCH 2016
5 things you can’t miss at spring/break, nyc’s buzziest art fair, By Emily Manning
Signe Pierce and Alli Coates’ American Reflexxx has been noted as as highlight of SPRING/BREAK fair by i-D Magazine. →
PAPER | FEATURE | 01 MARCH 2016
Beyond the Main Fair: 9 Things to See This Armory Arts Week, By Kate Messinger
Signe Pierce’s work at SPRING/BREAK fair has been chosen as a highlight of Armory Arts Week by Paper Magazine. →
1 GRANARY | ARTICLE | 26 FEBRUARY 2016
ITTAH YODA AND THE YIN AND YANG OF ARTIST COLLABORATION
Ittah Yoda’s collaboration and exhibition I Think Mango You Say Salmon at AKG is detailed by Aric Miller in his article “Ittah Yoda and the Yin and Yang of Artist Collaboration’ on 1 Granary. The duo are quoted saying: “Maybe we are continuing this collaboration because we thought that on our own we wouldn’t have made enough good, relevant or strong work, whereas together we can strike a perfect balance.” →
MOUSSE MAGAZINE | REVIEW | 26 FEBRUARY 2016
Ittah Yoda “I think mango you say salmon” at Annka Kultys Gallery, London
I Think Mango You Say Salmon is reviewed on Mousse magazine. The author describes Ittah Yoda’s exhibition at AKG as “the culmination of the artists’ recent creative collaboration and comprises ten pieces that explore the subjectivity of the human experience”. →
AUJOURD’HUI | REVIEW | 14 FEBRUARY 2016
Ittah Yoda’s exhibition at AKG I Think Mango You Say Salmon was reviewed on Aujourd’hui. The author writes, “In I think mango you say salmon Ittah Yoda have harnessed their fragile collective to produce works evocative of Waal’s dream of endless beautiful flow.” →
THE GUARDIAN | FEATURE | 04 FEBRUARY 2016
Are selfies empowering for women?, BY Laura Bates
Molly Soda is featured in the Guardian in the article “Are Selfies empowering for women?” by Laura Bates who writes: “Artist Molly Soda last year leaked her own nude snaps in a statement about regaining power and control from nude picture hackers”. →
DAZED DIGITAL | FEATURE | 03 FEBRUARY 2016
The women making Instagram a more inspiring place, By Martine Thompson
Signe Pierce has been selected as one of the most groundbreaking women using Instagram as a platform for their work by Dazed Digital. →
ARTFORUM | REVIEW | JANUARY 2016
Artforum has written an article on the playful materiality of Rachel de Joode’s sculptures in her show Porosity at Galerie Christophe Gaillard. →
FLAUNT MAGAZINE | ARTICLE | 15 JANUARY 2016
Katie Gavin writes about Molly Soda’s Pretend (2015) for Flaunt magazine. “Molly Soda erases the line between artifice and sincerity, and the fluctuating boundaries of 21st century social media performance art” says Gavin. →
THIS IS TOMORROW | FEATURE | 09 JANUARY 2016
MOLLY SODA: FROM MY BEDROOM TO YOURS
Molly Soda “From My Bedroom To Yours”, published on 9 Jan 2016. →
AUJOURD’HUI | FEATURE | 05 JANUARY 2016
MOLLY SODA: FROM MY BEDROOM TO YOURS
Molly Soda’s solo exhibition at AKG From My Bedroom To Yours is mentioned on Aujourd’hui. →
MOUSSE MAGAZINE | FEATURE | 24 DECEMBER 2015
Molly Soda “FROM MY BEDROOM TO YOURS” at Annka Kultys Gallery, London
From My Bedroom To Yours was published on Mousse Magazine. →
ART REPORT | FEATURE | 15 DECEMBER 2015
7 Female Performance Artists You Need To Know About, By Adriana Felizia Pauly
Signe Pierce has been listed as one of seven female performance artists to know about by writer and curator Adriana Felizia Pauly. →
DAZED DIGITAL | PROFILE | 10 DECEMBER 2015
The reality artist using make-up to fight the patriarchy, By Ione Gamble
Reality Artist Signe Pierce has been profiled by Ione Gamble of Dazed Digital. →
VICE | PROFILE | 09 DECEMBER 2015
‘Motelscape’ Is a Trippy, Neon-Soaked Antidote to Boring Art Shows, By Elizabeth Renstrom
VICE has profiled Motelscape, a neon-drenched collaboration between five artists, including Signe Pierce. →
EAST LONDON LINES | REVIEW | 09 DECEMBER 2015
Molly Soda: From My Bedroom To Yours @ Annka Kulty’s Gallery
East London Lines has just reviewed From My Bedroom To Yours, Molly Soda’s first solo show in the United Kingdom. Author Emilie Shane writes, “[Soda’s] videos and images are raw, presenting an authentic experience of being a girl on the Internet. According to Soda: “That’s activism in itself – just putting yourself out there as a woman – being totally unashamed of who you are and what you’re about.” →
OPEN SPACE | ARTICLE | 08 DECEMBER 2015
Masking Against the Neoliberal Gaze, By Ben Valentine
American Reflexxx has been cited in Ben Valentine’s exploration of contemporary surveillance culture for Open Space SFMoMA. →
1883 | REVIEW | 30 NOVEMBER 2015
1883 Magazine has just reviewed From My Bedroom To Yours, Molly Soda’s first solo show. Author Jacopo Nuvo writes, “She likes to call herself a ‘webcam princess’; yet Molly Soda is more than a mere ‘Internet sensation’, and her debut solo show proves it.” →
LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONET | REVIEW | 28 NOVEMBER 2015
ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY: MOLLY SODA ‘FROM MY BEDROOM TO YOURS’ (UNTIL 16TH JANUARY 2016)
Blogger Issey Scott has reviewed From My Bedroom To Yours, Molly Soda’s first solo show. →
ARTSLANT | REVIEW | 27 NOVEMBER 2015
From My Bedroom To Yours was reviewed by Charlotte Jansen for Artslant. Jansen is convinced that “the show is a confident leap in a new direction, both for the artist, and for the art of this genre”. →
THE WHITE PUBE | REVIEW | 25 NOVEMBER 2015
The White Pube writers Gabriella de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad have just reviewed From My Bedroom to Yours, Molly Soda’s first solo show. Describing the complexity of the ideas that Soda presents in the show, Muhammad writes “I always, always in my mind want to make the kind of work that makes you stop. I want to make work that is arresting. That makes you pull out your phone and plop it on Instagram, that you take a selfie in front of. I want my work to look good with a filter on it as well as in real life. Molly’s show did that.” →
AQNB | FEATURE | 24 NOVEMBER 2015
Molly Soda @ Annka Kultys Gallery, Nov 24 – Jan 16
AQNB has featured From My Bedroom to Yours. →
ASOS LIKES | INTERVIEW | 24 NOVEMBER 2015
Ione Gamble has interviewed Molly Soda about her first solo show, From My Bedroom To Yours, on the ASOS Likes blog. The show will remain on view at Annka Kultys Gallery through 16 January 2016. →
FEBRUARY STATIONERY | REVIEW | 23 NOVEMBER 2015
MOLLY SODA: FROM MY BEDROOM TO YOURS
From My Bedroom To Yours was reviewed by Marianne Eloise for February Stationery. She writes, “The work itself, some of her most iconic videos and Newhive pieces from over the years, is delightfully at odds with the ‘girly’ pinks. It speaks of the real juxtaposition that happens within young women, wherein we feel such intense sadness and pain in intimate girly bedroom spaces.” →
DAZED | INTERVIEW | 23 NOVEMBER 2015
What it’s like to live your life online, BY Ashleigh Kane
Molly Soda was interviewed by Ashleigh Kane for Dazed. Kane writes, “Her work is so relatable, not only because it exists in its entirely online, but because she breaks through the fourth wall that most of us keep shatterproof when it comes to constructing our identities, whether online or off.” →
FOAM | INTERVIEW | NOVEMBER 2015
INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL DE JOODE, By Zippora Elders
Foam curator Zippora Elders interviews Rachel de Joode about found objects, hoaxes and if her work is repulsive or attractive. →
MYTEMPLART | INTERVIEW | 13 NOVEMBER 2015
Dynamics of Desire: Observations on the Art Market with Annka Kultys, by Maria Teresa Ortoleva
Annka Kultys was interviewed by Maria Teresa Ortoleva about AKG’s debut exhibition Desire of the Other. “Desire of the Other was a curatorial project that pulled together ideas from a decade of observations about collecting behaviours. It was a commentary on what I observed in the market and the growing importance of new collectors in promoting artists in unexpected ways.” says Kultys. →
FLUXO | REVIEW | NOVEMBER 2015
‘Touch-tone’ by Rachel de Joode, Kate Steciw and Letha Wilson @ Martos Gallery
Fluxo has reviewed Rachel de Joode’s work from her group show Touch-tone at Martos Gallery in New York. →
VOGUE ITALIA | ARTICLE | 16 OCTOBER 2015
What’s Real ? Signe Pierce, By Gaia Fraschini
Vogue Italia has written an article on Signe Pierce’s new performance piece in Milan. →
LADYGUNN | INTERVIEW | 06 OCTOBER 2015
Ladygunn has just interviewed Molly Soda in anticipation of her upcoming solo show at Annka Kultys Gallery. The author writes: “Despite the never ending sounds and voices of so many people in the digital stratosphere Molly has made it to the frontier lines of that world for her engaging and deeply personal work that includes explores self-identity and self depreciation, feminism, culture, and perversion. From her uninhibited selfies, her raw emotions and her uncategorizable take on the modern world, with Molly Soda everything she puts out is a bit surprising, a bit alarming and a bit real.” →
DAZED | ARTICLE | 26 AUGUST 2015
You can’t censor this, BY Monique Todd
Dazed Digital has just published a roundtable discussion about censorship online between Molly Soda and Rupi Kaur, Arvida Byström, Saerah Lee and Alexandra Marzella. Opening the conversation, Soda says: “The way women are perceived online is just a heightened reflection of society and the way women, and particularly their bodies, are treated in real life. Everything you put out there essentially invites others to criticise and interpret your image.” →
RHIZOME | INTERVIEW | 19 AUGUST 2015
Interview: American Reflexxx, By Alexis Anais Avedisian
Rhizome has interviewed Signe Pierce, in an extensive analysis of Pierce and Alli Coates’ acclaimed film performance American Reflexxx. →
I-D | REVIEW | 30 JULY 2015
47 of our favorite female artists in one amazing show
i-D has published a short review of hot in here, the group show at Sunday Gallery in Los Angeles featuring works by Molly Soda. The show, on view through 5 August 2015, also includes work by Arvida Byström, Mayan Toledano, Vivian Fu, Grace Miceli and Molly Matalon. →
NPR | FEATURE | 27 JULY 2015
Narcissistic, Maybe. But Is There More To The Art Of The Selfie?
Molly Soda has been mentioned in an article posted on NPR about the art of the selfie. Describing Soda’s signature self-portrait aesthetic, the author writes: “Soda is among those who do not clean up their selfies. She’s going for an unvarnished, alternative look.” →
BULLETT | INTERVIEW | JULY 2015
Molly Soda Releases ‘I don’t want you to miss me’ Zine, Talks Recent Internet Controversy
Molly Soda has been interviewed by Kayla Unnerstall for Bullett Magazine about the release of her most recent zine, I don’t want you to miss me. Describing the evolution of her practice, Soda says: “I started thinking about websites as art and videos as art and using the Internet as a tool to get my work out there and using it as a medium to make work on instead of having to make a print, painting or a physical piece. I think I’ve evolved in that way that I’m not separating my real life practice from my online art practice anymore. It’s all melded into one thing.” →
GALORE MAGAZINE | INTERVIEW | 08 JULY 2015
Cyber Feminist Molly Soda On How To Find Empowerment Online, BY MARIA PASQUINI
Galore Magazine has just published a new interview with Molly Soda. Upon responding to writer Maria Pasquini’s request for Soda to describe her practice in 10 words or less, Soda replies: “webcam princess explores digital intimacy and cyber sincerity.” →
BULLETT | ARTICLE | 10 JUNE 2015
Bullett Magazine‘s Kayla Unnerstall has written about the controversy surrounding the release of Molly Soda’s zine should i send this / ur so emo about boys. While some have called the zine feminist artwork, others have decried the work as vapid and narcissistic. →
DAZED | ARTICLE | 09 JUNE 2015
The cyber feminist leaking her own nudes
Dazed Digital has just published an article about Should I Send This?, Molly Soda’s latest zine in which the artist publishes a selection of previously unseen nude images and sexts. The author, Alice Mosey, writes: “Far from a bunch of awkward nudes and cringeworthy chat-up lines, Should I Send This? highlights how we construct our intimacy while hiding behind a screen.” →
ARTNEWS | INTERVIEW | 04 MAY 2015
John Chiaverina has interviewed Alli Coates and Signe Pierce for ArtNews to discuss their acclaimed film American Reflexxx and the shocking results of mob mentality. →
ARTNEWS | INTERVIEW | 04 MAY 2015
John Chiaverina has interviewed Alli Coates and Signe Pierce for ArtNews to discuss their acclaimed film American Reflexxx and the shocking results of mob mentality. →
VICE | PROFILE | 23 APRIL 2015
WATCH TRANSPHOBIA FUEL AN ANGRY, VIOLENT MOB IN MYRTLE BEACH, BY MATTHEW LEIFHEIT
Signe Pierce and Alli Coates’ American Reflexxx has been covered in a VICE profile on the shock of its transphobic violence. →
HUFFINGTON POST | ARTICLE | 21 APRIL 2015
Molly Soda’s involvement in the glitch art project This is Not an Error has been reported on by Priscilla Frank of the Huffington Post. Other artists included in the project are Jeanette Hayes, LaTurbo Avedon, So Sad Today and more. →
DAZED | INTERVIEW| 09 APRIL 2015
The digital artist who’s dating a teddy bear
Dazed writer Alice Mosey interviews Molly Soda about her digital exhibition, Me and My Bear, hosted on New Hive. →
POSTMATTER | REVIEW | 27 MARCH 2015
Rachel de Joode’s ‘Soft Inquiry’, By Louise Benson
POSTMatter has reviewed Rachel de Joode’s latest exhibition at Kansas Gallery, New York. →
ART IN AMERICA | ARTICLE | 29 OCTOBER 2014
THE PERILS OF POST-INTERNET ART, By Brian Droitcourt
Rachel de Joode is mentioned as part of a nuanced and polemical essay on Post-Internet art in Art in America by Brian Droitcourt. →
MOUSSE MAGAZINE | FEATURE | 2014
Rachel de Joode “The Molten Inner Core” at Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin
Mousse has written a feature on Rachel de Joode’s show The Molten Inner Core, at Neumeister Bar-Am in Berlin. →
ARTFORUM | REVIEW | SPRING 2014
Rachel de Joode, By Melissa Canbaz, translated from German by Diana Reese
Artforum has reviewed Rachel de Joode’s exhibition The Molten Inner Core. →
DIS MAGAZINE | REVIEW | 27 FEBRUARY 2014
The New Beauty of Our Modern Life, by Rachel de Joode
The New Beauty of our Modern Life, a group show featuring work by Rachel de Joode, has been covered by DIS Magazine. →
HAMILTON SPECTATOR | INTERVIEW | 14 FEBRUARY 2014
Sex and Art, By Lucas Phillips
Kate Bickmore has spoken to the Hamilton Spectator about the portrayal of the female body in Pre-Raphaelite painting. →
THE NEW YORKER | FEATURE | WINTER 2014
“The New Beauty of Our Modern Life”
The New Yorker has selected the group show The New Beauty of Our Modern Life, featuring work by Rachel de Joode, in its critics’ choice section. →
DIS MAGAZINE | INTERVIEW | SEPTEMBER 2013
Steciw and de Joode | Open for Business, By Marvin Jordan
Rachel de Joode and Kate Steciw have been interviewed by Marvin Jordan at DIS Magazine about their collaboration. →
HAMILTON COLLEGE NEWS | INTERVIEW | 19 AUGUST 2013
Bickmore ’15 Examines the Femme Fatale in Art, By Meghan Woolley
Hamilton College News has interviewed Kate Bickmore on her most recent paintings, which explore the trope of the ‘femme fatale’ in the 19th century. →
ART F CITY | INTERVIEW | 05 MARCH 2013
Rachel de Joode: The Hole and The Lump, By Adrian Chen, Corinna Kirsch, and Paddy Johnson
Rachel de Joode’s first solo show in the United States, The Hole and the Lump at Interstate Projects, is selected as an exhibition highlight on Art F. City. →
IMPOSE MAGAZINE | INTERVIEW | 15 MARCH 2013
RACHEL DE JOODE: DOING STUFF WITH THINGS, By Alaina Stamatis
Impose Magazine spoke to Rachel de Joode about her first NY solo show, shamanism, and gravity. →
DIS MAGAZINE | ARTICLE | 19 DECEMBER 2012
¡Disfruten la Apocalipsis!, By Johannes Thumfart and Rachel de Joode
Rachel de Joode has collaborated with Johannes Thumfart for a piece on surviving the apocalypse. →
BULLETT | INTERVIEW | NOVEMBER 2012
Artist Rachel de Joode on Absurdity, Authenticity and Playing with Your Food, By Anna Khachiyan
Rachel de Joode speaks to Anna Khachiyan about absurdity, authenticity, and playing with food. →
COOL HUNTING | ARTICLE | 02 APRIL 2012
Rachel de Joode speaks to Anna Khachiyan about absurdity, authenticity, and playing with food. →
BERLIN ART LINK | ARTICLE | 16 AUGUST 2011
rachel de joode, based in berlin: artist studio visit, By Jessyca Hutchens
Berlin Art Link visit Rachel de Joode at her studio. →
