A magazine for the artist's life
— beyond creation.
Art & Surface is a quarterly digital magazine for painters, illustrators, photographers, surface designers, textile artists, and artistic craftspeople - for every artist who builds a creative life on their own terms.
$15/year - 4 issues per year
Digital access
Each issue explores a major theme — living the life of an artist, exhibiting, collaborating, transmitting… — through stories from artists, in-depth articles, suggestions for extending, presenting or disseminating one's artistic universe, and reflections on intentional creation.
Being an artist is not just about creating. It's also about showing your work, finding your place, building self-confidence, collaborating, organizing your practice, and staying connected to meaning.
Titre 1
Photo © Nektarios Vorres, président du Musée Vorre
The art of exhibiting, the art of revealing oneself
To exhibit a creation is also to reveal oneself. It’s not just about hanging a painting, placing a sculpture on a pedestal, or displaying a piece of craft. It can also mean offering others an artwork, an artist’s edition, or an object inspired by one’s visual universe. In every case, it means revealing
a part of oneself—an intimate vision shaped by hours of work, doubt, and genuine emotion. With every exhibition, you bare yourself a little: you
show not only what you’ve made, but who you are.
And for many artists, that idea is a daunting one.
--- Read more in issue 2
TESTIMONY
"I love your writing. It's so respectful and heartfelt."
— Andrea Mühlbauer, surface designer, featured in issue 3
Art & Surface is published by Manon Jodoin – painter, designer, and independent publisher. A collaborative magazine made by artists, for artists.
10% of each subscription is dedicated to microcredit for women entrepreneurs worldwide through Kiva.org. Your subscription does more than support a magazine.
$15/year - 4 issues per year
Digital access
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A sneak peek at issue #4
Let it be seen. When photography becomes a shared language between a mother and her son, and a way to transmit without imposing.
Space to create: What matters most is invisible — A reflection on those spaces, visible or internal, that allow creativity to take root and be transmitted.
Beyond the Surface: In Dialogue with Jordan Bennett — A meeting about memory, territory and cultural transmission at the heart of Jordan Bennett’s practice.
Vincent Nicaudie: Living Memories — The portrait of a transmitter of memory who brings history, contemporary art and Caribbean identity into dialogue.
