Today, we talk with artist and podcast host Javier Proenza in discussion of his growing up in Rome, Art, Miami Florida and his art podcast, "What’s My Thesis?"
The son of United Nations diplomats, Artist Javier Proenza grew up in the global foreign service networks of Washington DC, San Jose, Costa Rica and Rome, Italy. While Rome nurtured his interest in art, history and global politics, his high school and college years in Miami are when he reached his final form of Florida Man.
His conceptual art practice is centered on the universal absurdities of contemporary experience, and is realized in various traditions including painting, sculpture, video, and installation.
In 2018 Javier gave up on grad school, designed a scam to have artists teach him for free, and pretended it was a podcast called What’s my Thesis?
https://www.instagram.com/whatismythesis