Simone Brown & Nikolai Denchev are 2 of the Featured Artists for the 2022 Art[squared] Online Auction and this week we talked with them about their work. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
Simone Renae Brown is a Louisville native who earned her BFA from Eastern Kentucky University in 2018.
She has exhibited around the state and has returned to Louisville to join what she believes is a thriving community of artists.
Nikolai Denchev is originally from Chirpan, Bulgaria. He began studying art seriously in the eighth grade at Dechko Uzoonov Art High School in Kanzanluk, Bulgaria. Nikolai moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in August 2003. Nikolai has exhibited in Chirpan and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, and in Louisville, Kentucky, and Bloomington, Indiana.
His work was chosen by My Morning Jacket to be included with their fourth album Z, and the cover art for Amherst's album The Detail.
Both Simone and Nikolai are Featured Artists in the 2022 Art[squared] Online Auction to Benefit Louisville Visual Art. Bidding opens at 6:00 pm on June 21 and closes at 9:00 pm on June 23.