Press + Publications

Ava Bock in conversation with Nicholas Cullinan, then Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, during State of the Art/Art of the State at Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2011.

Interviews, features, and publications offering a closer look at Ava Bock’s work, experiences, and evolving life as an artist.

Ava Bock in conversation

Featured Coversations

Canvas Rebel
Meet Ava Bock

In this conversation with CanvasRebel, Ava reflects on the realities of building a creative practice, including the lessons that came from investing in her career, learning to distinguish meaningful support from empty promises, and developing a more sustainable approach to life and work as an artist.
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Oregon Voyager
Conversations w/ Ava Bock

In this conversation with OregonVoyager, Ava shares the personal journey behind her evolving creative practice, from an early life shaped by movement and change to photography, sculpture, and abstraction. She reflects on the experiences that have influenced both the artist she has become and the work she continues to create.

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In Print

  • Art Seen Magazine

    The Summer 2026 edition of Art Seen: The Curator's Salon Magazine, published by curator and author Gita Joshi, brings together contemporary artists from around the world for a look at the practices, routines, and experiences behind their work. Ava Bock is among the artists featured, with a focus on her After the Divide photographic series and how her practice shifted following Hurricane Helene. Her feature offers a glimpse into this period of change alongside the work and perspectives of a diverse international group of artists.

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  • New Visionary

    Featured in the April 2023 issue of New Visionary Magazine, Ava Bock's work appeared as part of Visionary Artists, curated by Marina Granger. The publication brought Bock's work into a broader presentation of contemporary art during a period when her practice was developing across abstraction and sculptural form. The issue offers a look at this chapter of her career and the work she was creating at the time, while documenting her evolving place within the contemporary art landscape.

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  • Get Inspired Magazine

    Published during an early chapter of Ava Bock's career, this 2014 issue of Get Inspired Magazine offers a look back at the photographic practice that preceded her contemporary abstract work. At the time, Bock worked under the name Cerebral Aperture, creating surreal portraiture and exploring photography as her primary artistic medium. Available as a free digital download, the issue provides a glimpse into where her practice began and the early work that helped shape the artist she would become.

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