The painter of urban desolation explains why boredom is essential for painting and how motorbikes relieve the monotony
The Lahore-born painter keeps his spacious New York studio scrupulously clean and tidy – but he’ll never sleep in it again, all the same
Renowned for his quirky drawings, the artist extols the virtues of his paint-spattered sink and the benefits of a good nap
The artist’s studio in Mumbai is animated by the rumbling of the railway – and home to a collection of cough-syrup bottles
The pioneering new media artist has seven computers in her studio – and their hum provides a constant soundtrack to her work
The artists sometimes still sleep in their studio in Berlin – but not with each other, any more
The artist with a training in trompe l’oeil painting keeps ring binders with recipes for gilding and how to create a convincing sky
The artist works between studios in Brighton and London – where her best visitor is her Bedlington-whippet puppy
The artist has a strict curfew when it comes to working late in her studio in New Haven – her absolute cut-off is 7pm
The conceptual artist is careful about who he invites to the studio, but counts George Michael as one of his most interesting visitors
The painter can’t listen to music when she works because she can’t get the songs out of her head – so it’s baseball on the radio instead
With prehistoric carvings and stills from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ on the walls, the artist’s studio is a mix of the past and yesterday’s vision of the future
The duo's east London studio is, they say, the world’s cleanest, so that they can be as dirty as they want in their art
The painter prefers her studio to be tidy, but it doesn’t stay that way for long – and she’s completely oblivious to the smell of turpentine and oil paint
These days the California-based artist works nomadically in the Mojave Desert – which means playing host to the odd mountain lion
The Glasgow-based artist misses bumping into her studio neighbours in the corridors – but has a bag of volcanic ash to keep her company these days
The UK-based painter opens the door on his studio in Bath – where he sometimes dons a suit to work, he says, if not a tie
The sound artist carries his studio with him wherever he goes – on a 13-inch MacBook Pro
The London-based artist increasingly works with VR technology – but his studio still smells of textiles, which remind him of his childhood
The artist’s miniature paintings aren't as diminutive as they may sound, but the magnifying glass attached to her worktable is still absolutely essential
For the past six years, the artist and his children have been building a magical world out of modelling clay in his London studio – but they’re running out of room
Unsurprisingly, the artist who once destroyed all his possessions keeps an entirely clutter-free studio
The New York-based painter loves working alone in his studio, but its high ceilings have encouraged him to work on larger canvases – and he’s running out of room
During the pandemic the pioneering feminist painter has retreated to her studio in rural Pennsylvania, where she has truly embraced the quiet life
