The Selection Committee Radio Show with Ted Mineo, 8/12/25

Much like his work, artist Ted Mineo’s mixtape ranges from serious to weird, funny to terrifying, funky to sentimental. Mineo’s paintings are painfully realistic depictions of fantastic objects and spaces. His latest work, shown most recently at Harkawik in New York, combines elements of hospital operating theaters, dentists’ chairs, space ship interiors, and optical illusions.

Mineo’s work extends beyond painting to drawings, photo collages, and even music. We discuss his love of collaboration and the projects he’s worked on with with the electronic band Matmos, the writer Sheila Heti, and his own experimental band Voider.

Mineo brings his irreverent and irrational logic to everything he does. This conversation gets at the things that make his biomechanical subjects tick.