Whitehot’s LA Editor Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in regional, national, international, and online publications including the LA Weekly, Artkrush, Daily Dose, Modern Painters, Art Review, Artweek, Art Ltd, ARTnews, The Believer, tema celeste, Angeleno, Art Asia Pacific, Coagula, THE Magazine LA, and Juxtapoz. She was the Managing Editor at Flavorpill.com until late 2010 and is currently LA Canvas Arts (and Books) Editor. Her monthly blog, Urban Scrawl, lives at Createfixate.com, and a full account of her activities is periodically updated at sndx.net.