The Berlin-based artist sees no division between his life and work – his apartment is filled to the brim with artworks, books and the objects he collects
Once occupied by the artist Franz West, the painter's studio sits in the backyard of a former dairy and is filled with the scents of oil paint and flowers
The American artist divides his time between Venice Beach and New Mexico, with one studio in a church and the other in a former commercial laundry
The American artist accumulates a mass of materials while working but when she finishes a project, her space must be cleared to begin afresh
The Kazakh collective’s approach to making art involves walking and talking – and even singing – before anything concrete is created
The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms
The Brazilian artist works with materials he retrieves from the streets – but his studio space must be kept clean as a shrine
The Mexican artist offers a glimpse of his makeshift studio in a Venetian palazzo
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
In his Brooklyn studio the Swiss painter and sculptor looks to Rosalba Carriera, Georgia O’Keeffe and an ancient rock formation for inspiration
The American sculptor discusses her passion for audio books and what she has in common with Roger Federer
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
