VOL.X · AUSTIN, TX · MMXXVI

Kartel Kitchen

painter · cook · voice

One plate, three arts. A podcast you eat.

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Vol.X portrait — at the table
at the table — austin, tx
/01 — manifesto

Cooking is painting you eat. A painting is a meal you watch. We sit somewhere in between — talking with our mouths full.

Kartel Kitchen is the world of Vol.X — painter, cook, host. Out of Austin, Texas, somewhere between a backyard grill and an oil-stained studio. He paints loud, cooks slow, and holds court at a long wooden table where the wine is open before the conversation starts.

  • neo-expressionist
  • slow food
  • loud color
  • austin, tx
i.

The Brush

Oil & oil stick. Cubist pop, hot palette, no apology. Originals + prints to order.

ii.

The Burner

Open-fire kitchen. Slow flame, loud spice. Pop-up dinners in Austin, by invitation.

iii.

The Mic

A weekly table. Painters, cooks, troublemakers, drunks. No script, plenty of sauce.

/02

Art

canvas & finger
Self-Portrait with Frida — painting by Vol.X
featured · 2025

Self-Portrait with Frida

Cubist pop, hot palette, a saint on the forearm. Vol.X paints himself the way he cooks — loud colors, no apology, and always one for the table.

medium
oil & oil stick
size
100 × 70 cm
year
2025
status
available

More works dropping soon. Originals & prints by request — write the kitchen.

/03

Kitchen

recipes of the cartel
№ 001

Stew of Sleepless Nights

A red that hurts. Smoked bacon that remembers. Wine that doesn't ask. Slow flame, conversation that turns while the pot turns.

  • family
  • smoke
  • slow
4h · serves 6
№ 002

Fish in Gold, Lemon & Silence

Butter, saffron, one song from the record player. A plate that looks like a painting, a painting that smells like dinner.

  • sea
  • sunday
  • two
45 min · serves 2
№ 003

Bread, Stone, Hand

Sourdough that takes its time. Baked on stone. Torn by hand. Never sliced. Never.

  • base
  • slow
  • ritual
overnight · serves all
Vol.X cooking
at the burner — sunday morning
Casamigos in hand
before the first plate
/04

Podcast

mouth full, heart full

Every week, someone with something to say sits at the Kartel Kitchen table. No script. Plenty of sauce. Listen while you cook, cook while you listen.

  1. 01episode

    The Painter Who Doesn't Eat Alone

    58 min · soon

    Pilot. Who is Vol.X, what is the Kartel, why the kitchen.

  2. 02episode

    The Red of Paprika vs. The Red of Blood

    1h 12min · soon

    Guest: TBA. On pigment, on spice, on what separates a painting from dinner.

  3. 03episode

    Would Dalí Eat This?

    47 min · soon

    Surrealism at the table. Melting clocks served with mash.

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/05

Style

a man is his costume
Leather jacket, white pants, art panel
leather, white, paint behind
Black & white shush
quiet — i'm working
Red check, beach club
red check, sea air
Oversize sunglasses on the phone
booking the next show
Yellow furry hat
cat hat, super go
/06

Contact

write before you knock
booking · shows · collaborations hello@kartelkitchen.com
studio

Austin, Texas — by invitation