https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Michael: Michael Shaw is an artist and podcast host & producer based in Los Angeles. While working as an artist and writing about art, in late 2011 he started The Conversation Art Podcast , a show that “goes behind the scenes and between the lines of the contemporary art worlds.” Inspired by his own experiences holding down a variety of jobs and projects over the years to support himself, and wanting to reach a wider audience than the niche of the ...
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Linus Sandgren is a Oscar and Academy Award winning Swedish cinematographer best known for his work on the films La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and American Hustle (2013). www.artistdecoded.com
Nov 18, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Isaac Bauman is a cinematographer and photographer based in Los Angeles. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Bauman talks about the latest feature film he worked on entitled “Bloodline” Counteracting comfortability in one’s art form Adapting under pressure and embracing resistance A lighting technique called “blue moonlight” Understanding human psychology for team communication on film sets Surviving as an artist Compromising one’s artistic vision to service a client’s commercial needs What it tak...
Oct 13, 2018•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 106
Tunde Adebimpe is a musician, actor, director, and visual artist best know for being the frontman of the band TV On The Radio. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The power of telling your personal story His solo exhibition at NOH/WAVE entitled, “The Full Catastrophe”, opening Oct 31st The importance of forgiving others Poisoning yourself with negative thoughts Tapping into the child-like self Clarity in having children Tunde growing up in Nigeria between the ages of 5 – 10 Using journaling as a t...
Oct 07, 2018•1 hr 22 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Jordan: As an artist in the group BASECAMP, Jordan Reyes has released records on the label end via OWSLA/Atlantic & Independently Popular, while playing Bonnaroo, Osheaga and touring with Chvrches, Phantogram, and more. As producer, Jordan has had multiple cuts with blackbear, Mike Shinoda, KYLE, Donna Missal, Terror Jr, Wes Period, Doja Cat and many more. Currently, Jordan is developing a new artist project by name of bodyimage. Topics Discussed I...
Oct 03, 2018•53 min
Rina Yang is a director of photography based in London. She grew up in a small city in Japan, where she studied still life and portrait painting. Yang is a highly accomplished cinematographer who has worked with clients such as: Netflix, Nike, Vice , and Saatchi & Saatchi, and musicians including: Kendrick Lamar, FKA Twigs, Vince Staples, Charli XCX, and many more. www.artistdecoded.com Instagram: @the_rinayang @saman_kesh @yoshinostudios...
Aug 20, 2018•53 min
Mia Bergeron is a figurative oil painter that oscillates between classical and expressionistic painting. Rooted in her upbringing in New York City with continuous exposure to modern art, her paintings also reveal her choice to study classical painting in Florence, Italy under Charles H. Cecil in her twenties. Heavily influenced by historical artists such as Diego Velázquez, Titian, Anthony van Dyck and John Singer Sargent, her paintings are also shaped by current artists such as Alex Kanevsky, A...
Aug 04, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Tobias Schliessler most recently lensed Ava Duvernay’s adaptation of A WRINKLE IN TIME for Disney, starring Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Reese Witherspoon. Schliessler also recently shot Bill Condon’s visually stunning film BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, starring Emma Watson and Luke Evans. Condon and Schliessler first teamed up on the Academy Award winning film DREAMGIRLS, followed by THE FIFTH ESTATE, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and more recently, the beautifully shot MR. HOLMES, starring Ian McK...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 5 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Justin: Justin Daashuur Hopkins is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He is also the Co-Founder / Art Director of LA based art collective, NOH/WAVE. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Music The origin story of NOH/WAVE Justin’s introduction into illustrating and working as a professional illustrator at the age of 14 Traditional educational systems Creative business partnerships The challenges of working with commercial clients Balancing out one’s ego D...
Jul 10, 2018•1 hr 23 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Aja: Aja Daashuur is a Los Angeles based Certified Intuitive & Transformational Life Coach (LPI), Spirit Guide Medium, Clairvoyant, Akashic Records Reader, Sound Bath Practitioner, Altar Consultant and founder of Spirit House Collective, an all women-identifying community group. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Growing up encountering spirits Depression Opening yourself up to creating more flow in your life Witnessing possessions Shifting your per...
Jul 02, 2018•47 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded Alexandre Souêtre , originally from Paris, is a LA-based creative director & visual artist. Jesse Draxler is a multidisciplinary artist. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Souêtre Growing up in Paris Souêtre's beginnings in film which lead him to creative direction, design, and photography Souêtre moving to America for college How Draxler and Souêtre met and became collaborators Draxler’s process with working with photographers Skateboarding as an art for...
May 30, 2018•55 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About VOWWS: VOWWS is an Australian Death-Pop duo based out of Los Angeles. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Creating and attaining goals Financial burdens of going to college Education in Australia Pitfalls of the American educational system Old school video games The story of how they met in college Celebrating death and western culture’s view on death Deathpop Genres being subjective Over conceptualizing art Touring Depression Photos by Olivia Shove www....
May 08, 2018•1 hr 21 min
In this podcast, we interview actor Martin Starr from the hit tv HBO comedy Silicon Valley. We take a deep dive into topics such as: being recognized at hipster parties, seasonal depression, being a child of an actress, the future of pornography, bitcoin and human connection. This episode was produced and co-hosted by Saman Kesh. www.artistdecoded.com
May 01, 2018•49 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Ania: Ania Catherine is an artist and choreographer based in Los Angeles. Her work merges movement, film, and performance art and has been shown internationally at the British Film Institute, Art Basel Hong Kong, Peacock Theatre (London), LA Center for Digital Art, Agora Collective (Berlin), Forum des images (Paris), Dansmuseet (Stockholm), International Meeting on Screendance (Valencia, Spain), among others. She holds a master's degree from the London...
Apr 21, 2018•47 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Mary: "How do we understand, connect with and react to traces of the metaphysical? My work is about becoming, a process that encompasses both doing and undoing; energy goes into my materials and then there is a natural or simulated process of destruction. Transformation is central to my practice: a metamorphosis that reveals the ruin and beauty of both the body and the psyche. With the intention of revealing layers and residual deterioration, I unravel...
Mar 24, 2018•48 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Elly: Originally from Ottawa, Elly Smallwood graduated from OCAD University in 2011 and now works as an artist in Toronto. Her paintings are intensely personal, a visual exploration of her mind and body, and those of the people around her. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Her workflow The business of art Getting paid as an artist “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” “Nocturnal Animals” The importance of failure Her transition leaving Toronto to move to Otta...
Feb 28, 2018•59 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Nicole: Nicole Miglis is the singer / songwriter of the band Hundred Waters. Topics Discussed In This Episode: The origin story of Hundred Waters OWSLA The power of introverts and listening Language The feeling behind captivating artworks Their new album “Communicating” Nicole’s journey as a musician Choosing art as a career Turning your weaknesses into strengths Ideas surrounding femininity and masculinity Power in vulnerability The idea of self and o...
Jan 05, 2018•56 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Dado: Dado Valentic is the CTO of Acute Art, based in London and Los Angeles. Alongside Acute Art's co-founder, Jacob De Geer, Dado worked on the launch of the 'VR Museum,’ an app that exhibits subscription-based, interactive, multiuser fine-art artworks. The "VR Museum" is now available on the HTC Vive from the Acute Art website and HTC Vive store Dado Valentic is also an award winning colour grading artist and one of the leading developers in the are...
Dec 20, 2017•48 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Norberto: Born + raised in Miami by Cuban immigrants, Norberto Rodriguez began his career at 18 as a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist known for his continuously disruptive + innovative practice. He works in all media + genre including installation, performance, photography, sculpture, digital, music, film, text + tenderness. Currently, Rodriguez is developing A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT: a center for exploring how ideas give life meaning, IP DIVISION: A co...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 9 min
https://www.patreon.com/artistdecoded About Gavin: It’s impossible not to become infatuated with soulful pop princess Gavin Turek. The LA Native is always clad in a hand-made 70s fringe dress (designed herself in every color) and armed with the best dance moves you’ve ever seen. It’s easy to draw comparisons anywhere from Tina Turner to Beyoncé but really, Gavin is her own force to be reckoned with. Performing always came natural: she grew up with a father who played piano and tagging alongside ...
Nov 28, 2017•55 min
"Making pictures is one of the earliest memories I recall. Before learning to write the alphabet I was drawing from my imagination in crayons. And over all the years that followed, there has never been a period where I didn’t continue the practice. I remember for example just after graduating high school and living on my own as a dishwasher with no ambitions in life but to get drunk and high. But when the party was over I would be in the kitchen of a house I didn’t live in, drawing past dawn. Or...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Steve Kim is an artist and illustrator. Born in Seoul, Korea, he immigrated to the states at the age of two and currently resides in Oxford, Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree from Art Center College of Design in 2006 and his masters from Claremont Graduate University in 2010. He has shown in Korea, Italy, London, Amsterdam, Krakow and throughout the United States and clients include The Outline, FRAMƎ, Matter/Medium, Adobe, Hohe Luft, The New Republic, Arc/New Scientist, and The ...
Nov 17, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Colin Chillag, born in 1971, is a painter based out of Phoenix, AZ. Topics Discussed In This Episode: Personal approaches to creating artwork Meditation The challenges of commercialization Realism Painting from found photographs Colin’s “girlfriend” series Black Mirror Ray Kurzweil Museum of Jurassic Technology Psychedelics The realities of being an artist www.artistdecoded.com www.nohwave.bigcartel.com...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Casey Gleghorn grew up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He is the Director @ Booth Gallery and Last Rites Gallery in New York City. He has been a gallery owner/director for over 9 years, has curated international museum exhibitions, and currently works with various international established and emerging artists. Topics Discussed In This Episode: How he became the director of Booth Gallery Jesse Draxler Richard Prince Stress and overworking Creating balance in your life Meditation NOH/WAVE Modern t...
Nov 08, 2017•51 min
Ian Daniel is a filmmaker, producer, writer, and curator. He is the Co-host and Executive Producer of the Emmy-nominated television show GAYCATION on VICELAND, where he and actress Ellen Page explore LGBTQ culture around the world. He is currently in post-production on a feature-length documentary film he directed and is developing other documentary, television, and art projects. Daniel is also the former Director of Artistic Programs at The Civilians, a theater company in NYC that derives their...
Nov 07, 2017•1 hr 42 min
Dave Elitch first garnered attention with his band Daughters of Mara’s debut album “I am Destroyer” in 2007, but his time touring with the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta in 2009-2010 is what really put him on the map. He has since worked with Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, M83, The 1975, Juliette Lewis, Big Black Delta, as well as many others. He is a regular in the LA session scene, including performing on various records, syncs and film scores for major motion pictures, (most r...
Oct 31, 2017•1 hr 26 min
With iconic photography of young iconoclasts, musicians, and bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Circle Jerks, Ice Cube, and Bad Religion, as well as hundreds of other early punk and hip hop bands, Edward Colver was an insider to the turbulent and burgeoning underground music scene of early-eighties Los Angeles. Since active in photography for more than forty years, he first documented an average of five local shows a week using only a 35mm camera, flash, and Kodak Tr...
Oct 29, 2017•41 min
Winning the Archibald Prize as Guy Maestri did in 2009 would be a defining moment in most artist’s careers, but he is quick to cite physical immersion in the landscape as revolutionary to his painting practice. It’s easy to gloss over the history of plein-air as a European tradition, born of gentle grasses and mild sunlight. Practiced in Australia, away from the slip of green coastline, plein-air demands rigor of vast dimensions. For Maestri, the material and temporal challenges of extended pain...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Virginie Picot – originally from Paris – has devoted the last 17 years of her career to talent management and visual creations, specializing in the fashion and music industries. Currently living in NYC, she is an agent and Executive Producer for Iconoclast Image and leads the print department. She represents emerging photographers such as Olivia Bee, David Uzochukwu, and Mathieu Cesar, as well as established talents such as Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Cyrille de Vignemont, and Gus Van Sant. She has w...
Sep 30, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Brad Kunkle was raised in rural Pennsylvania and graduated from Kutztown University with a BFA in painting in 2001. Rather than continue his artistic pursuits in an academic environment, he became a house painter. That dubious, professional beginning however, taught him valuable lessons that became crucial to his later success. Having taught himself how to gild with precious metals for some of those residential projects, he later implemented those skills in his personal, fine art works. His debu...
Sep 18, 2017•57 min
