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Kenny Schachter is an artist, critic, writer, and art dealer. He has decades of experience in the art world and his outlook and experience are second to none. He has written critical articles for many prestigious publications, done podcasts, interviews, art shows, and been a pioneer in the world of digital art and NFTs. Listen to his interview as Chris Harper asks him about his life, experience, and view of where this is all going.
You can find out more about Kenny by linking to his website here: https://www.kennyschachter.art
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Mike Winkelmann, AKA Beeple, is a legendary digital artist, graphic designer, and animator known for selling NFTs. Beeple made history in 2020 with a sale at Christie's of his multi-year long project known as Everydays, for an eye popping 69 million dollars. Following that, he started selling his NFTs on Nifty Gateway and amassed a huge following of fans and a hardcore group of holders.
Earlier this year, Beeple opened a 50,000 square foot digital art studio, experiential space, and museum of his body of work, located in his hometown of Charleston, SC. He has become a central figure in the ever-evolving digital art and crypto art movement.
Beeple engages with millions of people on Twitter and Instagram daily, as he continues to produce a completed artwork every single day. Here is an interview I did with Beeple at his studio in Charleston, and below is a link to his website. Enjoy!
beeple-crap.com
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Ömer Faruk Alagöz is a 23-year-old digital artist from Turkey who creates stunning futuristic worlds with his art. Tune in to hear this emerging artist talk about his journey as an artist, his education in fine arts and graphic design, and his involvement in the NFT community. With his translator Leila by his side, he also shares his influences, his challenges, and his dreams. Listen to this episode to explore the psychological aspects of Ömer's art and how he reflects his emotions and thoughts in his creations.
You can find his website and links to his socials here: alagoz.eth.co
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Nick DenBoer, better known as Smearballs, is an illustrator, animator, and artist. He has worked extensively in television and motion graphics. Nick has worked with celebrities such as Tommy Lee, Conan O'Brien, and for a number of popular bands. Nick's animations are instantly recognizable and hilarious, because he is a talented animator with a sharp perspective on the industry as a whole. You can find out more about and link to his website and socials at smearballs.com.
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King of Midtown (KOM) is a New York City collector and prominent curator, builder, influencer and thought leader in the digital art community. In July 2021, he established The Crypt Gallery, world’s first NFT gallery in the hospitality industry, which is now located in Dream Hollywood, Los Angeles and Dream Downtown, New York City. King of Midtown focuses on representing a diverse lineup of artists, including Trevor Jones, Emanuele Ferrari, Ayla El Moussa, JOY, Idil Dursun and many more. You can find a link to all of his socials here: https://linktr.ee/kingofmidtown
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This week's guest is Jordan Banks, an award winning travel photographer with an impressive career that spans two decades. Jordan's photos have appeared in National Geographic, Lonely Planet & TPOTY, to name a few. His fine art print work is held in the collections of some of the largest photography collectors in the world. He is an thought leader and advocate for Web 3 and photography.
You can find all of his links here: https://linktr.ee/jordan_banks
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I had the pleasure this week to interview the legendary artist Hafftka. Hafftka's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, the British Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and other museums. Hafftka's digital art can be found in Web3 on most platforms mainly on the Ethereum blockchain but also on Bitcoin and Solana.
Find a link to his website and socials here: https://linktr.ee/Hafftka?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=0d540dbd-8ef6-498d-b9b9-4a272bcdf587
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Bryan Brinkman is a legendary animator and artist who has been at the center of the crypto art movement. He is one of the artists who came in to this scene early, with a very successful track record of drops and sales. Bryan has explored everything from animations to generative art and has one of the early art blocks drops called Nimbuds. Bryan's experience as a professional artist in the realm of media and television has placed him in a unique position in these early days of the Web3 and NFT movement. Bryan is a humble, smart, and interesting guy to talk to. In this episode, he discusses everything from collecting art to the emergence of AI. You can find a link to all of his socials and website here:
https://www.bryanbrinkman.com
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Rainer Hosch is a lifelong photographer. Originating from Vienna Austria, his career has taken him from Europe to New York and his current home in California.
His career of over 30 years has given him an impressive client list from A list celebrities like George Clooney to musicians and financial industry icons.
He entered the world of Web 3 with a sell out drop called 52 Icons. His works are indeed iconic and distinctive in style.
His views on NFTs, Web 3, the future of art are sharp and enlightening.
You can find all of his links here at his linktree: https://linktr.ee/rainerhosch
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Dolce Paganne a.k.a Ceren Aksungur is an Istanbul “origin” artist based in Antwerp.
She focuses in her surreal drawings on the “sinister” aspect that reside in the details of daily life.
Obsessed with the hypnotic aspects of geometric forms, she loves constructing her work originated from a feeling like “sleep paralysis”, around images like dream/nightmare sequences.
Besides that, she loves examining plants and birds, reading asian horror comic books, occult history, ancient mythology, watching dark movies and enjoys a lot listening to music.
You can find links to all of her socials here: https://linktr.ee/dolcepaganne
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Gary Cartlidge is a crypto-artist, graphic designer, street-artist and cyber surrealist since 2018. Through ‘NFT’s’ Gary went from janitor & making art from a closet to becoming a successful and prolific full time artist. Garys insight and experience as one of the crypto art scene OGs makes him a great interview subject. I hope you enjoy listening to him as much as I did. You can find a link to all of his socials here: https://garycartlidge.art/
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This week my guest is none other than Patrick Amadon. Patrick is a prolific digital artist and influencer in the crypto art scene. Patrick is a Los Angeles based artist who has found a full time career through his stunning works of digital art and his active engagement in the Twitter realm. Patrick is a master of the art form known as “glitch” and has had some incredible sales on the prestigious platform, Superreare. You can find links to all of his works and website by following his linktree here: https://linktr.ee/patrickamadon
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David Henry Nobody Jr. is a Brooklyn based performance and multimedia artist. Using a blend of makeup, performance, film, and photography he has amassed a large social media following and become a successful full-time artist now operating in the NFT/ Crypto art scene.
You can find all of his socials in the linktree here: https://linktr.ee/davidhenrynobodyjr
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This week my guest is Karen Jerzyk, photographer , painter, set builder, sculptor, and adventurer. Karen joined the NFT, Crypto art scene early in 2020 making her one of the OGs in the space. Her art is highly recognizable with iconic images of an astronaut in various dystopian and retro settings. She has had some very successful NFT projects including one called Average Creatures which has had almost 500eth volume in its time since its launch in March of 2022. Karen is an interesting and insightful speaker when it comes to all things NFT.
You can follow her on Twitter @KJerzykPhoto or follow her on her website here: https://karenjerzykphoto.zenfolio.com/
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This week I interview an emerging cryptoartist who goes by the pseudonym Pepe. Pepe is currently a student of film at San Francisco State University. He began dabbling in cryptoart in 2021 at the beginning of the hype cycle. Pepe is becoming well known in the space for his glitch art which is an art form that is becoming a stand out genre in the many forms of art happening in the NFT scene.
Pepe's outlook on NFTs, Crypto art, art, film, and life are contagious. I loved his enthusiasm and excitement as he discusses his own personal journey.
You can follow Pepe on Twitter @pepemedicieth or find all of his socials on his linktree here: https://linktr.ee/eliorstuff
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Join me this week as I interview a legendary curator and gallerist of cryptoart. Chikai is a former tech world guru who was actually one of the creators of Google Earth. He is the Director of Web 3 at Niantic Labs one of the leading software compaines in the augmented reality space, and now the creator of The Monolith Gallery.
The Monolith gallery is a leading platform in Web 3 for advocating for artists. The MG helps arrtists with visibilty, communtiy, and partenerships. All of this makes Chikai one of the most respected voices on crypto twitter as he has helped further the careers of countless artists.
You can follow his Twitter @lifeofc or go to the Monolith Gallery website here: https://monolith.gallery/
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Join me and my guest Mahnaji, the world's first visibly Muslim rooftopper. We dive into the subculture of urban explorers and the rooftopping community.
Mahnaji has a uniqe voice in this space and uses her art (photography) to highlight important social subjects such as Free Palestine, emergency aid for Ukraine, obtaining N95 masks for hospitals in Harlem during the pandemic, raising awareness and and funds about the flooding in Pakistan / Puerto Rico, women's rights in Iran, worldwide Islamophobia, etc
She is an experimental photographer layering her photos with AI and animations to create her works. Her cryptoart drops have consisted mainly of jaw dropping views from skyscrapers and towers.
She is an emerging artist in the cryptoart community.
You can find her on Twitter @lilmahnajior or her linktree by clicking here: https://mintylinks.com//me/lilmahnaji
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This week join me as I interview R4V3N, a pseudonymous generative artist from Boston, Massachusetts. He is a student of abstract expressionism and color field painting. His work explores the juxtaposition of computation with human emotion and experience.
R4V3N is a coder and computer engineer who is now working for Proof (one of the leading media companies in the Web 3 space). He is a thoughtful, interesting guy,s who has had drops on the elite generative art platform Art Blocks and is currently minting a body of work with Bright Moments.
You can fine R4V3N on Twitter @r4v3n_art or find links to all of his socials on his link tree here: https://linktr.ee/r4v3n_art
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Gavin Shapiro is a digital artist who has been in the NFT/ Web 3 space since mid-2020.
His artworks have a signature style and are primarily looping GIFs of his iconic characters such as penguins and flamingos. He has lived in New York, Osaka and Paris. Gavin has worked on projects such as tv commercials, large format outdoor displays and animations. His works and visual effects have been used for concerts and festivals, and have even been on display in Times Square.
Gavin's animations have accumulated hundreds of millions of views across Instagram and Facebook, and his animations are becoming more and more recognizable. His NFTs are on Nifty Gateway and SuperRare, with new work regularly releasing. Gavin's works were even released alongside many other major cryptoartists in Paks last drop, called Ash Metamorphosis.
You can find Gavin on Twitter @shapiro500 or his link tree here: https://lynkfire.com/shapiro500
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Cristina Spinei is a composer and performer. She is most known for her work with ballet, having been commissioned by Nashville Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, and more.She is a gifted piano player from the age of 9, and has written for many orchestras and chamber ensembles.
She attended Juilliard school of music obtaining a bachelor and masters degree there. Spinei’s most recent project is her album Ex Voto, a showcase of lilting melodies, driving rhythms, and lush harmonies.
She entered the crypto art scene with several successful drops. Her work can be collected on platforms like Mint songs and Async art. You can find a link to her website and of her socials here: https://www.cristinaspinei.com/links
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