Chris Dyer's Creative Friends: Recent Episodes
Chris Dyer
This is a fun Podcast where artist Chris Dyer interviews his different creative friends all around the world. It's mostly visual artists but also people creating positive magic in other fields. These talks are done in person, usually at the artist's studio's, so for the full experience go and watch it on YouTube! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chris-dyer8/support
Chris sits down with his good friend Illuminati Congo during the Shila Jam festival in Pennsylvania, for a wholesome, reflective, thought provoking conversation. They discuss esoteric healing modalities, consciousness, belief, integrity, the future of community and much more.
About the Artist:
Jahn The Baptist is unlike any other rapper out there. He is able to utilize his mantra of “as above, so below” to formulate a refreshing unity of the higher self and lower self. His lyrics reflect both his practice of spirituality and his embrace of earthly, human desires.
Website:
https://www.illuminaticongo.com
Instagram:
@illuminaticongo
Spotify tracks mentioned:
They Live
Galaktic Gang
Galaktic Gang Gang - Thang Remix
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During the MAPS conference in Denver, Chris was able to sit down with visionary artist friend Izzy Ivy for a creative, spiritual conversation about the interdimensional beings she works with, her oracle and tarot decks, workshops, reiki, paintings and more!
About the Artist:
Izzy Ivy is passionate about grounding inspiring wisdoms from other realms, through word and paint, her art gives voice to her mystical experiences, adventures and all she encounters in her spiritual and healing work.
Website:
www.izzyivyart.com
Instagram:
@izzy_ivy_art
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Chris and local St Pete artist friend, Wayward Walls aka Jason Harvin discuss the local art scene and community, muralism, the societal impacts of the Internet, the beauty of skate culture, how he unintentionally became an artist and much more!
About the Artist:
Jason Harvin, aka Wayward Walls, is a prolific geometric abstractionist adding wild bursts, lines, and shapes of color all over the Tampa Bay region. Harvin, who grew up in Germany, has been exposed to fine art, street art, graffiti and the like his entire life.
Website:
https://www.waywardwalls.com
Instagram:
@waywardwalls
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Chris links up with longtime visionary artist friend Amanda Sage in Denver, during Maps’ Psychedelic Science Conference 2025.
Amanda shares her thoughts on the importance of psychedelic studies, the intentions behind the research, how we’re showing up and the connection to the Visionary Arts movement.
About the Artist:
Amanda Sage is an artist driven to contribute to the development of regenerative culture by using painting as a tool for transformation within the individual and collective.
Her paintings represent multidimensional aspects of humanness in harmonious balance, inspiring a re-membering of an energetic inter-connectedness that is present and shared with all things.
Website:
https://www.amandasage.com
Instagram:
@amandasageart
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Chris makes a stop in Dayton, Ohio to interview artist and tattooer, Mike Giant!
Giant shares about his mindfulness path, healing retreats, graffiti, the nature of our reality, psychedelic experiences and much more!
About the Artist:
A genuine idol of the United States subcultures and their arts, Mike Giant is a celebrated American graffiti artist, illustrator and tattooist. Driven for the entirety of his career by BMX bicycles, tattoos, skateboards, street art and all around rebellious spirit, this artist created an impressive reputation of a true legend that serves as a source of inspiration to all aspiring artists desiring to go down a similarly creative and alternative path of art.
Website:
https://www.mikegiant.com
Instagram:
@THEMIKEGIANT
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During his recent art retreat in Kauai, Chris gets to sit down with his good artist friend Joseph, aka Rime MSK aka Jersey Joe.
.These two indulge in deep philosophical conversation about art, medicine work, healing family lines and Joe’s recent investigations of how art and color can impact the mind.
About the Artist:
Rime goes about his paintings like a diary, an illustration of his quotidian quest for the essential. A sheer concentration of energy, Rime’s universe mixes colors, movement and light sources to which the artist has affixed his own lexicon composed of creatures from a universe of cartoons, symbols and multiple details.
Website: https://rimemsk.com
Instagram: @rime_msk
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Street Artist Hox swings by the home of Chris Dyer to paint one of his renowned “Portals” and to talk about art.
He shares his story and connection to the early days of Wynwood walls, his explorations of art with lawn tools, how they correlate to his technique and his more recent endeavor of painting with sound.
About the Artist:
Douglas Hoekzema, also known as Hoxxoh, is a Miami-based artist who has gained international recognition for his innovative approach to contemporary art. Through a variety of mediums, including murals, sculptures, and paintings, Hoxxoh creates immersive and visually stunning pieces that engage the viewer's senses and challenge their perceptions.
Website: https://www.elhoxxoh.com
Instagram: @hoxxoh
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Long-time artist friend Luke Brown stops by Chris’ house for a long, philosophical conversation about Visionary art, their history, his artistic process, the nature of reality, life, and much more!
About the Artist:
Born in Ontario Canada into a creative and supportive family, Luke received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Ontario College of Art and Design in 1998, and today is one of the world's most well-known and sought visionary artists.
Website:
https://www.lukebrownart.com
Instagram: @lukebrownart
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Chris visits a new artist friend, Anchorball, who recently moved to his Saint Pete neighborhood!
Ken is a monumental pop sculptor, painter, digital artist and child at heart with a lot of knowledge to offer about how to succeed at this creative career, the growing technologies (specifically AI), and his spiritual process.
About the Artist:
Ken Kelleher, also known as Anchorball™, is renowned for his large-scale sculptures and digital art, with works featured globally. His creative approach transcends traditional sculpture, integrating digital techniques to explore forms and objects, often devoid of utilitarian use. His art, ranging from playful to profound, challenges viewers to rethink the ordinary.
Website:
https://anchorball.shop
Social Media (IG):
@anchorball
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Chris visits local Tampa Bay visionary artist, Carlos Pons at his studio where they discuss his artwork, murals vs studio work, cultural influences, bringing more original art into the public eye, psychedelics and much more!
About the Artist:
Carlos Pons is a self-taught Tampa, Florida based artist originally from Guatemala. With over 15 years of experience his expertise lies in showcasing breathtaking oil paintings, immersive murals, and striking digital illustrations. His work can be found locally all over Tampa and across the state.
Website:
pazartcreations.com
Social Media (IG):
@carlos_pons
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Chris sits down with now local St Pete Street artist friend Jake Klone aka Klonism for an educational and fun discussion about mushroom micro dosing, art, street art, graffiti, teaching, traveling to paint, mural festivals, his creative inspiration and drive and much more!
About the Artist:
Jake is a 38-year-old artist, who originates from Leeds, West Yorkshire UK. His artwork has
been seen by many and has astounded many people in different areas of the world. The art that
he creates is in a graffiti style, using bold and attention-drawing colors. Jake has been inspired
since he was 12 years old by the art of graffiti, he now has done worldwide.
Website:
https://klonism.com
Social Media (IG):
@Klonism
Did someone say Bromance 2.0? Chris and best bud, legendary visionary artist Randal Roberts, sit down again four years after his first interview in 2021. A lot has changed since then and he’s got a wealth of new knowledge and experience to share that intertwines with his artistic talent and love of art.
About the Artist:
Randal Roberts is an internationally recognized self-taught painter. Having identified as an artist his whole life, at the age of 30 he was inspired at last to quit the factory job, embark on a soul-searching road trip, and dedicate himself to art full time.
He has lived in the beautiful NY Hudson Valley, the beloved San Francisco Bay, and is currently based in Denver, Colorado.
Website:
https://www.allofthisisforyou.com
Social Media (IG):
@randalrobertsart
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During his winter visit home to Peru, Chris finally convinced his dad, Teddy Dyer, to sit down for a podcast interview!We hope you enjoy this special conversation between father and son.Teddy starts out a bit shy, but eventually shares some exciting stories about the multiple accidents he's experienced in his life!
On his way home to Atlanta from the Florida Everglades, Dr. Dax makes a pit stop in St. Petersburg for an afternoon of discussion and painting with Chris Dyer. He shares about his upcoming solo show, his colorful past growing up in Atlanta, becoming a graffiti artist, his healing path with plant medicines, and many other life lessons and wisdom.
About the Artist:
Dr. Dax is a Dungeon Family member and Atlanta legend that is firmly established as a notable graffiti artist and muralist. His graffiti / street art legacy has graced the world for over three decades. He has a unique voice expressed in a variety of different mediums. Murals, fine art, sculpture, photography, digital art, and filmmaking.
Website:
https://doctordax.com
Social Media (IG):
@dr.dax
Chris sits down with his dear friend, Judea Christine, the first ever repeat guest of the podcast! Judea shares what she’s been doing since episode 24 in 2021, her new book, “OmniChakra”, grounding, ETs, Guides, our healing capabilities, ayahuasca, alien disclosure, and the prophetic visions and messages of humanity’s future (https://www.sharetheprophecy.com) that have been coming to her for the past 20 years.
About the Artist:
Judea is a clairvoyant medium as well as a musician, singer, songwriter, artist, teacher, ceremonial guide, and storyteller. She has been working professionally as a Psychic Intuitive Medium since 2014 and has conducted readings for people all over the world. Last year she launched an online community and also has a new book “OmniChakra”. This 392-page, full-color hardcover book contains the complete Module 1 training for Psychic Intuitive Development and is designed for self-study.
Websites:
https://omnichakra.com
https://www.plantsoundimmersion.com
https://www.sharetheprophecy.com
Social Media (IG):
@OmniChakra
During Hulaween festival 2024, Chris Dyer had the chance to sit down for an in-depth mystical conversation with artist friend Torus Energy aka Jack Lightfoot.
Jack shares the meaning behind the name Torus Energy, his artwork, the inspiring interplay between dark and light, dream realm visions and channelings.
The two also discuss the rapidly evolving trajectory of humanity towards singularity, AI, consciousness, how they are learning from what they are observing and how to navigate.
About the Artist:
Jack William Lightfoot under the pseudonym Torus energy is a multifaceted artist and creator from the UK born in 1992. Projects include painting, fashion design, architecture, carpentry, digital design and many others. Born in the Midlands countryside and exploring world's in search of constant inspiration to the work he creates with these experiences attempts to represent powerful unification of all the human spirits and in turn with the natural world and our part to play in it.
Website:
www.torusenergyart.com
Social Media (IG):
@thetorusenergy
During a visit to his former hometown of Montreal, Canada, our artist friend Chris Dyer sits down with longtime street artist friend, Derek, better known to many as “Troy Lovegates” or “Other”.
Derek shares about the magic he finds in street art, tales of train hoping and treasure hunting, the days when artists could focus freely and solely on their art, his worldwide travels as a unique creator, people watching in relation to his subject matter and working with a multitude of mediums.
About the Artist:
A self-described "collector of lost souls”, Lovegates focuses on the figure as a story, building motifs through heavily condensed mark-making. The figures in his work are sympathetically drawn from equal parts caricature and realistic observation.
Website:
https://www.troylovegates.com
Instagram:
@troy_lovegates
@otherscribbles
Chris makes a stop in Grass Valley California to meet up with artist friend, Miles Toland!
He shares with us a multitude of knowledge regarding the importance of a proper studio space, organization, community, the relationship with different surfaces he paints upon, his love for traveling, street art and lots more!
About the Artist:
Miles’ creative juices have been squeezed from the fruits of graffiti culture, a BFA at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, live painting at festivals, and traveling around the world creating street art in places including Paris, Switzerland, Art Basel Miami, Mexico, Canada, and India. His mural series at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh has been published in the Smithsonian Magazine and The New York Times blog.
Website: https://www.milestoland.com/
Instagram: @milestoland
In this episode, Chris is in San Francisco California for some book launches and had the chance to visit the legendary Mark McCloud!!Mark is an art teacher, sculptor, painter, photographer, amateur comedian, and the leading collector of LSD blotter paper and Psychedelic Art. Founder of the "Institute of Illegal Images", he has the largest and most comprehensive blotter art collection in the world!With nearly 30,000 framed tabs on the walls surrounding him, he shares with us various bits of knowledge, history of LSD and stories of his super interesting Life!
In this episode of our Super Awesome Podcast Show, Chris visit his Visionary Artist friend Jessica Perlstein at her San Francisco California home studio.
They got into a bunch of fun topics about her art career, the visionary art scene through the years, being an intern under Android Jones, changing mediums and styles of expression, etc. May you be very inspired by this conversation!
Webpage: https://www.jessicaperlsteinart.com/Insta: @jessicaperstein
Chris visits Venice Beach aka, “Dog Town” where he and Greg Cipes tap into the 5th dimension amidst the flowing people-river all along the board walk. Best known for his roles as Beast Boy in Teen Titans, Michelangelo in Ninja Turtles and a myriad of other characters, Greg finds purpose in the multi-dimensional expressions of self, pure presence and belief that humans are innately good.
About the Artist:
Born and raised in Florida, Greg began as performer starring in over 30 national television commercials, broadway musicals, movies and television shows. All this before the age of 15, he also self produced his first album. Over the past 17 years, he's garnered a massive audience, has starred in blockbuster films and TV shows, put out multiple albums, has produced his own TV shows and movies and has become one of the most recognized voice actors in the world. He currently is creating and producing his own television shows series.
Website:
www.gregcipes.com
Social Media (IG):
@gregcipes
YouTube:
@GregoryCipes
During his California book tour, Chris stops in Los Angelas to visit long-time friend Will, aka The Gaslamp Killer!
Will is a musician/DJ/producer with a far-out curiosity and interest in creating sounds that inspire the listener to shake and move! His broad cultural background and appreciation of beauty inspire his rich taste in personal esthetic and creative offerings that manifest into experimental, psychedelic music.
The two dive deep into the heart space of life's challenges, inspirations, growth, meaning and purpose.
About the Artist:
The Gaslamp Killer is a Los Angeles-based DJ and producer whose eclectic style ranges from psychedelia and world music to dubstep and left-field hip-hop. He is a longtime associate of Low End Theory, an influential club night dedicated to experimental hip-hop and electronic music, often considered the epicenter of the L.A. beat scene.
Website:
https://thegaslampkiller.cussrecords.com
Bandcamp:
https://thegaslampkiller.bandcamp.com/album/ananda
Social Media (IG):
@gaslampkiller
@airplanemodela
Chris visits with long time visionary art friend, Xavi Panneton in his Ashland Oregon studio! Xavi shares his artistic history that has evolved through drawing, graffiti, rave culture, visionary art, handmade clothing, his appreciation of techno and the mystical experience it evokes within him. All of this lends to the newer contemporary mural work he expresses today.
About the Artist:
Xavi Panneton is an artist with an evolving aesthetic where abstract, graffiti, and visionary art meets modern design. He approaches his craft with a unique perspective made possible by his history of creating works across many genres. He is presently utilizing experimental processes that embrace both technology and mixed media to advance abstract expressionism for the 21st century.
Website:
https://xaviart.com
Social Media (IG):
@xavipanneton
Chris visits his long-time artist friend, Ishka Lha at her home studio where she shares the story of her Kundalini Awakening, how it forever changed the way she saw the world and gave her access to visions of beautiful archetypal beings and interdimensional energies. They talk more about the intentionality of her work here and how spirituality, creativity and love are woven together.
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About the Artist:
Ishka Lha is an internationally celebrated visionary artist, musician, writer, ritualist, and mentor. She is part of a growing visionary art movement that is dedicated to the happiness of all beings, and approaches her creative process as a spiritual practice. Her art explores and celebrates the natural radiance inherent in all dimensions of life through the use of neo-traditional iconography and mythology. She is especially interested in what universal archetypes have most helpfully guided humankind's passage through time into greater avenues of mutual respect, understanding, and heartfelt livelihood.
Website:
www.ishkalha.com
Social Media:
IG: @ishka_lha_art
FB: @the_art_of_ishka_lha
About JAMeeSHKA:
Co-creators, James Caran and Ishka Lha, delight in producing site-specific art and music journeys for private and public events, frequently causing audiences to erupt with fervid laughter, cry with introspective reverence, and dance in ecstatic wonderment.
Website/Links:
www.JAMeeSHKA.com
Soundcloud
Bandcamp
Social Media:
IG: @JAMeeSHKA
FB: @JAMeeSHKA
YT: @JAMeeSHKA
Live album available for purchase on Bandcamp. Studio album coming soon!
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During a weekend conscious festival called "Sacred City", Chris sits down with world musician, healer and producer Poranguí for a transformative, spiritual conversation. Poranguí shares his mission of becoming a Chakaruna or “bridge person” and his intention of inspiring others to do the same. They also discuss the power our words, heart vs mind, healing the land and channeling medicine through creation.
About the Artist:
Poranguí is a world-renowned musician, composer, and therapeutic bodyworker who blends ancestral sounds and indigenous rhythms from around the globe to foster our individual and collective well-being. Through his live performances, which he creates from scratch using looping technology, he takes his audiences on a sonic journey that ranges from meditative to exhilarating, moving the body and elevating the spirit.
Website:
https://www.porangui.com
Social Media (IG):
@Porangui
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For our 100th episode Chris sits down with legendary visionary artists, Alex & Allyson Grey!
Together they recount the founding of Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and creation of Entheon, both a museum and sanctuary of visionary art. They expand upon the mission of CoSM and the importance of what it offers to the community as social sculpture, merging spirituality with business, what each is expressing through their creative work, the trinities of “mind, body, spirit” relating to “chaos, order & secret writing”, interdimensional philosophy and much more!
About the Artists:
Alex Grey is best known for his depictions of the body that provide a multi-dimensional “x-ray” of anatomical, psychic and spiritual forces. For many people his visionary art presents icons of the psychedelic mystical experience.
Allyson Grey: Painter, Social Sculptor, Muse... For forty years, Allyson has expressed in her paintings an essentialized world view consisting of three root components: CHAOS, ORDER, & SECRET WRITING.
Alex Grey & Allyson Grey are co-founders & Ministers of CoSM. CoSM is a place of contemplation & worship for community honoring the practice of art as a spiritual path.
Website:
https://www.cosm.org
https://www.alexgrey.com
https://www.allysongrey.com
Social Media (IG):
@AlexGreyCosm
@AllysonGreyCosm
@ChapelOfSacredMirrors
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Are you ready for this one?? Chris sits down with legendary urban/hip hop artist, Justin Bua in his Texas home studio.
Bua shares about his colorful and funky childhood growing up on the streets of New York in the 70’s & 80’s, b-boying, drawing endlessly and absorbing the iconic culture that is hip-hop.
His appreciation for this culture paired with his expanding artistic skillset and knowledge of the masters contribute to Bua’s no BS approach to life, art and activity amidst the “Art World” as we later hear.
About the Artist:
Award-winning artist, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. Groundbreaking in his field, BUA is internationally known for his best-selling collection of fine art posters - The DJ being one of the most popular prints of all time.
Website:
https://justinbua.com
Social Media (IG):
@JustinBua
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Chris and his artist girlfriend, Paulina, sit down over some coffees in their St. Pete home and talk about the many “hats” she wears. From podcast producer & editor, to painter, carpenter, green witch and permaculture enthusiast, Paulina shares how she came to have such a great “hat” collection, formative moments from her childhood, from where she draws inspiration, the tools she works with and much more!About the Artist:Paulina Casati is a visionary artist from the mountains of south-central Appalachia and is presently based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Inspired by her appreciation for nature and divine intelligence, she explores motifs of oneness, non-duality and multi-dimensionalism.Her creative intention is to reflect the synchronistic unity displayed across humans, our planet and the cosmos.Website:https://www.paulinacasatiart.space https://www.abundantsatisfactions.com/Social Media (IG): @PaulinaCasatiArt@AbundantSatisfactions
YouTube:
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Chris catches Roots Reggae Musician Mike Love just as he comes off stage and has a deep conversation! They talk about him playing solo vs with a band, spirituality, dreadlocks, rastafarianism, Selassie I, energy healing, The Marley family, leadership, community, love, hopelessness and letting go.
About the Artist:
Mike Love is at the forefront of this movement. With a foundation rooted in the spirituality and message-based music of Reggae and Rastafari, he blends the sounds of progressive and classic rock, pop, R & B, soul, blues, flamenco, jazz and so much more. Healing is at the core of his music.
Website:
https://mikelovemusic.com/
Social Media (IG):
@MikeLoveMusic
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Chris visits long-time artist friend, Illuminated Rose, aka "Rosie"! They chat about the Hippie movement of the 60's and 70's in New York, how she became a part of the Visionary arts movement and CoSM, her passion for sand mandalas and the classes she offers, sacred geometry, drumming, non-attachment, cultural appreciation, becoming an art teacher, the Vision Train and her recount of going to Woodstock as a teenager.
About the Artist:
Eileen M. Rose (“Rosie”) has been leading mandala classes for over 20 years and taught art to children for over 30 years. A visionary artist and award-winning photographer, she is a certified facilitator of Judith Cornell’s mandala process. Many of her mandalas are featured in Cornell’s The Mandala Healing Kit. She has also studied with other traditional and contemporary artists and experts, including visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Pieter Weltevrede, Mavis Gewant, and monks from the Gyuto-Tantric University, and has been a member of Jean Houston’s Mystery School for several years.
Website:
http://illuminatedrose.com
Social Media (IG):
@illuminatedrose
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The future is now! Chris hops aboard the Future Joy mobile RV to chat with musical artists, Zach & Emily! They talk about the band’s history and mission, their ongoing love story, how they express their creativity through making music, Genre fluidity, the importance of joy, having fun and how they are spreading both through their music.
We’re honored to share with you that they have covered the Creative Friend’s intro jingle à la Future Joy!!!
About the Artists:
Blending elements of funk, house, bass, pop, drum and bass, hip-hop, techno, jazz, dubstep and more; Future Joy takes the listener on a joyous adventure with no musical boundaries. Both artists DJ, sing, and play keyboard while Zach shreds tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones in the key of fun.
Website:
https://www.futurejoymusic.com/
Social Media (IG):
@FutureJoyMusic
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Chris sits down on the waters edge of Downtown St. Pete with street artist Birdcap! The two enjoy conversing about their shared participation in Reggae Rise Up, Birdcap's history and love for street art and illustration, what inspires and fuels his creative expressions, exploring alternative creative mediums, the mural market, his shared journey of navigating grief and the ongoing development of AI and his response to it.
About the Artist:
“I paint colorful murals reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons as a proxy world to explore wide ranging themes such as grief, mortality, and political upheaval. I believe a style wrapped in childhood nostalgia makes these topics more palatable. My work is a product of the American South and as such I strive to create a contemporary landscape both beautiful and troubled.”
Website:
https://www.birdcap.store
Social Media (IG):
@birdcap
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Chris goes to Queens, NY to visit fellow artist friend, Nicole Palapoli at her cool Art Studio! The two talk about her tattooing and art career, what inspires her, her approach towards and appreciation of hand crafted artwork, how art can heal us, what the bleep she sees happening in the world and how to navigate.
About the Artist:
“My artwork exists to illuminate our soul’s experience in human form; the duality of love and heartbreak, our connection with nature, sacred symbols and the unified field of consciousness.”
Website: https://www.innerspacegallery.com/
Instagram: @NicolePalapoli
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Today we’re going to Brooklyn! Chris visits Pop/Street artist Wizard Skull at his Bushwick studio. Alex shares with us some of his early-on art adventures, inspirations and lessons that lead to him becoming the artist he is today.
The two also chat about his involvement with skateboard graphics, Zines, street art, inflatable art, observing the “Art Game” and social media offerings.
About the Artist:
Painter and illustrator Wizard Skull’s humorous and often raunchy riffs on cartoon characters and mascots poke fun at pop culture and commercialism. Wizard Skull transforms recognizable characters from Homer Simpson and Mickey Mouse to Gumby and SpongeBob SquarePants into hybrid mashups, squiggly portraits, and obscene portrayals of fetishistic sex acts.
Website:
https://shopwizardsworkshop.com/
Social Media (IG):
@WizardSkull
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Long time artist friend, Lindy Kehoe, stops by Chris' house where they chat about the importance of cuteness, synchronicities, the dream like worlds she channels through her art, the messages they bring forth, caring for ourselves, our earth and our future generations.
About the Artist:
Lindy Kehoe enjoys living a spacious and peaceful life, choosing to reflect that quality within her dream-like work. Contemplative and quiet, her paintings are portals into the subtle realms of remembrance, shape-shifting in care of the viewer.
Website: www.LindyKehoe.com
Instagram: @LindyKehoeArt
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Chris meets up with street artist friend Chaz Barrisson from the “London Police” at The Wynwood Walls where he and art partner Bob Gibson are in the midst of creating an impressive new mural.
These two jokesters sit down over some beers and talk about what The Wynwood Walls is, Art Basel, street art, graffiti, the purpose of creating, and why “those birds are throwing nuts” at them!
About the Artists:
Chaz Barrisson and Bob Gibson, originally from the UK, began their artistic voyage on the streets of Amsterdam.
25 years later they have painted in galleries and on walls all over the world.
Proud of their meticulous craftsmanship, TLP draws everything by hand.
Chaz makes the iconic Lad characters which are married with Bob’s illustrative architecture and portrait style.
Website:
https://www.thelondonpolice.com
Social Media (IG):
@TheLondonPolice
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Amidst the hustle and bustle of Miami Art Basel, Chris sits down with artist friend Mear One during his “Metaphysical Surrealism” solo show. The two discuss graffiti history, Mear’s involvement in it, how it differs from street art, psychedelic research, his artistic inspiration and the messages he is currently conveying through his body of work.
About the Artist:
Mear One is an American artist based in Los Angeles, known for his often-political street graffiti art. Mear One is associated with CBS and WCA crews. As a graphic designer, Mear One has designed apparel for Conart, Kaotic, as well as his own Reform brand.
Website:
mearone.com
Social Media (IG):
@Mear_One
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Legendary Folk Painter and Installation Artist Shrine was in Saint Petersburg for a job with a tattoo shop so spontaneously dropped by Chris' home. In that visit he quickly painted his staircase and stayed for a nice coffee and conversation we share with you here!
Shrine has been around the block a couple of times, thus why he is so well known and respected in the festival scene. So the conversation is deep and poignant, touching many deep matters to artists and humans in general.
About the NonProfit:
The Highway Sanctuary is an ongoing experiment of creative expression— creating the kind of world we want to live in. https://www.highwaysanctuary.org/
Social Media (IG):
@ShrineOn
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Chris sits down with legendary artist Roger Dean to philosophize over the art and architecture movements, what influenced them into what they are today, his extensive career, working closely with the progressive rock band “Yes” and what the future of the world may hold.
About the Artist:
Roger Dean is a world renowned artist and designer, known for his unique style of album cover paintings, logos, typefaces and organic architectural designs. He was born in Kent, England and graduated from the Royal College of Art as a silver medallist.
Website:
https://www.rogerdean.com
Social Media (IG):
@rogerdeanofficial
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Chris and Gavin Gerundo aka Gavinger, sit down amidst the weird and lively Secret Dreams Music Festival. Gavinger shares about his role in producing this and other events, The Gallery Society, art curation, what’s so great about festivals, creation, inspiration, the myriad of mediums he works with, his journey with psychedelics, sexuality and social evolution.
About the Artist:
Gavinger is Gavin Gerundo, a visual artist on a mission to challenge our perceptions and inspire moments of awe in our everyday lives. Drawing inspiration from the natural and scientific worlds, Gavin combines the geometric with the organic in artwork ranging from canvasses to interactive pieces of hand painted furniture. He utilizes a variety of medium to portray fantastical states of consciousness, drawing influence heavily from dreams and lofty waking moments of grandeur.
Website:
https://gavinger.com
Social Media (IG):
@gavinger_
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Chris visits long-time artist friend Sweet Melis at her mountain-top art studio in Asheville. In their chill conversation they discuss the birth of live painting into the east-coast festival scene, the community and artists formed from and around it, composition, snowboarding, graphic design, becoming a fine artist, the importance of finding your own artistic voice, running a small business, social media pitfalls, empowerment through motherhood and the ongoing changes amidst the festival scene and world at large.
About the Artist:
“I am passionately living a dream of constant creation. I am inspired by the earth and the sky, by color and design. I want to project the beauty of nature and its synchronicity in my work. I want people to see the beauty I see in this world, to feel it, to live presently in it.”
— Melissa Leigh
Website:
https://www.sweetmelis.com
Social Media (IG):
@Sweet_Melis
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Get ready for a playful and curiously philosophical ride with Chris and his artist friend Damon Soule!
The two discuss living off grid, chickens, creative inspirations, the human process, making an effecting upon others, toroidal fields, energetics, natural law, divineness, universal origins, religion constructs, Damon’s role in The Furtherrr Collective and what it means to be a creative.
About the Artist:
Soule’s work is highly complex and imaginative in both practice and concept. Fueled by his inherent investigative and obsessive curiosity, he employs an array of scientific and artistic systems to create his paintings including polarity, abstraction, alchemy, geometry, quantum physics, surrealism, molecular biology, meta physics, ancient symbolism, cosmology, Buddhism, sci-fi fantasy, cyber- infrastructures, the global, digital subatomic and infinitely vast multiverses we may find ourselves in at any given moment.
Website:
https://www.damonsoule.com
Social Media (IG):
@DomonSoule
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Chris sits down with artist friend Karma Glass to talk about blowing glass, the industry, Asheville, hip hop, spirituality, what cannabis legalization has meant for glass artists, why he loves rainbows, his creative craft and his inspiration. Stick around long enough and you may even get to hear some pretty wild stories laced with some heartfelt wisdom.
About the Artist:
Kevin has been making borosilicate glass art since 2010 & has a deep passion for bringing forth functional glass art pieces to act as totems on the daily during one's smoking rituals. He currently is creating in a color pattern he lovingly calls the Karma Stack, which is a transparent rainbow pattern he is best known for. Most of his art these days is collaborative with other glass artist around the country. Kevin travels when he can to manifest art for the people. All of his art is infused with consciousness, Hip Hop, messages of a higher vibration. He is always looking to spread love and unity!
Website:
https://karmaglass.bigcartel.com/
Social Media (IG):
@KarmaGlass420
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Get your eyes and ears ready for a lesson in Psychedelic Art History!
Chris sits down with “The Chambers Project” gallery owner, Brian Chambers, to pick his brain about his passion for psychedelic art, how he became immersed in the culture, his art collection, projects, exhibitions, favorite artists and why this branch of art and collaboration is so important.
About The Chambers Project:
The Chambers Project is the world’s leading psychedelic art gallery representing the most influential contemporary artists in psychedelic culture, holding long standing relationships with the likes of Ralph Steadman, Roger Dean, the Rick Griffin Estate, Oliver Vernon, Mars 1 and many more!
Website:
https://thechambersproject.com
Social Media:
Instagram - the_chambers_project
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thechambersproject
YouTube:
@thechambersproject
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Chris sits down with long-time artist friend, Ashely Josephine Foreman. Ashely is a visionary tattoo artist and member of the Cherokee Nation Oklahoma.
The two chat about their personal experiences integrating with the visionary arts scene, the art of tattooing, ancestral trauma, our healing paths and the medicine we bring back from our experiences to share with the collective.
From the Artist:
"My intention for my work, beyond personal healing, is to reflect a simple Truth -- That the Universe is made of a profound Love beyond human categories, and that inter-collectively, we are One Being, One Consciousness.”
Website:
www.faelien.com
Social Media (IG):
@ashelyjosyphine
@faelien.ink
https://www.facebook.com/AshelyForemanArt
Youtube: @JupiterCascadia
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In this episode Chris meets with the World's Funkiest Diplomat, "The Polish Ambassador" aka David Sugalski!The two sit down in his California livingroom and talk about community living, permaculture, digital work balance, exploration living, activism, musical tastes & inspiration, how The Polish Ambassador came to be and much, much more!About the Artist: Musician. Producer. Beatsmith. Recording artist. Composer. Dance-floor general. Label-head. A mystery man of many hats, The Polish Ambassador rocks more than just a trademark jumpsuit, authoring sublime, intentional artistic works, animated safaris in technicolor sound. Website:- https://thepolishambassador.comStreaming:- https://thepolishambassador.bandcamp.com- https://spotify.link/np3QcxiYBDb- https://soundcloud.com/thepolishambassador- YouTube: @thepolishambassadorSocial Media:- IG: @thepolishambassador- FB: https://www.facebook.com/thepolishambassador
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Chris sits down with legendary skate artist, Jimbo Phillips! These two skater dudes talk about Santa Cruz (the place and the brand!), the importance of skate art, what is offers, its messages and meanings, brains, skulls, bulging eyeballs, the impact of the Phillips’ family legacy upon Dyer, artistic styles, and much more!
About the Artist:
Jimbo Phillips, an artist from Santa Cruz, California was born and raised in the art world. His father, Jim Phillips, designed all the artwork for Santa Cruz Skateboards in the 70’s and 80’s and was the creator of the iconic “Screaming Hand” logo. At an early age Jimbo Phillips began working for his father doing graphics for the skateboard industry, creating eye-popping artwork for t-shirt designs, decals, magazine ads, and skateboards.
In the early 90s Jimbo started his own graphic art business continuing to work for skateboard companies as well as other major brands such as Toyota, Nike, Snickers and Volcom.
Website: http://www.jimbophillips.com
Webshop: https://jimbophillipsstore.storenvy.com
IG: @JimboPhillips
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Fellow psychonauts Chris and Rob Corradetti sit down in the Killer Acid studio and banter over some cans of Psychedelic Bug Juice. The two talk about Rob’s colorful background, fear, energy, microdosing, design, starting and running a successful clothing and goods brand, his wide ranging artistic stye and inspiration, moon craters, making NFTs, patience, wisdom and life before social media.
About the Artist:
Killer Acid represents the psychedelic work of artist Rob Corradetti, who has been actively making art and creating products for over 25 years. Located in Santa Cruz, CA, the brand specializes in screen prints, T-shirts, and a myriad of mysterious, humorous, and highly-detailed psychedelic ephemera. Originally launched in 2010, the style is a blend of head shop and punk rock, hearkening back to his tumultuous and technicolor coming-of-age in New York City.
Website:
https://killeracid.com
Social Media (IG):
@killeracid
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Chris sits down in the cozy Santa Cruz studio of fellow visionary artist friend, Blake Foster!
The two chat about San Francisco, CoSM, MAPS, street art, graffiti, Blake's medicine path and artistic journey, his schooling, the interdimensional inspiration behind his work and much more!
About the Artist:
Blake Foster has been developing his stylistic vision for the past two decades; emerging from roots in graffiti, completing a certificate program in visual FX for film with a focus in digital sculpting, and exploring the healing potential of entheogens, nature, and the all mighty paint brush.
Today he spends much of his time transforming canvas into a window of the mind’s eye. Blake’s artwork aspires to bridge the inner metaphysical realms with the outer natural world. By juxtaposing micro and macro structures of the cosmos his work attempts to reveal the universal patterns and building blocks of our perceived reality. Drawing from dream-like states of consciousness and a limitless imagination, his brush strokes channel spiritual experiences with the divine.
Website:
www.sydwox.com
Social Media:
IG: @blakefosterart
https://www.facebook.com/BlakeFosterArt
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Chris sits down with Psychic, Medium and Artist friend, Patty Davis during the “Align and Shine” healing retreat in Northern California. The two explore our innate gifts as humans, including but not limited to: psychic abilities, intuition, energetics, telepathy, clairvoyance, auric fields, healing modalities (such as sound healing, breath work, hypnosis and artistic expression), art portals and the powerful etheric phenomena they facilitate to creators and viewers.
About the artist:
Patty is a psychic, medium, intuitive teacher, healer, spiritual podcaster, spellcrafter, Aromatherapist, author and Heart Math Coach in Humboldt, CA. Through her work she offers encouragement, tools, insight, and healing modalities.
She believes artistic expression to be an intimate and important healing and activating practice, describing her own passion for painting as one of the purest forms of flow state and alignment.
Websites:
https://pdavispsychic.com
https://linktr.ee/Wingandaether
Spirit Speakers Podcast
https://www.spiritspeakerspodcast.com
Book: “It’s Too Much”
https://pdavispsychic.com/childrensbook
Social Media (IG):
@wingandaether
@spiritspeakerspodcast
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In this episode, Chris joins Legendary Street Pop Surrealist painter Ron English at his “PopMart” in Upstate New York! These two toy-loving friends discuss the real genius behind Van Gough, how artists “blow up”, street art, Ron's thought provoking body of work, his extensive oil painting process, vinyl toys, sculptures, books, creating controversial artwork, staying true to your self expression, AI, his NFT crypto club and much more!
About the artist:
Ron is a major player in the Pop Surrealism movement. Having painted over 1,000 renegade billboards in his lifetime he continues to challenge the ethics and paradoxes of numerous corporations, media and politicians through his paintings and vinyl toys.
Websites:
https://www.popaganda.com/
https://shoppopaganda.com/
The Rabbbits:
https://therabbbits.com
Song: Yellow
IG:
@RonEnglish
@Team_Popaganda
@LightCultCryptoClub
YouTube: @POPagandaTV
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Chris sits down at CoSM with long time friend, art curator, art manager, event producer and artist advocate, Jen Ingram.
They discuss Jen’s various contributions to the visionary community for more than 20 years, the various platforms she creates to support artists, what the growing mainstream acceptance of entheogens means for the visionary art movement, the importance of professionalism, entering the mainstream world of art, visionary contributing founders, styles, history and much more!
https://linktr.ee/ancientdigital
Instagram:
@AncientDigital
@Tribe13Gallery
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Chris sits down with tattoo artist friend Elisa Rose Mountain to discuss Grateful Dead culture, her tattooing career, artistic side hustles and projects, the various art styles they’ve both experimented with, Elisa’s healing modalities and spiritual path, her journeys to the south for purging, the importance of observing societal events with compassion and the potential impacts of AI and EMF on future generations.
IG: @elisarosemountain
Links:
https://linktr.ee/elisarosemountain
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ElisaRoseMountain
https://laceylightnin.bigcartel.com/
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In this playful episode from a recent visit to Denver, Colorado, Chris sits down with his dear friend Max Paularena who is a Visionary Artist and shamanic practitioner. In this talk they discuss their latino heritage, the importance of having an art community, sacred plant medicines (Psilocybin, Ayahuasca, cacti and Kambo) and the healing roles they play. They also discuss their time spent in the Jungle, what it means to be shamanic, the ethics of navigating power, Mexican traditions, Max’s art career, his own healing journey, transgenderism and the spectrum of gender.
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Chris Dyer sits down with fellow artist Chris Morphis at Sol Fest to discuss his process and experience of becoming a renegade artist.
They recount their meeting in 2012, delve into festival culture, what it offers to society, the wealth of knowledge through networking and workshops that have been made available, Morphis' career of becoming a successful artist, his approach to business, tips for up-and-coming- artists, and how he's been able to integrate his art into various music scenes.
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Chris sits down in his library with music producer friend, Random Rab during his tour through St. Petersburg, Florida. These two talk about archeology, ancient cultures, pyramids, plant medicines, psychadelics, creative passion, the profound healing found through music, the connection between music and visual art and the developing relationship between artists and AI and what that means moving forward.
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Chris and film director friend, Michael Ien Cohen, sit down for an in-depth conversation about his uplifting documentary “Humanity Stoked” featuring awesome people like Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, Tony Alva, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nyjah Houston, Lissie Armanto, Chad Muska, Shepard Fairey, Rob Machado, etc.
Michael shares what inspired him to create; the beauty and healing that lies within overcoming fears that humans of all backgrounds and traumas face. Healing fear and instilling inspiration in our youth is the driving purpose of his non-profit organization, What Stops You.
WhatStopsYou.org
https://humanitystoked.com/
@HumanityStoked
IG: @HumanityStoked
FB: https://m.facebook.com/1880279355630013/
Shout out to Ben Zion Jackson for his Cinematography!
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Put on your sunscreen, grab your favorite beverage and pull up a chair for this sunshine filled and fearlessly raw conversation.
In this 68th episode, Chris sits down with musical artist Satsang (aka Drew McManus) to discuss music, tour life, skateboarding, vulnerable masculinity, plant medicines, callout culture, jiu jitsu, and life’s many lessons and purposes.
::: Discover More :::
- Website: www.satsangmovement.com
- YouTube: @SatsangMT
- IG: @satsang
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5q73QGeZGnA3ChVIPxIvyc?si=CDfwIWiHTi6hHMhik-BC0A
::: Resources :::
- www.maps.org
- www.unlimitedsciences.org
- www.reggaeriseup.com
- www.pyromusicandartsfestival.com
- www.safetyharborartandmusiccenter.com
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This one's gonna be fun! In this 67th episode, Chris Dyer sits down with the hilarious Tampa Bay artist Sebastian Coolidge! Sebastian shares with us his personal account of being an artist, muralist, sculptor, inventor, fashion designer, family man and squirrel daddy.
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Hold onto your butts and bring your open minds; In this 66th episode, Chris Dyer sits down on the lively streets of Acapulco, Mexico with Australian activist Max Igan.
Chris asks what some might perceive as “uncomfortable” or “unacceptable” questions regarding the events of the past three years and the current state of the World. Max shares his personal accounts, alternative viewpoints and ideas for healing and resolution to the controlled narrative that we, the Collective, have been given.
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Get ready for a spiritually deep and artistically rich conversation!
In this 65th episode, Chris Dyer meets up with local St. Pete visual artist friend, Palehorse (aka Chris Parks)!
Palehorse shares with you his artistic and spiritual journeys, inspirations and wisdom. He also shares about his clothing brand, NFT collection and mural work, as well as his plant medicine journey and vision for a brighter future.
Official Palehorse Portfolio
Online store
Link Tree Landing Page
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In the 64th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Peru to visit his parents on their farm. He sits down in their living room to have a conversation with his mother Josie Dyer!
In this episode, Chris and his Mom talk about what its like living in Peru, along with the food, culture, and other great things it has to offer. They also talk about how Chris's parents met and what Chris was like as a child, as well as some of Josie's favorite books!
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In the 63rd episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Tallahassee, Florida to join his friend, Carrie Ann Baade at her beautiful home! Carrie Ann is a very unique oil painter, as well as a Professor at USF!
In this episode, Chris and Carrie talk about topics such as: the 2022 Art Basel in Miami, her recently published book and the work that went into it, the difference in teaching vs. learning art, as well as how she creates her art and the motivation behind it.
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In the 62nd episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Miami, Florida on an Art Week run, and joins his artist friend Claudia Labianca in her home studio for a good conversation!
Claudia is both a muralist, fashion designer, film director, single mom and bad ass lady!
In this episode, Chris and Claudia talk about topics such as: Claudia's experience moving to a new country, getting early to Wynwood, the inspirations for her art, the motivation behind her boss ladies, Claudia's time at Burning Man, and much more!
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In the 61st episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in his new hometown St. Petersburg, FL and joins Kris Markovich for a studio visit and skate sesh! Kris is a legendary Pro Skater and also a soulful skate painter!
In this episode, Chris and Kris talk about topics such as: being a professional skateboarder, the transition from being a full time skater to being a full time artist, the hurdles of combining both skating and art, and much more!
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In the 60th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Live Oak, Florida for Hulaween 2022! While painting a big mural for the festival, Chris sits down with his good friend Ania Amador, who was running the "Mural maze"!
Ania is a well known live painter, muralist, art director, workshop teacher, etc.
In this episode, Chris and Ania talk about: The Mural Maze project, art culture in Florida, self love and mindfulness, live painting at concerts, collaborations with other artists and more!
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In the 59th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in St. Petersburg, Florida to meet with his friend, Rime!
In this episode, Chris and Rime sit down and talk about: Rime's experiences with medicines, how he spent his time during the lockdown, his time living on a farm, and his plans on his future artistic adventures!
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In the 58th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Denver, CO to visit his friends, Lindz n Lamb.
In this episode, Chris, Johnathan, and Lindsey discuss topics such as: their artistic roots, the current artistic market in major cities, their art collective and studio, duality in art, and more!
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In the 57th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris is in Boulder, CO to visit his friend, Emily Kell.
In this episode, Chris and Emily discuss topics such as: Art school vs art workshops, Emily's paintings and the subject of her art, meditation, and what's next in Emily's career!
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In the 56th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris runs into his old friend Chor Boogie while he is searching for a place to live in Florida. They sit down at Chor's AirBnb and have some conversations!
In this episode, Chris and Chor talk about: Chor's art and his process, his view on the aerosol art community, Chor's art style and group - Modern Heiroglyphics, and Chor's view on spirituality and the future of the universe.
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In the 55th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris goes to Boulder, Colorado to visit his visionary artist and entrepreneur friend, Phil Lewis!
Chris and Phil talk about: Phil's time as a wakeboarder, his time as a musician, Phil's process that he uses to create his art, his favorite pieces to sell in his shop, and how he makes them!
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In the 54th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris goes to Ukiah, California to visit his visionary artist friend, Roman Villagrana!
In this episode, Roman and Chris talk about topics such as: the cannabis industry and its ties to the art community, the start of the visionary art movement, Roman's group Tribe 13 and the Interdimensional Art Shows that they host, and their love for art.
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In the 53rd episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his visionary friend Case Parks in Fort Collins, Colorado!
In this episode Chris and Case talk about topics including: Case's years as a golfer, products that Case has invented, healing sessions, and the Mandela Effect.
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In the 52nd episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his visionary artist friend Kris Davidson in Fort Collins, Colorado!
In this episode, Kris and Chris talk about spiritual energies, Kris's career as an artist, how his style has progressed through the years, and how he learned to detach himself from his work in order to make progress.
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In the 51th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his visionary artist friend Krystle Smith in Boulder, Colorado!
In this episode, Chris and Krystle talk about a variety of subjects including: how they met each other, past festivals that they have live-painted at, Krystle's history with sacred geometry, art business and some of the collaborations that she is working on!
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In the 50th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his legendary writer friend Daniel Pinchbeck at Chris's home in Denver, Colorado!
They talk about some of the books that Daniel has written and talk about the story that they are writing together for Chris's NFT project, the Galaktic Gang! They go on to talk about cryptocurrency, NFTs, the Web3 space and what it takes to be a legitimate currency. They go on to discuss their views on the future of the planet and what humanity can do to extend our time here on Mother Earth. Daniel also shares his views on aliens and life in outer space.
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In the 49th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his friend John Gay at his home in Denver, Colorado! They sit down and have conversations with topics including how they met, going to festivals, and John's transition from living in a small town to moving to Atlanta.
Watch to the end to hear John talk about aliens!
Blessings!
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In the 48th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his artist friend Amanda Sage at her childhood home in Boulder, Colorado During their chat they talk about topics such as Amanda's time as a young artist, travelling the world, and becoming a young apprentice to a prolific artist. Later in the conversation, Chris and Amanda discuss topics like spirituality, success, and how they first met!
Listen to the end to hear Amanda talk about her future plans in her career!
Blessings!
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In the 47th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his artist friend Isabel Galactica in her home in Kauai, Hawaii! During their chat they talk about topics ranging from traveling to different countries, to psychedelics and the spirituality around them. Isabel explains how visionary art is becoming more normalized and how her art is becoming more popular because of it. She also talks about balance in her art as well as her lifestyle. Listen to the end to hear what she has planned for the future!
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In the 46th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his good friend Illuminati Congo! Congo in a conscious Hiphop Rapper from Chicago.
During their conversations they discuss topics such as NFTs, Cryptocurrency, spirituality, and more! Illuminati Congo also goes on to talk about his rap career and how it has brought him many great opportunities. Listen to the end to hear about Illuminati Congo's view on love and the healing energy that can come from it.
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In the 45th episode of Chris Dyer's Creative Friends, Chris sits down with his friend Stella Strzyzowska in her home state of Florida! During their chat they talk about topics ranging from overcoming bad habits to various psychedelic stories. Stella explains how tripping on LSD has changed her life and how she mixes it with yoga and other healthy and beneficial practices to better her life. She also talks about how her art career has taken off during the pandemic. Listen to the end to hear what she has planned for the future!
Blessings!
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In this weeks episode, Chris visits his old friend Maysr! Maysr is a street artist, DJ, bird feeder, and all around interesting guy!
We take a peek into Maysr's home, where he talks about his time as a young man learning about rastafarianism. He goes on to talk about how hip hop and reggae shaped his art style back when he was first starting out. Listen to the end to hear how Maysr likes to spend his time when he is not making art or music!
I hope you enjoy our conversations!
Blessings!
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In this episode, Chris sits down with his brother, Peru Dyer! He is most known for his graffiti and mural works. He is a great artist as well as a great father, husband, and skateboarder!
In this episode, Chris and Peru take a quick ride over to the longest mural Peru has painted and maybe even longest in all of Canada! Listen to Peru talk about his first time doing graffiti, as well as what is was like growing up as an artist. Chris and Peru also discuss what inspires them and motivates them to keep painting. They also discuss where art has taken them and the various clients they have gotten to work with as well.
Blessings!
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In the 42nd episode of the podcast, Chris sits down with his long-time friend, Monke! Monke is known for his work in various countries such as Uganda, France, and many other places. His passions range from murals and graffiti to rapping and producing music around the world.
In this episode, Chris and Monke talk about topics like clothing design, old collaborations together, the shutdown during the pandemic, and more! Monke also fills us in on how he overcomes the struggles he faces being an artist and uses those struggles to become a better person.
Listen to the end to hear what Monke has in store for the future!
Blessings!
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For the 41st episode of the Podcast Chris travels to Montreal, Quebec to visit his friend Katie Pag. Katie is an artist of many different mediums, including painting, sewing, collage-work, and more!
In this episode, they talk about life in Montreal and their experiences in the city, as well as their experiences as artists. Katie tells us about her favorite mediums to use when making art and her journey with experimenting with new forms.
Katie goes on to tell us about her inspirations in life and how she views the duality of life and art. Later, Chris and Katie touch on clown college and how they cheer themselves up when they are feeling sad or anxious.
Watch 'til the end and listen to Katie's experiences being in a polyamorous relationship and how she plans on single-handedly saving the world!
Enjoy!
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In this 40th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Northern California to interview his friend Mark Henson. Mark is a legendary visionary art painter.
They talk about Northern California, Clear Lake, volcanoes, living in Santa Cruz, his house in Costa Rica, wildfires, firefighting techniques, how they met at Harmony Festival in 2006, going to Miami Art Basel together in 2011, Chris' Ukiah Gallery solo show, their travels together to Brazil, Mark's origins in Sacramento, California, learning to make art, going to art school, recovering original artworks, moving to Isla Vista, California, hippie life, living in Indonesia and hiring local artists, visiting East Timor, making woodcuts and bronze art pieces, staging One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and doing LSD with Ken Kesey, the psychedelic scene, the end of festivals, early web pages, the San Francisco Visionary Arts Club, getting help from his wife, evolving business and creating consciousness.
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In this 39th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Eugene, Oregon to visit his friend Banjo. Banjo is a legendary glass blowing artist.
They talk about his house outside Eugene, Oregon, how they met online arranging art for a show at the Escalante Gallery in Los Angeles with Alex and Allyson Grey and Amanda Sage, Greg Escalante, skateboarding and glass art cultures, bluegrass music, David Grisman, building and playing banjos, studying sculpting, leaving college, Rainbow Gatherings, festival culture, Gatherings vs festivals, discovering glass art, dab rigs, Marcel Braun, the business of making pipes, developing the high-end glass pipe industry, vanity and status-symbols, the Bahai religion, dealing with fame and challenges, spiritual injections via glass smoking, Banjo's philanthropic projects, helping the world with love, facing trauma, social divisions, v questions, waiting for aliens or being aliens, Order 66, left vs right and accepting everyone.
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In this 38th episode of the Podcast Chris travels to Eugene, Oregon to visit his friend Marcel Braun. Braun is a glass artist and leader of the Starship Collective.
They talk about Chris' mural for the Starship Collective, Oregon, cannabis legalisation, puffin', the Merry Pranksters farm, how they met via Oak Locoboro and Jon Ohia, Project 33, the Glass Coin Project, supporting the community and discovering new processes, how Marcel moved to Oregon and became interested in counter-cultures, learning by remaking classics, using Borosilicate for durability, his machines such as his Glory hole and his torch, spreading knowledge with volunteers, Fern Gully's Hexis, the Eugene, Oregon glass-blowing community, apprentices and interns and serving projects, art as money, glass coins, Charles Eisenstein and Sacred Economics, boats, valuing work properly, the pressures of the current world situation, taking care of your own health vs letting corporations force pharmaceuticals on you, the redistribution of engineering, the contamination of warfare on aerospace, ethics in engineering, core optimism, the scientific method, karma, advice for young glass artists and visionary artists, and Batman & Alfred.
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On this 37th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Las Vegas, Nevada to receive a tattoo from and interview his friend Joseph Haefs.
They talk about Chris painting a Buddha mural in Joseph's backyard, Joseph tattooing Chris' scalp, face tattoos and commitment, growing acceptance of tattoos, Joseph's tattoo journey, how Joseph discovered Chris' art, meeting at COSM, different perspectives and effects of cannabis, realities of energy, dealing with emotions as men, Joseph's journey to Las Vegas and hanging out with gangsta Cholos, watching Pantera on LSD, learning to tattoo on tourists, improving in Chicago, using affirmations to improve, getting an apartment, a car and shop and starting to thrive, how hard it can be for friends to give honest criticism, jealousy and comparisons, discovering Instagram, giving tattoos to beautiful women and becoming the butt man, handling the 80/20 rule, that people want to be sexy, healing with art, not taking things seriously, ugly duckling syndrome, judging people and yourself, sobriety and optimism for humanity.
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On this 36th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Carlsbard, California to interview his artist friend Mike Maxwell. Maxwell is a painter.
They talk about his new mural at the Nixon HQ in Carlsbad, California, the business of making murals, Denver's art scene, art as creative problem-solving, similarities between extreme sports and art, San Diego's benefits and drawbacks, opening up visual perceptions, finding niches that appreciate art, lessons from jiu-jitsu, how they met at En Masse during Miami Art Basel, dealing with egos, trusting the Universe, materials, mixing ink and paint, Montana's Fluid Acrylic Paint, how Mike learned to make art working for Shepard Fairey, teaching and sharing processes, artistic inspirations and bombing trains, train culture, changing styles and finding new subjects in art, psychedelic influences in art, false confidence under psychedelics, smokin' weed, Mike Giant, Mike Maxwell's podcast Live Free, his documentary Working Class, talking to artist friends and making podcasts, the Joe Rogan Experience, making Joe Rogan's logo, knowing your own flaws, humility and self-deprecation, celebrtiy effects, and how isolation and quarantine help artistic creation.
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On this 35th episode of the podcast Chris travels to San Clemente, California to paint a surfboard with legendary surf painter Drew Brophy. and exhibit at his gallery.
They talk about his studio in San Clemente, California, growing up in South Carolina, comparisons between Orange County and Los Angeles, how Chris discovered Drew's art, how Chris followed Drew's DVD tutorial on how to paint a surfboard, how Drew started painting, learning lots of different technologies and abilities, paint markers, dealing with galleries and dealing without them, appreciating current success instead of just focusing on the future, touching hearts and making specific, personal art, making a difference, feeling gratitude and appreciation, how he moved out of South Carolina and started painting surfboards professionally, rejecting art school, abandoning dreams of surfing professionally, taking a gamble on a big job in Hawaii, discovering San Clemente, getting in at the beginning of a brand, travelling around the world, artistic inspirations, surfing big waves, being in touch with nature, extra-sensory powers, transmitting that connection into paint, sacred geometry and his new artistic explorations, airdropping ideas into brains, the nature of reality, drawing the mathematics of molecular properties, simulated realities and alternate dimensions, the limits of language, faith in humanity, the effects of media and marketing on people, overcoming fear and resisting manipulation.
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In this 34th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Los Angeles to host a solo show at the Lifted Veil gallery and interviews the legendary DJ and producer Cut Chemist. Cut Chemist was a founding member of Ozomatli and Jurassic 5.
They talk about Chris' gallery show in Los Angeles, how they met at the Tipper show at the Fillmore in Denver, Colorado, psychedelic experiences and influences on music, his turntable guitar, growing up in Hollywood, going to UCLA for Fine Arts, drawing and finding artistic expression, graffiti experiments, finding Hip-Hop in 1983, getting paid to DJ house parties as a teenager, joining Ozomatli, starting live-band hip-hop and working in world music inspirations, Vans Warped Tour, joining Jurassic 5, collaborating between Ozomatli and J5, the documentary Scratch, losing a DJ battle at age 12, being a white guy in hip-hop, learning from DJ Shadow, opening for Shakira, software glitches onstage, learning to craft his show for specific audiences, Jurassic 5 opening for Fiona Apple, Kid Koala breaking the line and innovating hip-hop, living with Mad-Lib, how he made pies during lockdown, his independent record label A Stable Sound, the Stable Sound radio show, going to events during the pandemic, and a gift exchange
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In this 33rd episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast he visits his friend Erik De La Cruz, aka Dela, at his home in Boulder, Colorado. Dela is a Visionary Painter.
They talk about Boulder and Denver, his time in San Fransisco, the Womb, how the Bay Area changed, discovering the visionary art scene, live painting in Florida, the growth of psychedelic culture in Colorado, growing up in Baja California, Mexico and moving to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, the influences of Puerto Rican nature on his art, latino identity, speaking Spanish, drawing ninja turtles, selling art on the street in Florida and California, drawing pop culture, live painting at Rootwire and other music festivals, studio work and commissions, Tik-Tok failures, developing art skills before selling art, environmental subjects in his art and nude muses, eating healthy living things, using photography to help painting, painting techniques, aliens, psychedelics and visions, losing his fear of death, restoring the planet and spreading environmental awareness in art.
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In this 32nd episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast he visits his friend Dome Moon at her home in Crestone, Colorado. Dome is a visionary artist. They talk about her witch tower house in Crestone, Colorado, nearby religious centers and cults, why people are attracted to cults and how cult leaders exploit and abuse their followers, Crestone's Dark Skies initiative, alien and UFO visits and activities, what aliens do on their Earth visits, growing up in Lithuania, moving to the suburbs of Chicago, differences between Europe and America, making dark art and the evolution of her art, having a spontaneous spiritual awakening in the nature of Colorado, the benefits of isolation for creating art, the subjects of her art, her materials and studying at workshops in person and online, the Vision Train, finding communities online, her products, art subscriptions, using Tik-Tok, cheat codes to algorithms, the Visionary Muses, marrying her life partner, marriage ceremonies, same-sex marriage and living as a queer woman, tattoos and psychedelics.
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In this 31st episode of the podcast Chris travels around Boulder, Colorado to visit his friend Jack Shure. Shure is a low brow painter and dead-head.
They talk about how they met at an art workshop in Italy, Jack's origins in Nederland, Colorado, living on the road in California, Oregon and Mexico, life as a Dead Head and Grateful Dead fandom, sharing cultures and fan markets, Harley Davidsons, his mountaintop home near Boulder, Colorado, qualities of Colorado and the influx of new people, skateboarding and BMXs, learning how to paint in artist workshops, learning from Martina Hoffman, selling vs keeping paintings, his artworks and hidden messages, Jack's experiments with branding and products, selling art via galleries and collectors, teaching painting to juvenile offenders, and his engagement.
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In this 30th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Boulder, Colorado to visit his friend Randal Roberts. Roberts is a visionary art painter.
They talk about Randal and Morgan's new house in the mountains near Boulder, Colorado, how they met at the Rootwire Festival, how Randal started painting and took advice from Chris, art school vs experience and workshops, growing up with Alex and Allyson Grey, travelling around the country for a year and then settling in Oakland, California, getting pushed out by gentrification, blowing up at the Symbiosis Festival, Randal's Homer Simpson painting, Bill Hicks' influence, meeting and moving to Colorado with Morgan Mandala, painting at festivals with Amanda Sage, meeting Shpongle, alcohol abuse during COVID lockdowns, Joe Rogan, the effects of social media on society, collaborating with Morgan Mandala, teaching new artists, the history of their Bromance collaboration, LSD discoveries, DMT visions, and meeting an angel.
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In this 29th episode of the podcast Chris travels to Boulder, Colorado to visit his friend Morgan Mandala. Mandala is a visionary artist.
They talk about her new house with Randal Roberts, having natural spaces, moving to Colorado from Chicago, Colorado's art scene, visionary artists, origins of her artist name, the benefits of creating an art name, live painting, plain-air paintings in the mountains, collaborating with Randal Roberts, differences between female and male artists, the business of art, the risks of offending people, how art changed Morgan's world, psychedelic trips to Peru, acid trips, festival stories, her gold mine shaft, optimism for the planet.
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In this 28th Episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast show, he goes to Colorado to interview his friend Vincent Gordon. Gordon is a psychedelic pop artist. They talk about living in Colorado and his roots in Chicago, the Colorado art community, building collaborations, how they met at the Chalice festival, getting into cannabis culture and propaganda, mainstream appreciation of cannabis, being framed by police as a young man, being a challenger, the visionary art community in Colorado, a forced pause, life changes and evolutions, escaping reality, staycations, jungle juice, his art, digital and studio painting, art business structures, self-acceptance, pop culture deprivation and celebration, the Grateful Dead, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Melty Bros collaboration with Aaron Brooks, racial discussions, dealing with abuse, supporting friends, Blue Bench, the responsibilities of public life, and art therapy.
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In this 26th Episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast show, he goes to Tennessee to interview his friend Ben Stewart (@Ben Joseph Stewart ). Stewart is a musician and filmmaker for Gaia.com
They talk about travelling around the world and getting established in Tennessee, how they met, interviews for Waking Infinity, Ben's travels to Montreal, timeless wisdom, Ben's Google video film Esoteric Agenda, Youtube shows and Gaia shows, Magic Plant with Pete Evans, the responsibility of influencing with art, the Zeitgeist media festival, Burning Man, art and consciousness, David Icke, Psychadelica, DMT Quest, Limitless, human potential, natural DMT production, the effects of darkness on the human brain, plant medicines, integrating and understanding dark experiences, the art of listening and being a true friend, recent world changes, the first global event, epi-artistic phenomena on a global scale, where to find truth, getting out of comfort zones and awakening truth, telephone data technologies, artificial intelligence and cyborg terrariums, nanotechnology, how technology impacts modern life, getting past differences, plant medicines and psychedelics, Ben's music career, his band Hierosonic, composing soundtracks for films, and finding your voice.
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In this 26th Episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast show, he begins his USA tour by interviewing author and speaker Charles Eisenstein.
They talk about safety and humanity, avoiding death, quality of life, security and control, risk aversion, the internet of things and of people, the paradise of perfect control, using science to push ideologies, "V" questions, how to bring the spirit of the gift into the modern society, crypto-currency, the roles of philanthropy, the waste and side effects of green technologies and carbon accounting, marine reserves, hope for humanity, psychedelic medicines and the invasion of death into life.
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In this 25th Episode of Chris Dyer's Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Ashley Spero! Spero (spero_art) is a visionary artist based in Asheville, North Carolina.
They talk about Chris' family Quilmanà artist retreat, her art, channeling art and spirits from other dimensions, healing people with paintings, the difference between insects and cell phones, psychic abilities, alien tribes, painting on wood, painting with markers, art school, Asheville and the Blue Ridge Mountains, working with teas and herbs, plant medicine and guides, tearing down the Patriarchy, feminine energy to heal society, diving deep into experiences for paintings, abuses by Herbert Quinteros, abusing power, female power revival, the Visionary Muses, painting portraits, using art to raise up other humans, Chris' failings in dealing with Herbert's abuses, how men can learn from Chris, artists of Asheville, NC.
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In this 24th Episode of Chris Dyer's Artist Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Judea Star! Judea is psychic healer and sound healer.
They talk about Cusco and ancient ruins, psychic and sound healings, sound bowls, psychic powers, views into shadow, visions of the future, helping ghosts to move on, the afterlife and perspectives on life after having died, visions from multidimensional aliens, soul retrievals, past lives, the oversoul, twin flames and soulmates, soul groups, planetary healing and purging.
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In this 23rd Episode of Chris Dyer's Artist Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend El Chimu! Chimu is a shamanic tattoo artist based in San Diego, California.
They talk about how they met on Instagram and then how El Chimu came to Quilmanà, Peru to tattoo Chris, El Chimu's American and Peruvian origins, how he started creating tattoos, opening up his first shop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, going to pow-wows and being inspired by indigenous dances and dresses, deciding to spread pre-hispanic art, the many cultures of Latin America, shared imagery between traditional art, the risks of cultural appropriation when spreading indigenous art, the wisdom of Bruce Lee, mixing races and cultures, the ceremonial use of peyote, and an ayahuasca and art retreat in the jungle, as well as what it was like to work as a tattoo artist during COVID.
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In this 22nd Episode of Chris Dyer's Artist Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Conrad Florez! Conrad is a studio and street artist based in Lima, Peru.
They talk about Conrad's roots, art in the neighbourhood of Callao, the influence of Entes and his graffiti crew DMJC, Conrad's studio in Miraflores, painting murals in the neighbourhood, how they met at Chris' solo show in 2013, Miami Art Basel, Spawn comics, Todd MacFarlane, Korn, Iron Maiden and when rock bands started to play in Lima, Vanilla Ice in 1992 and today, making huge banners for stadium rock shows, his new painting style, Inca Cola, Cypress Hill, live painting at festivals, his new graphic painting style, the seven letter crew, painting huge walls with Pesimo, tattoos, Peruvian culture, the social media game, working with Nike and other brands, COVID's effects on the Peruvian art scene, protesting against Presidential coups and corruption in Lima, and gang alliances against corrupt cops.
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In this 21st Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his rock star friend Miki Gonzalez! Miki is a legendary musician living in Lima, Peru.
They talk about learning English, Peruvian culture, the neighbourhood of Barranco, how Chris' mother came to Peru, how they met in Wappinger's Falls, NY, surfing around Peru and the endless left of Chicama, Peruvian culture in the 1970's, moving to Cusco to be closer to indigenous culture, witch doctors and psychedelic drugs, mescaline, San Pedro, LSD, cultural upheavals, discovering Andino music, creating indie folk music, learning to play the blues, Brazillian influences on jazz, living under curfews due to terrorism and military rule and the all-night parties that happened due to that system, writing political protest songs, Afro-Peruvian reggae, changing musical styles, discovering electronic music, recording and remixing Andean cultural music.
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In this 20th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Entes! Entes is a popular street and studio artist based in Lima, Peru.
They talk about his new studio in Barranco, how they met at Chris' show at the Punctum Gallery, how Entes started creating graffiti with his soccer team, partnering with Pesimo, getting walls in Miami at Art Basel, opening the Museum of Urban Art in Lima, saving walls with epoxy, new mediums, oil paints and sculpting, getting sponsorships and teaching companies how to connect to the urban art community, street protests at the Peruvian government coup and political art, racism in Peru and around the world (especially Miami), reconciling street art and graffiti, galleries and museums vs social media for sharing art, and hopes for 2022.
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In this 20th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Psy Conscious (psy.conscious)! Psy is a psychologist and visionary artist based in the Miraflores neighbourhood of Lima, Peru.
They talk about how they met, Visionary art in Lima, the Miraflores neighbourhood, going to Catholic school, studying communication and then psychology, discovering drawing and painting, the link between psychology and art, using psychology to heal humans, using psychadelic medicines, meditation retreats, answering the call of Ayahuasca, discovering visionary art naturally, Dietas and bathing with flowers, going from Lima to the jungle, traveling to see art in Florence, Italy; making digital art, paintings vs digital art, making art merchandise and clothing, healing with art and psychology together, the effects of COVID and reactions to the disease in Peru, Presidential coups and street protests in Peru, and youth power against government corruption.
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In this 16th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his beautiful ex-wife Valerie Lambert! Valerie is an artist and spiritual healer from Belgium, but based in Montréal.
They talk about why they divorced, moving from Belgium to Canada, living close to each other and Parc LaFontaine and staying friends, the history of cultures, Native American cultures, European and American consciousnesses, Visiting Maniwaki and connecting to the land, how they met on Myspace, meeting up, travelling to Paris and Canada, Fashion design, beauty vs conceptual art, working in fashion, making sculptures out of fabric, drawing with coloured pencils, bringing light with art, the Amanda Sage workshop in Italy, the Mische technique in painting,, Layers of humanity, nutrition, organic food, animal liberation, Essential oils and aromatherapy, sound healing, crystals, vaccines, the importance of asking questions Hypnotherapy, past and future lives, other planets and possibilities, Egypt, Astrology and its effects.
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In this 17th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Antoine Tava! Tava is a pop artist based in Montréal.
They talk about how they met at an En Masse jam, working as an animator and artistic director, getting inspired to go it alone as a working artist, quitting his 9-5 job, selling his condo and car to focus on art, working with Galerie LeRoyer, Station16 and European galleries, partnering with a Chinese multimedia company, cracking the Chinese art market, travelling to China, perspectives on China and working with the Chinese people, travelling to Italy, old perspectives on Mussolini, milk drips in art, the Italian quality of life, the Italian community of Montreal, working with brands, 1990's nostalgia in art, Tava's street art and murals, wheat pasting, canvas art, Tava's collaboration with Wizard Skull, collecting art, growing up in Ville-Emard, making Montreal better, planting seeds outside your community and bringing back rewards to the city, Tava's Panda Boxing Gym and its problems with pandemic legislation, and the collateral effects of COVID rules.
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In this 18th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Mauro Reategui (@visionary_art_by_mauro). Reategui is a visionary artist of the Amazonian jungle in Peru.
They talk about how they met at the Temple of Visions Gallery in Los Angeles, growing up and making art in Pucallpa, studying painting with Pablo Amaringo, death threats from bad Shamans, the importance of working with a teacher for dietas, medicinal lessons, lessons in the darkness, learning to paint Ayahuasca visions, studying shamanism, not needing to do drugs to see visions and make art, Amazonian influences in his art, Dietas, the term shaman, travelling and exhibiting art, Lima as compared to the provinces of Peru, the growing appreciation of Peruvian visionary art, Ayahuasca culture in Peru, building a spiritual center in the jungle, the personal effects of COVID-19, and natural medicine to improve health
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In this 15th episode of the Chris Dyer's Creative Friends Podcast he interviews the glass-blower Oak Locoboro, who is based in southeast Quebec. They talk about Oak's name, growing up in Southern California, glass blowing, how they met, learning to blow glass, his signature glass chains, collaborations while glassmaking, Oak's Fukushima fish and Chris Dyer's fishbomb mural, messages in glass blown art, collecting art and figurines, sculptural influences in glassblowing art, getting quality materials, the Mike Gong Acid Eater, Oak's glassblowing inspirations, glass coins, the Starshp of Eugene, Oregon, alternative currencies, comparing California's scene to Quebec's growing and smoking weed, medical cannabis, the qualities of quality weed, and problems with cannabis legalization.
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In this 14th episode of the Chris Dyer's Creative Friends Podcast he interviews his friend Make Noize, a street artist based in Montreal.
They talk about his studio, French and English, how they met at Orkus skatepark, skateboarding, definitions of street art, playing with the environment, illegality in art, mentoring newcomers, spreading love and positivity, being taught to fear, Make Noize's collaborative art installation with Adida Fallen Angel, building bigger art projects and pushing limits, Make Noize products, clothes, spray can lamps, Ron English, the Souriez Vous Êtes Filmé art campaign, paying attention to politics without becoming depressed, living with passion and making art for joy not money
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In this 13th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his friend Barry Walsh (@realcity_veteran71)! Walsh is a professional skateboarder and DJ based in Montréal.
They talk about how they met, St Henri block parties, loft living, Barry's professional skateboarding career, skateboarding in Vancouver, the Richmond Skate Ranch, Marc Tison, the Big O, the Pipe Fiends book, saving the pipe, Cherry Bomb skateboards, Creation skateboards, Urban Ambush, the skateboard industry, '80's BMX culture, memorial graffiti pieces, EmbassyMTL, Dime, DJ'ing and collecting Vinyl and cassettes, reggae, inner-city Rastafarianism, relationships with herbs, boomboxes, painting ghetto blasters, and fatherhood.
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In this 12th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his friend Auresia (@auresia)! Auresia is a musician based in Montreal.
They talk about how they met, treeplanting, living together in Montreal, how Auresia got into music, hitchhiking across Canada and discovering Montreal, making her first album, the Reggae River music festival in California and discovering Reggae music, recording in Jamaica, Reggae's positivity, different flavours of reggae, dark forces of the music industry, personal loss, Jah Goddess, recording in Cuba, escaping COVID, making a Ukrainian reggae album in Ukraine, making a career out of music, travelling in Morocco and further world explorations, international profiles, making and selling essential oils, teaching music, and 5G activism.
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In this 11th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviewshis friend Kevin Ledo (@kevinledo)! Ledo is a painter and muralist based in Montreal.
They talk about Ledo's new studio in Mile End, his old studio at LivArt, how they met at En Masse, shared teachers at Dawson College, beauty in art, definitions of fine art, abstract art, projections for painting, irony in art and pop culture, living and working in Taiwan, working as a studio artist, switching to murals, brushes vs spray cans for murals, realism in mural art, Montreal's Mural Festival, travelling to Bhutan, Jordan and Lebanon, Miami's Art Basel, the Raw project (decorating schools), Indigenous portrayals in art, and huge murals of Leonard Cohen.
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In this 10th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews the show's co-creator Ben Zion Jackson (http://rawzion.com)! He is a filmmaker based in Montreal who has been Dyer's longtime video collaborator.
They talk about skateboarding, kids, homeschooling, coming to Montréal, how they met at the Foufounes Électriques Skate Night, Ben's projects and career, making Chris Dyer's Artventures, relationship breakdowns, surfing in Canada, what it means to be Black, personal racial histories, Black Lives Matter and thoughts about the future.
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In this 9th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Leyla Ghobadi, aka Leyla is on Fire ((@leylaisonfire)! She is a multimedia artist and DJ based in the Plateau hood of Montreal.
They talk about her studio and the Plateau Mt Royal neighbourhood, horror movie props and Halloween, the band Alexisonfire, Leyla's Persian heritage, Miami Art Basel, her path of becoming an artist, working in marketing, interior design, real estate and modeling, as well as pricing art, working with epoxy, working with galleries, fraudulent art reprinters/bootleggers, teaching art, live painting at festivals, her infamous tryst (or lack thereof) with Kanye West, and world travel and art jams
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In this 8th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews "En Masse" founder Jason Botkin! Jason is a muralist and studio painter based in Montréal.
They talk about his studio in Hochelaga, his journey from the USA to the Alberta College of Art and Design, his dreams of becoming a professional snowboarder, divorce and a new commitment to art, Montréal, living in Japan and studying ceramics, gallery art, the En Masse project Jason founded, their show at the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, the difficulty of enacting cultural activities during Covid, creating a new art marketplace, the role of galleries nowadays, finding ways to share wealth and resources in the community, street art and intramuralism, using paintbrushes for murals, the difficulty of finding masks for art creation, how to deal with less or no social media, the revival of street art and using it as a tool of emancipation, dealing with depression and an autoimmune disorder, psychedelics and other plant medicine, DMT visions, meditation, Jason's religious path from Christianity to Buddhism, Yogic studies, Scientology and beyond, and their personal perspectives on 2020.
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In this 7th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Adam Millward! Adam is a painter based on the south shore of Montréal.
They talk about how they met, buying and collecting art, drinking beer and alcoholism, choosing sobriety, the Costa Rican party life, marriage and divorce, becoming an artist, the spiritual experience of painting, a serendipitous encounter with the president of Costa Rica, the business of being a full-time artist, changing algorithms and fighting against AI, wanting to give up, the COSM art workshop, local art markets, mandalas, the new video game level art style, using different acrylic paints, the Arty Time Podcast, manifesting negative energy and fighting conspiracy theories, why Qanon's missing child statistics are wrong, the Keto Diet and eliminating sugar, playing guitar and making music as meditation, and improvisation in music and art.
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In this 5th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Sloast! Sloast is a studio and street artist based in Montréal.
They talk about Satellite Studios on St Laurent Blvd, art jams, the Montréal street art community, what Sloast means and the importance of artist names, they address gender questions, pronouns, queer identify and gender expressions in art. They talk about the mission of art, studying art history at McGill and NYU, activist professors, the Silence = Death movement, politics vs healing in art, defending freedom of speech, street art around the world, travelling to Colombia, Brazil and Armenia, the Armenian war situation, obsidian crystals, and how Covid has affected her art.
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In this 6th episode of the Chris Dyer's Creative Friends Podcast we get to meet Sake, who has been most prolific graffiti artist in Montréal for the last 26 years.
They talk about graffiti, the meaning of Sake, Instagram, climbing, being chased, Kings and Queens, murals and drawings, Sake products, stealing from stores, eating healthy organic food, cilantro and garlic pills, toxic spray paint, and then go on a deep dive into Sake's political perspectives of our current world; wrapping it all up a little discussion on getting back to nature and doing art.
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In this 4th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Adida Fallen Angel! Adi is a skateboarding visual artist and multimedia creator who has travelled the whole world from his original home in Israel and is now starting a family in Montréal.
In this wide-ranging conversation they talk about his identify, spiritual living and angels, music, travelling in Europe, Israel, California, New York, the Laurentian mountains and Montreal, working as a VJ, singing in the band SpoonLicker, getting off drugs, winter in Canada, living as an Israeli, being evalutated by the Israeli Army, comparing insanity and disability, computer skills, Tel Aviv life, the Israeli situation, working at a skate shop in Israel, living in San Diego, California, living in Paris without knowing French, living in Berlin, Love Parade and street art, studying art in Rotterdam, Flash website design, Street Art in galleries, living in NYC, Montreal, Struggling as an illegal artist, the music industry in Quebec, Adida's Wheat Paste project, The Fresh Paint Gallery, the Under Pressure and Mural Festivals, the theme of Love, spray paint and mural art, Winter and other impediments (COVID), adaptation and evolution, the drive to create, letting go and the impermanence of street art and impending fatherhood.
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In this 3rd Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Labrona!
Felix is a legendary Montréal street artist now doing studio art and commissioned murals. After a fun skate sesh at the Big O, they settle in his studio to talk about painting trains, street art, his characters, travelling the world, LivArt studios, street art vs studio art and prints, galleries and dealers, evolving art styles, skateboarding and skate art. Enjoy!
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In this 2nd Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Germ Dee! Germ lives a free life of creation between the streets, pop culture and fighting the politricks of our world!
They talk about how they met, becoming an artist, kidulting, skateboarding, punk, pop culture propaganda, comics, storytelling, graffiti, branding, making toys, Beautiful Losers, smoking weed, fasting, diet, his farm, getting shadowbanned on Insta, love and faith. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the first episode of my brand new Youtube show! This is a Podcast style Interview show where I (Chris Dyer) will be interviewing a bunch of my Creative Friends worldwide, starting with my local Montreal tribe! My first guest is both a visual artist and a musician, Danny Rebel who will tell us all about himself and his perspectives in life! He also made the music for the initial intro. Hope you will enjoy this pilot, and if you do, please subscribe to the channel to catch our future Positive Creators!
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