Bench Talk

This episode I catch up with San Fransisco based artist Jason Jagel. We discuss his art career, working with Madlib and MF Doom and living as an artist. You can see his work at www.jasonjagel.com

This episode I catch up with UK based artist Sickboy. We discuss the origins of his art, growing up in the Bristol graffiti scene and how he developed his art career by putting on his own exhibitions. To see more of his work, visit www.thesickboy.com

This episode I catch up with Melbourne based photographer Nicole Reed. We discuss her life, career and photography tips.

Sutu uses art and technology in new ways to tell stories. He is an illustrator, interactive designer and writer. He is best known for Nawlz, a 24 episode interactive cyberpunk comic book series created for web and iPad. He is also working on a new Augmented Reality art book called Prosthetic Reality. During this episode Sutu delves into his techniques for getting government art grants. It's something he's done many time and he tells all his tricks and tips.

This episode I take a break from the usual interview format to talk about something that I've put into practice over the last several years. That's taking time out from your day to day life to give you some space to cultivate some new ideas. Your brain gets stimulated from new or different surroundings. Putting yourself in these situations id the perfect way to come up with new creative ideas.

This episode I catch up with the Danish artist HuskMitNavn. We discuss his art practice, style and his path so success as a fine artist, street artist and graffiti writer.

This episode I chat to Sandra and Andrew AKA Sandrew about collecting art, the importance of street art and working with artists.

This episode I chat to Peter Drew. Peter is most known for his iconic 'Aussie' posters that can be seen throughout the cities of Australia. I chat to Peter about the meaning of his posters and find out a bit more about Monga Khan. You can find out more about Peter Drew at www.peterdrewarts.com

This episode I catch up with Eamon Donnelly. Eamon is an illustrator and photographer who has a passion for retro Australiana culture. He is working on a book documenting the disappearing Milk Bars of Australia and also runs the awesome islandcontinent.com.au Also check out his great work at www.eamondonnelly.com and www.milkbarsbook.com

This episode I catch up with Sam Davy. Sam is a graphic designer from the UK who had had a very interesting career starting out working in London in the 90s, then working for Apple in California along side Steve Jobs. He then moved to Australia where he worked for Crumpler and now runs his own company Park Social Soccer Co. www.parkssc.com We discuss his career, the developments he saw while working at Apple and find out his plans for Park.