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Episode 02 McMonster shooting into the dark to make art, Myartisreal Podcast

Myartisreal — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:41:13 +0000

It’s hard to believe it’s already been three years since my episode with McMonster was released. I still remember how excited I was to edit this one right after we finished recording, I jumped straight into editing. Back then, the podcast was just a dream I was dipping my toes into, hoping it would inspire others. Now, after sixty episodes, I realize how important it was that I finally sat down…

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Interview with Ornélie

Myartisreal — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:17:08 +0000

Interview with Ornélie I recently had the honor of interviewing French artist, drawing animator, and self-taught sculptor Ornélie. Her work invites us into a personal universe one that blends the surreal, romantic, and gothic into hauntingly beautiful forms. Each of her feminine figures is entirely handmade from polymer clay, and finished with her own painted details. Trained as a 2D animator at the renowned Gobelins animation school and now based in Dinan, Brittany, Ornélie channels her background in animation into […]

Myartisreal Podcast Ep 24 | Linnea Strid couldn’t be stopped, even after facing multiple rejections from art colleges

Myartisreal — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:56:16 +0000

Linnea Strid is a Swedish artist who has made a name for herself through realistic portrait paintings. Growing up, she was always into art and knew that becoming a full-time artist was her ultimate goal. However, as we all know, achieving that goal is not easy. After Linnea had been rejected by art college four times, things seemed rather bleak. Join me, your host Jacob Johnson…

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Plastic Jesus is a photojournalist using street art as his medium | Myartisreal Podcast Episode twenty

Myartisreal — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:15:49 +0000

It may sound crazy but I go into each interview not knowing much about each guest. The reason for this is I want to be curious just like the listener will be and this pushes me to ask more interesting questions during the interview. I’m not completely crazy by the way, I do have an outline and story structure that I like to follow to make sure I get all the information I need! When I sat down…

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Interview with painter Sara Martínez

Myartisreal — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:26:31 +0000

Where are you from and what was life like growing up there? I am from L’Alcora, an industrial and ceramics town in Castellón. Growing up in my town has been fundamental to forming my identity. Specifically, regarding my political identity, since my town is Valencian and my family is quite a traditional and working-class family, so I have inherited part of the Valencian identity and I have it…

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Interview with Painter Mark Gleason

Myartisreal — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:35:40 +0000

Today’s Interview is with contemporary painter Mark Gleason. It has been such a pleasure to work with Mark over the last year. I found him over Instagram and his dark style and themes touched me in a way I couldn’t begin to describe. Where are you from and what was life like growing up there? I’m from the preppy coast of Connecticut, which is an oppressive place to be from…

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Myartisreal Podcast Episode Three: Baku

Myartisreal — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:33:37 +0000

Set back and relax and enjoy the story of Baku in episode three of the Myartisreal Podcast. In this episode, we follow the art duo Baku (Dominique and Stepanie) as they tell their individual life stories and how they inadvertently were poisoning themselves while creating their art. We are beyond happy with the number of listeners the podcast has gotten in just the first three episodes and we…

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Interview with André Schulze

Myartisreal — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:28:23 +0000

It’s a pleasure to be interviewing you today André. When did you first become interested in art and when did you start making art? Hi Jacob, nice to meet you. It all started with Graffiti art when I was about 13 years old. That was in the early 90s after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Graffiti became all over my hometown and I was totally fascinated. We were spraying in abandoned factories…

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Interview with Alejandro Pasquale

Myartisreal — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:11:44 +0000

We recently curated an online group exhibition titled “Mind asleep, Body awake” and you can view it here. Alejandro Pasquale has always blown us away with his large-scale, surreal, and hyper-detailed work. We are honored to have as part of this show and Interview him as well! What is your first memory of being creative? (Project, specific artwork, etc.) I remember as a child painting a lot…

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Interview with Leegan koo | Myartisreal Art show

Myartisreal — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 17:06:18 +0000

We recently curated an online group exhibition titled “Mind asleep, Body awake” and you can view it here. We asked four artists to be a part of it and Leegan Koo was the first artist to come to mind. His dream-like dark surreal paintings captivated me at first sight and I haven’t been able to get my eyes off of them since. What is your first memory of being creative? (Project, specific artwork…

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