Cj Hendry (b. 1988) is a New York-based artist originally from Brisbane, Australia. Hendry transforms her fascination with contemporary material culture into large-scale, hyper-photorealistic drawings. Cj Hendry’s exhibits aren’t intended to be passively observed but, rather, actively experienced through engaging, fun, and thought-provoking exhibits. For her exhibit Monochrome, Hendry and her team built an entire multi-room “home” inside a warehouse with each room entirely monochrome-colored from floor to ceiling and everything in between. For Rorschach, guests jumped through a gigantic bouncy house maze in order to reach and finally view the impressive series. Each Cj Hendry exhibit, from Miami to Melbourne, draws massive crowds with attendees waiting in line for several hours - and, in the end, everyone leaves more enriched than when they arrived. With her celebrity clientele – and many works in private collections - Hendry’s waitlist is now well over 3,000 collectors with a wait time of up to five years to get their hands on a piece.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• CJ’s mindset shift after university (00:03:41)
• The beginning of CJ’s art practice (00:06:35)
• What led to CJ’s first sale (00:08:32)
• The 10,000-hour rule (00:12:49)
• Creating great concepts and ideas (00:10:46)
• Success leading to complacency (00:13:59)
• Her recent project “Cheese” (00:18:28)
• Thoughts on losing fire and passion over time (00:20:37)
• Sustaining a playful mentality (00:23:58)
• Valuable lessons learned creating an art business (00:26:54)
• CJ’s “Copyright Infringement” series (00:37:22)
• CJ’s decision to not work with a manager (00:42:33)
• AI art (00:46:38)
• Her upcoming exhibition “Plaid” (00:52:27)

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Yoshino is a multi-hyphenate artist and the host of Artist Decoded.

Yoshino’s short story “And Then Awoke The Butterfly” can be read at Yoshino’s Diary on Substack.

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Brett Amory’s multidisciplinary practice is based on the intersection of quotidian and habitual engagements with the everyday world. His works consider moments of visual perception that precede interpretation. Working primarily in painting and installation, he uses the ordinary as a vehicle for extending the familiar into the realms of the unfamiliar.

His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; and de Young Museum, San Francisco.

Brett Amory earned an MFA from Stanford University and a BFA from the Academy of Arts
University. He lives and works in Oakland California.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Brett’s introduction to art through skateboarding (00:11:42)
• Using experiences to inform one’s creative process (00:21:45)
• Honing into instincts (00:26:27)
• Being challenged to draw better (00:30:22)
• The combination of aesthetics and meaning (00:37:35)
• The evolution of Brett’s work over the course of 25 years (00:41:33)
• “The Waiting Series” (00:43:33)
• Getting his MFA @ Stanford (00:48:31)
• Conclusions Brett has come to after completing his MFA @ Stanford (00:51:23)
• What the MFA application process is like @ Stanford (00:56:47)
• Phenomenology (01:01:08)
• Brett’s recent work regarding duality and technology (01:04:00)
• Stoicism (01:09:40)
• GANs / AI (01:12:27)

Artists / People Mentioned:

• William Strobeck (Skateboard Film Director)
• George Romero  (Director)
• Marshall McLuhan (Writer)
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty (Philosopher)
• Paul Cézanne (Painter)
• René Descartes (Philosopher)
• Martin Heidegger (Philospher)

Books Mentioned:

• Techgnosis (Erik Davis)
• The Singularity is Nearer (Ray Kurzweil)

Article Read In Episode Intro:
"What is Embodiment? Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy of the Body" by Moses May-Hobbs

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