Bench Talk

This episode I sit down with Adelaide based painter and digital artist Dave Court. We discuss his large scale installations, murals and NFTs.

Episode #151. Tom Gerrard catches up with American artist Matt Gondek to discuss establishing yourself as an artist in a new city, his career and the NFT market.

Episode #148 Tom Gerrard discusses his findings after 5 months of searching out online art education resources via youtube and other online platforms.

Episode #147 Tom Gerrard sits down with Danish artist Rune Christensen to discuss his paintings, technique and art career.

Episode #146 - Tom Gerrard sits down with UK based Greek artist Bilos. They discuss Bilos' graffiti, art and digital daydreams.

Tom Gerrard sits down with Amsterdam based German artist Wayne Horse. They discuss painting blindfolded and Wayne's painting and video work.

Episode #144 I catch up with British artist and illustrator French. We discuss the work he's done in the skateboarding industry, working with clients and sleeping on gallery floors across the world.

Episode #143 I sit down with Bristol based artists Richt. We discuss his art career, life in Bristol and the role of an artist in the current global situation.

This episode I catch up with Sydney based artist Scott Marsh. We discuss his graffiti roots, his controversial murals and exhibitions on trains.

This week I catch up with Perth based artist Kyle Hughes Odgers. We discuss his style, colour palette and painting silos.

This week I catch up with Australian film maker Selina Miles. We discuss her career documenting graffiti and street art and her new film 'Martha a Picture Story' which is out now in cinemas.

This week I catch up with New York based artist Mark Chu to discuss his multidisciplinary life as an artist. A special thanks to our sponsor ironlak.com for supporting the show.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Mike Makatron. We discuss his time spent living in NYC as a bike messenger, his art career and travels. A special thanks to our sponsor ironlak.com for supporting the show

This week I catch up with New Zealand artist Haser. We discuss his art practice and life in London.

This week I catch up with Australian artist Dmote to talk about his graffiti roots in Sydney and his transition to life in New York.

This week I catch up with Adelaide based artist Matthew Fortrose. We discuss his graffiti roots and his art practice.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based photographer Shannyn Higgins. We discuss her photography career and her current exhibition Duality.

This week I catch up with Claire Bradshaw to discuss overcoming creative hurdles in order to get the work done.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Neryl Walker. We discuss Neryl's career and dividing her time between art and illustration.

This week I catch up with Nicole Reed and James Scullin to discuss their recent trip to North Korea where they documented hotels for their new book titled 'Hotels of North Korea'.

This week I catch up with Byron Bay based artist Paul McNeil. We discuss his roots in design, his art career and the many projects he's done within the surf and music scenes.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Suzie Blake. We discuss her photography career and her current exhibition at Grau Projekt.

This week I catch up with British artist Mysterious Al to discuss his up an coming exhibition in Collingwood and adjusting to life as a full time artist and Dad.

This week I sit down with Melbourne based artist and designer Darren Henderson. We discuss his art career, design career and his experiences with running Autopsy Gallery.

This week I catch up with Sydney based artist Nadia Hernandez to discuss her Venezuelan roots and how it links with her art.

This week I catch up with British artist D*Face. We discuss his role in the birth of street art, his career and running his gallery Stolen Space.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Minna Leunig. We discuss her development in art and her link with nature.

This week I catch up with Brisbane based artist Leans. We discuss his creative development and turning iPad mockups into real paintings.

This week I catch up with Sydney based artist Georgia Hill to find out about the many amazing projects she's worked on over the last year.

This week I catch up with Melbourne graffiti writer Duet. We chat about his experiences growing up during the 80s and 90s in Melbourne.

This week I catch up with Newcastle based artist Ellie Hannon. We discuss the art scene in Newcastle and her time spent traveling and painting.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Rone to discuss his new exhibition Empire. With this exhibition Rone took over a whole mansion in the Dandenong Ranges outside of Melbourne.

Bench Talk is back. This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Shawn Lu. We discuss the highly detailed work Shawn creates and his work with Q Bank Gallery.

This week I catch up with American artist Lauren YS. We discuss her art career, the travel she does for her art and her recent exhibition in Melbourne.

This week I catch up with American artist Thomas Campbell. We discuss the many different mediums he works with and coming up in the art world along side artists such as Barry McGee and Ed Templeton.

This week I catch up with American artist Elle. We discuss her introduction to graffiti and streetart, her move to Australia and her up and coming Melbourne exhibition.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Tom Adair. We discuss how he approaches his art from a commercial view and how quitting his job to go full time with his art has changed his life.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Heesco. We discuss his Mongolian heritage and how it plays into his up and coming exhibition.

This week I catch up with American artist Lisa Congdon. We discuss the benefits of starting an art career after having several careers and having self belief.

This week I catch up with Sydney based multi disciplinary artist Andrew Dennis. We discuss juggling an art career alongside a job and a family, colour palettes and setting boundaries with clients.

This week Tom talks with Claire Bradshaw about slowing down to increase creativity.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist George Rose. We discuss her art career, painting large walls, typography and the role of a female artist in this day and age.

This week I catch up with South African artist Resoborg. We discuss life as an artist living in South Africa, his mural work and digital illustration.

The Jaunt is a Danish based project run by Jeroen Smeets. The Jaunt sends artist around the world to seek creative inspiration the go on to create artist prints. I catch up with Jeroen to discuss the Jaunt and creative exploration.

Bench Talk is back after a two month break. Thanks for being patient. This week I catch up with one of Australia's top chef Ben Shewry. We discuss his career and the creativity it takes to get to his level.

This week I catch up with Australian artist Fintan Magee. We discuss Fintan's transition from graffiti artist to fine artist, how he gets so much work and his balance between the mural world and the gallery world.

This week I catch up with Sydney based collage artist Stephen Tierney. We discuss his art career, his graphic design career and basing himself in different countries.

This week I catch up with Deams. We discuss his upbringing in a creative family, his mural work and his abstract gallery work.

This week I catch up with Melbourne based artist Adnate. We discuss his transition from graffiti to painting large scale portraits, his indigenous subjects and his technique.