Chris Dyer's Creative Friends

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 o...

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 Californi...

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 act...

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 Davids...

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 All...

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 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 o...

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 traveling 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 Esote...

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...

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, alie...

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 multidimens...

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,...

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 sh...

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 t...

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 Mus...

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 pa...

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 America...

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...

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 importan...

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...

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...

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, sa...

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,...

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...

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 Chri...