The Ledge

Kenny Schachter is an artist, critic, writer, and art dealer. He has decades of experience in the art world and his outlook and experience are second to none. He has written critical articles for many prestigious publications, done podcasts, interviews, art shows, and been a pioneer in the world of digital art and NFTs. Listen to his interview as Chris Harper asks him about his life, experience, a...

Mike Winkelmann, AKA Beeple, is a legendary digital artist, graphic designer, and animator known for selling NFTs. Beeple made history in 2020 with a sale at Christie's of his multi-year long project known as Everydays, for an eye popping 69 million dollars. Following that, he started selling his NFTs on Nifty Gateway and amassed a huge following of fans and a hardcore gro...

Ömer Faruk Alagöz is a 23-year-old digital artist from Turkey who creates stunning futuristic worlds with his art. Tune in to hear this emerging artist talk about his journey as an artist, his education in fine arts and graphic design, and his involvement in the NFT community. With his translator Leila by his side, he also shares his influences, his challenges, and his dreams. Listen to this episo...

Nick DenBoer, better known as Smearballs, is an illustrator, animator, and artist. He has worked extensively in television and motion graphics. Nick has worked with celebrities such as Tommy Lee, Conan O'Brien, and for a number of popular bands. Nick's animations are instantly recognizable and hilarious, because he is a talented animator with a sharp perspective on the industry as a whole. You can...

King of Midtown (KOM) is a New York City collector and prominent curator, builder, influencer and thought leader in the digital art community. In July 2021, he established The Crypt Gallery, world’s first NFT gallery in the hospitality industry, which is now located in Dream Hollywood, Los Angeles and Dream Downtown, New York City. King of Midtown focuses on representing a diverse lineup of artist...

This week's guest is Jordan Banks, an award winning travel photographer with an impressive career that spans two decades. Jordan's photos have appeared in National Geographic, Lonely Planet & TPOTY, to name a few. His fine art print work is held in the collections of some of the largest photography collectors in the world. He is an thought leader and advocate for Web 3 and photography. You can...

I had the pleasure this week to interview the legendary artist Hafftka. Hafftka's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, the British Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and other museums.

Hafftka's digital art can be found in Web3 on most platforms ma...

Bryan Brinkman is a legendary animator and artist who has been at the center of the crypto art movement. He is one of the artists who came in to this scene early, with a very successful track record of drops and sales. Bryan has explored everything from animations to generative art and has one of the early art blocks drops called Nimbuds. Bryan's experience as a professional artist in the realm of...

Rainer Hosch is a lifelong photographer. Originating from Vienna Austria, his career has taken him from Europe to New York and his current home in California. His career of over 30 years has given him an impressive client list from A list celebrities like George Clooney to musicians and financial industry icons. He entered the world of Web 3 with a sell out drop called 52 Icons. His works are inde...

Dolce Paganne a.k.a Ceren Aksungur is an Istanbul “origin” artist  based in Antwerp. She focuses in her surreal drawings on the “sinister” aspect that reside in the details of daily life. Obsessed with the hypnotic aspects of geometric forms, she loves constructing her work originated from a feeling like “sleep paralysis”, around images like dream/nightmare sequences. Besides that, she l...

Gary Cartlidge is a crypto-artist, graphic designer, street-artist and cyber surrealist since 2018. Through ‘NFT’s’ Gary went from janitor & making art from a closet to becoming a successful and prolific full time artist. Garys insight and experience as one of the crypto art scene OGs makes him a great interview subject. I hope you enjoy listening to him as much as I did. You can find a l...

This week my guest is none other than Patrick Amadon. Patrick is a prolific digital artist and influencer in the crypto art scene. Patrick is a Los Angeles based artist who has found a full time career through his stunning works of digital art and his active engagement in the Twitter realm. Patrick is a master of the art form known as “glitch” and has had some incredible sales on the prestigious p...

David Henry Nobody Jr. is a Brooklyn based performance and multimedia artist. Using a blend of makeup, performance, film, and photography he has amassed a large social media following and become a successful full-time artist now operating in the NFT/ Crypto art scene. You can find all of his socials in the linktree here: https://linktr.ee/davidhenrynobodyjr

This week my guest is Karen Jerzyk, photographer , painter, set builder, sculptor, and adventurer. Karen joined the NFT, Crypto art scene early in 2020 making her one of the OGs in the space. Her art is highly recognizable with iconic images of an astronaut in various dystopian and retro settings. She has had some very successful NFT projects including one called Average Creatures which has had al...

This week I interview an emerging cryptoartist who goes by the pseudonym Pepe. Pepe is currently a student of film at San Francisco State University. He began dabbling in cryptoart in 2021 at the beginning of the hype cycle. Pepe is becoming well known in the space for his glitch art which is an art form that is becoming a stand out genre in the many forms of art happening in the NFT scene. Pepe's...

Join me this week as I interview a legendary curator and gallerist of cryptoart. Chikai is a former tech world guru who was actually one of the creators of Google Earth. He is the Director of Web 3 at Niantic Labs one of the leading software compaines in the augmented reality space, and now the creator of The Monolith Gallery. The Monolith gallery is a leading platform in Web 3 for advocating for...

Join me and my guest Mahnaji, the world's first visibly Muslim rooftopper. We dive into the subculture of urban explorers and the rooftopping community. Mahnaji has a uniqe voice in this space and uses her art (photography) to highlight important social subjects such as Free Palestine, emergency aid for Ukraine, obtaining N95 masks for hospitals in Harlem during the pandemic, raising awareness and...

This week join me as I interview R4V3N, a pseudonymous generative artist from Boston, Massachusetts. He is a student of abstract expressionism and color field painting. His work explores the juxtaposition of computation with human emotion and experience. R4V3N is a coder and computer engineer who is now working for Proof (one of the leading media companies in the Web 3 space). He is a thoughtful,...

Gavin Shapiro is a digital artist who has been in the NFT/ Web 3 space since mid-2020. His artworks have a signature style and are primarily looping GIFs of his iconic characters such as penguins and flamingos. He has lived in New York, Osaka and Paris. Gavin has worked on projects such as tv commercials, large format outdoor displays and animations. His works and visual effects have been use...

Cristina Spinei is a composer and performer. She is most known for her work with ballet, having been commissioned by Nashville Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, and more. She is a gifted piano player from the age of 9, and has written for many orchestras and chamber ensembles. She attended Juilliard school of music obtaining a bachelor and masters degree t...

Daniel Koeth, also known as DK, is an Arizona based photographer who makes a living doing video and photography work for clients. He is also a successful artist in the NFT/ Crypto realm. Joining the crypto art scene in early 2020, DK was one of the first artists to join the Pak craze and became the very first photographer in history to use “we accept ash” as a form of payment for his works of his...

Join me this week as I interview the crypto art OG Coldie. Coldie has made a name for himself in the NFT/ Cryptoart scene as an early adopter and a prolific artist. His art is created by using different types of stereoscopic 3D effects. Coldie started his journey as a cryptoartist with early works minted on R.A.R.E. art labs as far back as 2018. His genesis work titled “Proof of Work” dates back t...

This week my guest is the cross chain artist Victoria West. Her works can be found on both Tezos and Eth. Victoria is a Canadian photographer who has 15 years of experience in her field. She entered the crypto art scene in 2021 and has been very successful as an emerging artist in this realm. Her list of awards is impressive including Portrait Photographer of the Year - Professional Photographers...

Join me this week as I interview the Italian artist Mattia Cuttini. Mattia is a full time artist following his former career in tech. Mattia does graphic design, generative art, music, and crypto/ performance art. His signature style of art can be found on several platforms and he has been featured on SuperRare, KnownOrigin, Async Art and Medium to name a few. His recent project was a collaboratio...

Eitan Barokas is a self taught artist living in New Jersey. While attending Emory University for a major in business he had a realization that he wanted to be an artist. Through painting and photography Eitan started his career by simply creating art whenever he could. He eventually set up on Prince street in Soho and started selling his creations. Thus began his career as a full time artist. Sinc...