Vantagepoint Radio's tracks

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com As two of the main people behind one of the worlds biggest and most widely recognized mural festivals Jasper Wong and Kamea Hadar know a thing or two about making things go. Both help to run the ever growing Pow Wow festivals which in 8 short years have spread to over 10 cities around the globe and have expanded to include art insta...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com First of a 4 part series, recorded with special guest Host FinDAC.. we catch up with Vantagepoint Alumni and catch up on what they been doing since we last spoke to them on Vantagepoint. Recorded on the day of the opening of Urban Nation in Berlin, this interview series is loose, irreverent and ever increasingly drunken. Broken into...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com The work of French Canadian powerhouse Sandra Chevrier grabs you with it’s boldness and beauty, while simultaneously challenging you to wrestle with ideas of gender rolls and stereotypes. Her work is highly regarded and sought after and within a very short amount of time Chevrier has risen to the top of the contemporary art world, s...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com If you’re making a list of OG’s in the street art and graffiti game, and Blek le Rat is not on that list… then your list is shit! Blek is widely recognized as one of the very first graffiti artists in France and possibly the first known stencil artists period! His influence on the scene is immeasurable and the similarities between h...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com It is widely agreed that Anthony Lister is one of the most compelling and exciting artists in the contemporary art world. His work is difficult to pin down which puts him in a class all to his own. Beautiful yet grotesque, aggressive while elegant, juvenile and refined somehow at the same time. The man himself is equally as compelli...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Ron English needs no introduction. If you listen to this show, you know who he is. As one of the Godfathers of street art and the coiner of the phrase “POPaganda” Ron has been laying the groundwork for this scene since most of us in it today were still in diapers. In the contemporary art world he basically does it all... oil paintin...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Oakland based artists Allison Tinati, better known as Hueman has mastered the delicate balance that so many are striving to achieve in the current art world. With her work in high demand across multiple disciplines she successfully divides her time between gallery work, collaborative and design work, and a heavy travel and mural pai...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Onur Dinc, better known simply as ONUR is a bit of a puzzle. Whether with his art or with the man himself, at first glance you think you know what you’ve got, but upon further inspection you realize there’s actually so much more to the story. Raised in Sweden, he now lives in Germany, but is actually Turkish. Physically he is a gian...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Cinzah Merkens lives in a small town on a small island in a small country on the far end of the globe but his heart, drive, and talent are as big as they come. With many hats to wear Cinzah confidently balances life as a fine artist, muralist, curator, and father, as well as being one of the founding members and lead directors of th...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com The name says it all… Cryptik! Not one for the spotlight, Cryptik doesn't give many interviews so it was an honor to be able to sit down with him and dig deep inside his mind for this VantagePoint exclusive.  Known for his insanely clean and mesmerizing script and calligraphy, Cryptik credits his childhood in Los Angeles for exposin...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com When it comes to New Zealand Graffiti and the major players in the scene today, Berst is without a doubt one of the first names that comes to mind. With endless style and some of the cleanest lines you’ll ever see, he gets mad love from all around the globe. The complexity of composition in his work as well as insane color combinati...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Julian Malland, better known as SETH moves through the world with a careless ease and fierce determination that seems to be completely contradictory. Nicknamed the "Globepainter", his thirst for travel powers his art and vice-versa leaving a trail of murals in his wake that span the globe. Often taking the road less traveled, Seth's...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Of all the mural festivals on this circuit, few focus on the topics further than the wall and the paint..  this months guest however is using the medium of Mural to raise awareness about the plight of our oceans and sealife.. Tre Packard from Pangeaseed foundation has been fighting the good fight and using some of the biggest names...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Today Berlin is considered one of the graffiti capitals of the world with entire districts of the city covered in paint at every corner. The story of how it all happened however is unlike that of any other city. With The Wall dividing Berlin in two as graffiti culture exploded across Europe in the 80's, Berlin writers in the east an...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Its hard to look anywhere on the Urban contemporary scene without being blown away by this months guest.. Tristan Eaton’s career stretches over as many years as it does disciplines.. From his iconic Dunny and Munny vinyl series with Kid Robot, design work, installations and for the last 4 years crushing the mural circuit .. Tristan’...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Kicking off the year by bringing it back to Berlin once more, this time with STEREOHEAT.. If you have been paying any attention at all to graffiti in Europe over the past few years you no doubt would recognise his work and distinctive characters. Key to his style is clean lines and vector styled murals, which then are reflected in h...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Never 2501 is an Italian artist working in all facets of the art world. From hi-end ceramic sculptures and canvas works, to large scale murals spread all around the globe and everything in between. Known mostly for his black and white (and gold) line work and ability to create form and dimension using simple lines repeated across a...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com In Peru, WESR was a pioneer of the graffiti scene in the 90's and gained massive recognition for his clean letter styles but it was his figurative work that would eventually lead him into the galleries and allow him to break out onto the international scene. His trademark character, which he takes from Peruvian folklore, is as versa...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Spanish artist Borondo is among the exciting wave of modern mural painters bringing classical aesthetics and traditional techniques into the streets while simultaneously bringing the grit and power of the streets into his highly sought after gallery work. Borondo's often challenging imagery can be seen as unsettling by some due to t...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com In the last few years the Mural circuit has popped up all over the world, with cities large and small inviting some of the worlds leading artists to come and paint their cities. Heerlen Murals, in the city of Heerlen in The Netherlands is one such city. A post industrial city trying to find its way after the local mining industry cl...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Vermibus is one of he most original and underrated players in the game today. The spanish born, Berlin based artists, has been aggressively working in the streets for years across Europe and the US attacking public advertising and the fashion industry by fucking with their imagery and redirecting their message. Armed with a handful...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com For over two decades Faith47 has been traveling the globe painting walls and working with social commentary in public spaces. Far before the current trend of mural festivals popping off in every city, it was artists like her who were drawing the attention of the masses with their provocative work and paving the way for the hoards of...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com New Zealand is far away. Very far away. And as a result, we dont often get Kiwi’s as guests on Vantagepointradio. Fortunately for us, one of Auckland’s leading Graf and Muralists ASKEW ONE just happened to be in Berlin recently so we made sure we managed to lock him down for a chat. With over 20 years in the game, ASKEW ONE’s style...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Marina Zumi is not a fireball of energy, she's a flamethrower attacking life and the art world like very few others can. Originally from Argentina, Zumi lives most of her life these days on the road, moving from project to project, city to city, and embracing life as it comes at her. From her colorful pastel landscape paintings inha...

To hear the full version with music, visit  Vantagepointradio.com Straight out of Amsterdam, the London Police is a collective of artists piloted by Bob and Chaz, two of the more colorful and pleasant people you are likely to meet in the Urban Contemporary art world today. Known mostly for their signature black and white landscape paintings and illustrations inhabited by the ever present LAD chara...