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🎙 New Podcast Episode
Mint Season 3 episode 14 welcomes the futuristic tech-digital artist FVCKRENDER, who is a self-taught creative working out of Vancouver. With a defining affinity for sharp architectural geometry, beaming future landscapes, and brilliant crystalline arrangements, his renders pay a dark homage to what may eventually reflect our very existence.
His clients include Supreme, Softest Hard, Columbia Records, Lil Nas X, Epic Records, Harpers Bazaar China, TOKiMONSTA, New Retrowave Records, High Snobiety, Puma, Spotify, Instagram, Wieden + Kennedy, Rosalía, Northlane, Damian Lazarus, Le Cirque du Soleil, Lebron James, Primitive Skateboard, OVO, 88 Rising, Dior, Hypebeast and many more.
In this episode we discuss:
2:50 - Who is FVCKRENDER?
6:02 - What does your work represent?
9:21 - FVCKRENDERVERSE
20:22 - A Shift from the Digital Art to Physical Art
27:23 - FVCKRENDER at Christie’s
34:08 - Advice on entering the NFT Space
38:29 - Coping Strategies
45:07 - FVCKRENDER’s Biggest Failures
47:56 - Does Crypto and Web 3 favor new artists?
51:54 - FVCKRENDER influencers
52:50 - Biggest Misunderstanding about You
54:10 - FVCKRENDER’s Long Term Vision
55:15 - Outro
...and so much more.
I hope you enjoy our conversation.
OH - and he’s releasing his first-ever physical piece at Christie’s during Art Basel in Miami next week. Check out this beauty:
I told him I bet it will go for a least $1,000,000, a genuine steal considering how forward-thinking and legendary this guy is + it’s his first-ever physical piece intertwined with a digital NFT.
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🎙 Creator Spotlight: FVCKRENDER and the Journey from Instagram to Christie’s