More space and good light.Ĭoffee and some stretching. I'm considering the west coast pretty hard at the moment. It's a tough spot if you're just starting out. Bottom line, I feel its unaffordable for artists to sustain and it's becoming this mega financial hub. I feel that pulse has moved out of NYC the past few years. How long do you see yourself living in NY? It could've been me just completely over stimulated moving from a small town in Florida to this mega metropolis, but I feel that time was special. There was this radical skate/art thing happening. The best one I've seen is when I moved to NYC in 2001. Keep creating and keep taking risks with your work.īest art scene in the world that you’ve seen? Only true progression stems from process. I think it laid the groundwork for mixing and matching contrasts which is the foundation of my work today. I grew up making clothes, cutting them up and putting them back together. You’ve mentioned that your designs are inspired by clothing, any specific clothing brands particularly? Coming out later this year is a small collaboration collection of some killer pieces. Hayden and I did a solid collaboration, he and Dani ended up introducing us and that was that. I got involved with Vissla through Haydenshapes. How did you get involved with Vissla and what do you have in the works? Who’s (artist) best in the biz right now? If the artist is a bummer then the work's a bummer. So not heaps of time, but long enough to have some meetings and catch up with regulars. When I'm in NYC my daily routine consists of 2 coffees from 10-12, then shoot to my Brooklyn studio until 6-7. Although it does quite well it costs quite a bit to keep the place up and running. Happy bones is killer but it's one of those 'takes money to make money' scenerios. Yes I'm fortunate enough to be living off my art. Good things.ĭo you make a living off your art? How much focus do you put into your coffee shop, Happy Bones, versus your art? I'd love to start a charity to benefit ocean and sea life well-being. I'd like to see myself working closely with cities on large public installations. Nothing hugely specific or figurative, it's more in my head. I find my art relating more to light, movement and language. At least that's what I get most psyched on. I keep ticking the boxes of dream jobs and collaborations and I'm very grateful. What is your favorite project you’ve done? I worked for him for about a year or so and decided to push forward with my own work with the end result being I'd make a living with this.

He was a weird cat, but what I took from it was anything is possible. I think I was 20? This dude had a nutty 'to-do' list of some high profile types and some massive collaborations under his belt. I guess a big eye opener was a job I did for Absolut ages ago and they sent me to work with an artist in Miami as an assistant.

Up until then it was just something I did when it was too hot outside (Florida) or there wasn't any surf. Maybe it was once I started getting paid that I realized it was a possibility. When did you know you wanted to be an artist? What did you want to do had you not pursued art? Stay tuned, as we've been working with Jason on a capsule collection launching Spring 2017.

We had the priviledge of visiting Jason on-site at one of his mural projects in Silverlake, Los Angeles. Jason's most iconic work finds itself on many city walls in the form of public murals that resemble a portal into another dimension. The two had just finished developing an amazing surfboard collaboration for Haydenshapes, and it was only natural to start working with Jason as well. We were first introduced to Jason by way of Creator & Innovator Hayden Cox. It is with great pleasure to introduce NYC-based artist, Jason Woodside, as our newest Creator & Innovator. It's very rare to meet artists who are humble, down to earth and create something so complex, contrasting and attention grabbing as Jason Woodside's work. It's hard these days to find a person who is as radical as their work.

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