- The importance of life experiences - Artist residencies - The need for time and space to make his artwork - Definitions of success in the art world - How to find the best residency for you and your work - Labels are for bottles not for people - Community standards on social media - Nudity on instagram - Being an artist and a curator - The difficulty of finding funding for projects - The need for more constructive feedback on applications in the art world - Doing commissions - How to construct a grant / residency / gallery application - Auto-destructive art His upcoming exhibitions: https://www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de/exhibitions/on-everyones-lips-from-pieter-bruegel-to-cindy-sherman/ Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival - https://www.rakfinearts.ae/ People + places mentioned: Artist Residencies Enschede - https://www.areholland.com Ju Underwood - https://juunderwood.weebly.com/ Anderson Ranch Art Center - https://www.andersonranch.org/ Arteles Creative Artist Residency - https://www.arteles.org/ Joel-Peter Witkin - https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/joel-peter-witkin-2 Robert Mapplethorpe - http://www.mapplethorpe.org/ Chiara Williams - http://www.chiarawilliams.com T. S. Eliot - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/t-s-eliot Turner Contemporary - https://turnercontemporary.org/ Susie Hamilton - http://www.susiehamilton.co.uk Amanda Marchand - https://www.amandamarchand.com/ Derek Jarman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman Simon Foxall - https://www.instagram.com/simon_foxall Henry Darger - http://officialhenrydarger.com/ James Hampton (I said Fred Picker) - The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations’ Millennium General Assembly https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/throne-third-heaven-nations-millennium-general-assembly-9897 Gustav Metzger - https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/29167-gustav-metzger Nick Hornby - http://www.nickhornby.com/ Dr. Uta Ruhkamp - https://www.kunstmuseum-wolfsburg.de/museum/team/ https://shaunstamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shaun_stamp