Artist Decoded by Yoshino

Yuna is a Malaysian pop vocalist and guitarist. Yuna talks about her newest album "Chapters". Topics covered in this episode: Southeast Asian ghost stories Scary movies On her desire to act Growing up watching Bollywood and Hollywood films Explaining her identity as a Malaysian born singer / songwriter Discovering nuances of her identity Clearing the air on certain Muslim stereotypes The importance of not losing yourself in the entertainment industry Her desire to make people aware of human rights issues Being in touch with your own personal journey and organic growth as an artist Everything one does as an artist being a preparation for the next step Learning to enjoy every moment and to embrace people for who they are The connection she has with her fans Transitioning from law school to a full-time music career, encouraged by her parents Her new album "Chapters" www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Isamaya Ffrench is a makeup interdisciplinary artist whose clients included Junya Wantanabe, YSL Beauty, Chanel, Selfridges, Nike, and Camper. She works with magazines / publications such as Vogue, Love, Dazed and Novembre. She is the UK Brand Ambassador of YSL Beaute. She splits her time between London and Paris. Topics covered: Self discovery through artistry The importance of collaboration Creating a creative dialogue with collaborative partners Trusting those who you collaborate with Having ideas and executing them Self-development Personal approaches to beauty Mental wellness Psychotherapy Being comfortable in one's own skin Life being a constant flow of change Letting go www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

A special episode featuring Artist Decoded's host, Yoshino, interviewed by Noah Lampert. Topics discussed: confidence, breaking down limiting beliefs and mental barriers, being of service and creating value, the intersection of art and consciousness, starting Artist Decoded, his work as a photographer... Etc. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

After many years in front of the camera acting for the likes of Brian DePalma, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Craven, Robert Rodriguez, among many others, Rose McGowan has turned her eye to directing. She premiered her directorial debut, the short film, Dawn at the Sundance Film Festival. It garnered not only critical praise, but a Grand Jury Prize nomination and qualified for the Academy Awards. McGowan is now preparing for her feature length debut. Rose continues to evolve with explorations into music, she released her first single in the Fall after many years recording under different names, and virtual reality which she is currently creating several projects around this medium. Today is a new era for McGowan - who seeks to create meaningful, artful work that inspires. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Born in Germany in 1979, Daniel Sannwald is emerging as one of the true original voices in contemporary photography. In a landscape dominated by referential and repetitive imagery, Daniel is establishing a strong and recognizable signature that is already catching the attention of some of the most influential trendsetters in the fashion and photography industries. His surrealistic and hauntingly beautiful images speak of a world where Fashion and Art meet to reveal a unique narrative. Daniel studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp (MA Honours) and is now based in London. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Timothy Wilson is a painter based in Maine. He works from direct painting on location and expounds upon his studies in larger studio paintings. Both a meditative ritual and obsessive dedication, his daily outings in stormy, serene, and inclement weather to coastal Atlantic locations help inform an experiential vocabulary and expressionist mark making. After years of portrait and figurative work, Timothy merged his holistic concepts of the ocean, landscape, and figure; aiming to find a more abstract and resonate image through the natural deconstruction of imagery. Timothy keeps a permanent studio on the coast of Maine. He teaches (occasionally) at the Maine College of Art. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

"After receiving my BFA in photography from Art Center College of Design I spent a year shooting professionally. From there I moved on to producing, first in magazines, then in advertising where I have worked for the past 9 years. As a senior art producer, I'm continuously surrounded by inspiring artists whose work I feel should be enjoyed by everyone. I've created atinyspace.com to share the work of the many talented artists I am moved by everyday." - Sabrina Bajaj www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Vanessa Prager is an America artist, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Known mainly for her large-scale, abstract oil paintings, Prager's main subject is the face. Perception, perspective and information flow are all central themes to her work, which became more widely recognized after her exhibition, Dreamers - a series of "imagined" portraits which cross the border between the figurative and the abstract - opened and sold out completely, in Spring 2015. In January 2016, Prager's first solo exhibition in NYC, Voyeur, opened with favorable reviews. The Huffington Post described the works as "densely layered paintings, with pigment applied so thickly it forms its own topography", elaborating that, "various strokes of color - a ribbon of white like a squirt of toothpaste, a sharp silver of green like a fish darting by - come together to form different visual narratives." Currently Vanessa Prager is represented by Richard Heller, Los Angeles and The Hole, NYC. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

Joshua Hagler has worked for over a decade in the San Francisco Bay Area until recently relocating to Los Angeles. Known mainly for his large-scale semi-figurative canvases, the work has followed a natural evolution in the artists's personal exploration and anxiety around religious thought and its history. Since 2006, he has exhibited his paintings and multi-media installations through North America and Europe, including several solo exhibitions. Working for over a decade in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joshua Hagler recently relocated to Los Angeles. The work has followed a natural evolution in the artists's personal exploration and anxiety around religious thought and its history. Currently, research and work looks toward Westward Expansion in 19th-century United States as a means of exhuming a kind of poetry of amnesia and redemptive yearning in colonists, settlers and their descendents. Since 2006, he has exhibited his paintings, videos, and multi-media installations throughout North America and Europe, including several solo exhibitions. "Between Winds," submitted here for the Transart Triennale is currently a part of Hagler's traveling solo exhibition "The Adopted" first appearing at La Sierra University in Riverside, California and now at JAUS Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2013, Hagler traveled for three months with collaborator Maja Ruznic through Eastern and Western Europe and the Middle East making art with war refugees, orphans, and the terminally ill while creating the art book DRIFT. 2013 also included guest lecturing at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, and solo show The Unsurrendered at the university gallery. In 2012, his animated video projection "The Evangelists" was based on interviews with four middle-aged men dealing with psychological trauma and included Hagler's former neighbor who burned down their mutual San Francisco apartment building in 2007. The piece was later selected to exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and the Royal Institute in Adelaide, Australia. Maja Ruznic was born in Bosnia & Hercegovina in 1983 and came to the United States as a refugee in 1992. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Ruznic studied Psychology and Art at UC Berkeley and received her MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2009. She has exhibited in Japan, Turkey, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Austria, France, Puerto Rico, Texas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her painting "The Mother of All Evil" was featured on the cover of New American Paintings in 2011 (Pacific Coast Section, Number 97). Ruznic's work is included in the Jiminez-Colon Collection (Puerto Rico) and she recently received the Dave Bown (9th semiannual competition) Award of Excellence. She was a featured artist in JUXTAPOZ art magazine in the Septemeber 2014 issue. Last year, Ruznic's first international solo show, "Yellow Throat Ribs" at Galerie d'Ys was a great success. Congruent with the solo show, Ruznic was also represented by Candyland Gallery at the Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm, Sweden through which the Public Arts Commission acquired two of Ruznic's paintings. In 2016, Ruznic will have a solo exhibition at Jack Fischer Gallery titled "Soil As Witness", which will consists of large oil paintings, small works on paper as well as sculptures. She will also be a part of "Werewolf" a group exhibition at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angles, as well as "Between Worlds", a group exhibition at Arc Gallery in San Francisco, in which all the artists were refugees or deal with the themes of immigration and Diaspora in their work. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios

American photographer Chadwick Tyler has an eccentric savant-like approach to the still image. He has an instinctive ability to relate to his subject. His images are often labeled as evocative. (Source: Cartel And CO) Michael Donovan is a prolific multi-disciplined creative visionary born in Spokane, WA. www.artistdecoded.com www.instagram.com/artistdecoded www.twitter.com/yoshinostudios