Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture

Péjú Oshin is a curator, designer and founder of Studio Sovereign, with a career spanning institutions including Tate and Gagosian.

In this episode of Inside The Art World, Péjú joins Ade Sanusi to talk about building a creative career without forcing yourself into one predetermined route.

They discuss why artists can become too fixated on the same galleries and institutions, the importance of showing up authentically, building genuine community around your work and why sustainable careers sometimes require moving more slowly.

Péjú also reflects on her time at Tate and Gagosian, launching Studio Sovereign, becoming a parent, bringing together curating, writing and design, and why independence has become such an important part of how she wants to work.

The conversation also explores Kéré Studio, her slow children’s wear project rooted in sustainability, cultural exchange and making by hand.

A thoughtful conversation about career pivots, softness, creative freedom and building a world that actually feels like your own.

Inside The Art World with Péjú Oshin.

Ryan Stanier founded The Other Art Fair, took it international, sold the business to Saatchi Art and eventually walked away after running 100 art fairs.

Now he's building again.

Ryan joins Ade Sanusi on Inside The Art World to talk about the launch of Fair Play Art Fair and why he's questioning some of the traditional ways artists, collectors and art fairs interact.

They discuss building The Other Art Fair from scratch, selling the company, why artists need to think about themselves as businesses, creating careers outside of traditional gallery representation, making collecting less intimidating and why Fair Play doesn't charge its artists for booths.

Ryan also shares what's next for Fair Play, his plans for Fair Play Studios and why making the art world fairer might start with improving it a little bit every single day.

Inside The Art World, where we go beneath the surface with the people building careers, businesses and new ideas across contemporary art and culture.

Artist Eve De Haan joins Inside The Art World to explore creativity, identity and what it really takes to build a life as an artist.

Known as Half A Roast Chicken, Eve has built a distinctive practice spanning neon, text and familiar everyday objects, with work exploring youth culture, technology, relationships, language and her own experiences of the world.

In this episode, we discuss the mental barriers emerging artists place on themselves, why community is essential in a competitive art world, the difficulty of monetising a passion, and Eve's belief that everyone has the ability to be an artist.

We also talk about Instagram as a creative canvas, comparison culture, mixed heritage and storytelling, AI and technology, collecting art from fellow artists, and why the best thing an emerging creative can often do is simply create more.

Inside The Art World is an Art Meets Culture series exploring the artists, curators, collectors and cultural voices shaping contemporary art today.

What does it really take to build a career as an artist?

In this episode of Inside the Art World, Ade Sanusi sits down with Cameroonian-born, Toronto-based visual artist Moses Salihou to talk about the realities behind building an international artistic practice.

From growing up in Cameroon and adapting to life in Toronto to exhibiting at art fairs and developing relationships with galleries and collectors, Moses shares the experiences that have shaped both his work and his outlook on the art world. The conversation explores identity, diaspora, representation and the role everyday life plays in his paintings, alongside a much bigger question: is talent actually enough to succeed?

Moses argues that talent is only one part of the equation. Discipline, resilience, honesty, hard work and the willingness to take risks matter just as much.

We also discuss his current solo exhibition, Without Boundaries, at Tanya Weddemire Gallery in Brooklyn, and what he hopes his work will ultimately leave behind.

A conversation about art, ambition, identity and learning to enjoy the journey while you build.

Self-taught artist Puretee Elusive joins Inside the Art World for an honest conversation about building a career on your own terms, finding your artistic voice and refusing to wait for permission.

Puretee opens up about how painting became a way to process difficult experiences, putting on her own exhibitions before she understood the traditional rules of the art world, and why honesty has become central to her work.

We also get into the realities of being a working artist that aren't always spoken about openly: money, tax, shipping, gallery commissions, social media, confidence and the pressure to look successful online.

Puretee reflects on travelling across the US, meeting artists and creative communities along the way, and how those experiences changed the way she thinks about community, collaboration and creating your own opportunities.

For emerging artists especially, this episode is a reminder to stop waiting to be chosen.

Make the work. Build the community. Learn the business. Trust your voice.

Inside the Art World is an Art Meets Culture series exploring the people, ideas and conversations shaping contemporary art and culture.

In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with Koby Martin for a powerful conversation about faith, Ghana, painting, social media, legacy, relationships and what it means to build a serious artistic practice.

Koby speaks about his journey from Ghana to the UK, moving from digital work and 3D animation into painting, and how his practice has evolved through memory, healing, faith and personal experience.

The conversation explores why Koby does not make work for the algorithm, why artists need to build real relationships outside of social media, and why art is spiritual to him, not just content.

Ade and Koby also discuss his latest solo exhibition, Terroir, running 11th to 14th June at Sarabande Foundation, which explores land, Ghana, cocoa, colonial history, his mother, his grandmother, Street Fighter and personal memory.

This episode is for artists, collectors, curators and anyone interested in faith, creativity, legacy and building a practice with depth, discipline and purpose.

In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with Louis Amadeus Dain Jensen, also known as Spraying Bricks, for a conversation about graffiti, street culture, artist management, brand partnerships, integrity and building an alternative route into the art world.

Louis shares how basketball, hip-hop, graffiti and street culture shaped his early relationship with creativity, before moving into video production, artist projects, brand campaigns and creative strategy.

The conversation explores Spraying Bricks, working with artists, protecting creative integrity, navigating brand partnerships and why the traditional art world is not the only path into the industry.

Ade and Louis also discuss Slawn, internet-native artists, hype, longevity and how a new generation is forcing the art world to rethink visibility, influence and value.

This episode is for artists, managers, curators, cultural founders and anyone trying to build a career in the art world without following the traditional route.

In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with Marine Tanguy, founder of MTArt Agency.

Marine shares how her journey through the gallery world led her to rethink the way visual artists are represented, supported and positioned. Drawing inspiration from talent agencies in sport, music and entertainment, she explains why artists need to be treated as cultural talent, with careers built around credibility, visibility and revenue.

This conversation explores artist representation, public art, brand partnerships, visual literacy, AI, creative ownership and why artists need wider audiences beyond the traditional gallery model.

Marine also speaks on the importance of public art, the impact of commercial imagery on society, and why visual artists should be able to build sustainable careers without compromising their practice.

This episode is for artists, collectors, cultural founders, brand teams and anyone interested in the future of the art world.

In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with Touria El Glaoui, founder of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.

Touria shares the story behind building 1-54, the misconceptions the global art world has held around contemporary African art, and why African art is much bigger than a market trend.

The conversation explores visibility, infrastructure, collectors, institutions, diaspora, sustainability and what still needs to change for artists from Africa and the African diaspora to be properly supported on the global stage.

This episode is for artists, collectors, curators and anyone interested in understanding the future of contemporary African art and the systems needed to support it.

In this episode of Inside the Art World by Art Meets Culture, Ade Sanusi sits down with artist representative and curator Georgina Billings.

Georgina first entered the art world as a collector before moving into gallery support, artist representation and curation. Her work is rooted in accessibility, fairness and trust, with a focus on making the art world feel less intimidating for new collectors and more transparent for artists.

In this conversation, we explore how people can start collecting art, why galleries often feel unwelcoming, the importance of communication around artist payments, and why artists need strong networks around them.

This episode is for artists, collectors and anyone who wants to understand how the art world can become more open, fair and human.