Interview with Wayne Chang, GM of Saatchi Art

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston interviews Wayne Chang, the General Manager of Saatchi Art. In addition to having a successful career in product development, Wayne is also an accomplished artist. Wayne shares with Preston how landing this position with Saatchi was the perfect intersection of both of his passions. In this conversation, Wayne also speaks about his artistic origins in New York City, merging and furthering his artistic passion with his position at Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair, best practices for artists on the Saatchi platform, The Other Avatars NFT drop, the future of NFTs on the platform, the importance of curation in the NFT market, advice to his younger self, and much more. Enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Wayne Chang! If you would like to see some of Wayne's original artwork, you can visit here: https://www.saatchiart.com/waynester. If you would like to learn more about Saatchi Art or apply to be a Saatchi artist, you can do so here: https://www.saatchiart.com  For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pmsartwork (social media everywhere @pmsartwork). You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork. Thrilled to announce that Artwork Archive just included The Living Artist on their list of the The Best Art Podcasts of 2021! Check it out. Check out The Living Artist in the Spotlight section of Discover Pods (https://discoverpods.com/podcast-spotlight-living-artist/). Great interview with links to all sorts of places! Thank you to Discover Pods. You can now support the Podcast with a donation. Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to check it out and donate. Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 60 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts. Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"