High Artist Profile: Nyki Way
High Artist Profile: Nyki Way Nyki Way was diagnosed at a young age with Depression and Psychosis. After suicide attempts and experimentation with hard drugs, Nyki decided to channel her “sadness and crazy hallucinations” into more creative means. She made the difficult journey in her mind out of her valleys and hiked up the hill […]
High Artist Profile: Interview with Danielle Evarts, Photography Winner
High Artist Profile: Interview with Danielle Evarts, Photography Winner Winner of 2nd place in the photography category, Danielle Evarts created “Smoking Balloons,” a beautifully psychedelic work that cannabis lovers can appreciate. A graphic designer from Connecticut, Danielle loves smoking a bowl and opening Photoshop to design inspired artwork. Check out more of Danielle’s work on […]
High Art Top 10 Profile: Interview with Jan Huss
High Art Top 10 Profile: Interview with Jan Huss The fusion of nature and technology is a fascination of many talented artists and German artist Jan Huss is no exception. Exploration of these themes led to the creation of “The Dream Catcher” and earned Jan 10th place in the Print division of High Art 2017. […]
High Artist Profile: Nick Beery
High Artist Profile: Nick Beery Nick Beery aka Beery Method brings experience from a vast array of creative disciplines including fine art, photography, illustration, and graphic design to a variety of clientele. He approaches every project with a high level of expertise in information artistry and resourcing as well as unique methodologies in producing iconic […]
High Artist Profile: Interview with Weroni, Top 40 Winner
High Artist Profile: Interview with Weroni, Top 40 Winner A top finalist for the past three years of High Art, Slovakian artist weroni has delighted judges with her beautiful work. She placed in the top 30 in 2015 for her “No One Is Innocent” series, works that explored delicate femininity and innocence while capturing the […]
High Artist Spotlight: Interview with Manolo Chó
High Artist Spotlight: Interview with Manolo Chó Manolo Chó is a talented artist from Innsbruck, Austria and winner of High Art’s 5th place award for photography. His work, “Floating,” uses light and shadow to evoke a meditative surrealism perfect for this year’s theme of psychedelia. Manolo has studied film and loves photography, using it to […]
High Artist Profile: Interview with 2017 2nd Place Winner Matthias Ramsey
High Artist Profile: Interview with 2017 2nd Place Winner Matthias Ramsey Matthias Ramsey is a student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna where he studies painting and biology. Strongly influenced by surrealism, Matthias gains inspiration from memories, history, literature and nature which he channels into free associations of daily life. High Art 2017 […]
Celebrating Diversity: High Artists from the Middle East
Diversity: High Artists from the Middle East By Zelda Flowers One of the most beautiful aspects of Natural Cannabis Company’s High Art competition is that it’s open to artists from around the world. Today’s divisive culture seeks to drive a wedge between us, focusing our differences into an “us versus them” mentality. But the truth […]
High Artist Profile: Interview with Aica Art
High Artist Profile: Interview with Aica Art Aica is a Japanese artist currently residing in New York City. She’s entered Natural Cannabis Company’s High Art contest two years in a row, placing third for her piece “Angels from Tears Ofelia” in 2016 and in the Top 40 for “I am Moth” in 2017. Aica’s work […]
High Art 2016 Spotlight: Titus Toledo
High Art 2016 Spotlight: Titus Toledo Artist Titus Toledo is the creator of spreadophilia (circa 2000), among other precarities, mostly transitory and often darkly arcane. Toledo cut his teeth working the editorial and design rackets for the longest time— to say nothing of his 18-year stint as a third world community journalist— before retiring, in […]