Jefrë

And so when I had my first museum exhibit in the US was called Points of Connection.

My first museum exhibit in my homeland, the Philippines, was called Points of Origin.

The idea of thinking of my origin story, which is based on my new book that's coming out in July.

We're going to get there in a second.

Um, I mean, you're talking about like my whole style and all that, you know, I, I'm not sure, like I didn't do this, um, on purpose, you know, I think I, I sort of fell into it, you know, I love style and fashion and I think, uh, you know, I've been, you know, if I wasn't into art, it might've been a fashion designer.

Right.

And so I think I've always wanted to do brand collabs.

Right.

And so, um, for me it was watching, you know, people on the runway, um,

coming down in sort of these expressions of almost kind of like moving art.

Made me think that, you know, you know, that if you want to, um, you know, you're, you, you are your work as well.

Right.

And so the thing is about artists is that, um, you know, it's okay.

Like it's okay to kind of be very, um, introverted.

Like I think, you know, and have your work show, but, but the success of certain artists in my mind, um,

not to say that I'm successful.

One of the things that advice I give to artists is that you have to understand three things.

One is how to share your story, your personal story, how to share your work.

And then also be able to execute.

And the sharing and telling your work is you, your work is expression of yourself and you're part of that same brand.