Having turned a lowbrow amateur zine into a generation-
and genre-defining art magazine during his ten years' tenure as
editor-in-chief of Juxtapoz, Jamie O'Shea is taking all he has learned
about the underground and bringing it full force to the mainstream.
Working independently these days as a creative director, O'Shea proves
that he is more than the sum of his vast cultural contacts as he
continues to bring high-end projects to fruition. "Everything is artist
driven," he explains. "I work as a liaison and advocate for artists in
corporate culture." He's curating Colette's tenth-anniversary exhibition
in Paris; developing animation projects with a major studio; working
with his creative partner Darren Romanelli to re-brand classic bands
like the Beatles and his pals ZZ Top (for whom he brought in the
legendary Pushead to rock the merch); acting as a creative consultant
for companies like Red Bull and Hysteric Glamour; and brokering sales
for street-credible but gallery-averse artists like KAWS. Now living in
Los Angeles, O'Shea has not entirely given up the less remunerative
struggles of being an editor. Post-Juxtapoz, O'Shea still finds time to
maintain his much-trafficked and influential website Supertouch
(www.supertouchblog.com), where he has been delivering the insider goods
for the past year, thanks to his having his ear to the pavement and
access to the studio. He has also just signed on as editor of Spread
ArtCulture, a new quarterly art-and-design magazine from New York, and
is lining up his myriad allies to start an art magazine of his own, in
which all those careers he's launched in the last decade will be rubbing
shoulders with their "official" art-world counterparts.
Carlo
McCormick
Jaime wears a jacket by Dr. Romanelli, jeans and T-shirt by Hysteric Glamour, jewelry by Han Cholo.
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