Episode 40
How To Sustain A Livelihood As A Full-Time Artist in 2025 - w/ Zhanna
"Born to make art, forced to produce content." It’s the meme that haunts every creative in 2025. We all marvel at the beauty of a masterpiece, but when it comes to the business of art, most of us are clueless.
Who this is for
- You are trying to start something that still feels a little awkward and expensive.
- You would rather hear Zhanna's version while the mess is still fresh than get another polished hindsight sermon.
Key takeaways
- Sustain A Livelihood As A Full-Time Artist in 2025 - w/ Zhanna
- Is the "Starving Artist" trope a permanent reality, or is there a way to actually build a comfortable livelihood without selling your soul?
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it's really impressive to me that you managed to use art as a way to sustain a lifestyle pay bills can you walk me through your journey with monetizing your gift that you have you of being an
your gift that you have you of being an artist it's still working to make it stable what are some of the main features of the impressionist time of I went to our school it was way harder
went to our school it was way harder because they were teaching all the techniques academic Stu but then they realize you need so much work get better was this art school was that also in he
was this art school was that also in he offer to commission me to pain his building I was like okay anded conf our neighborhood group and a lot more people interested so cool it's almost as if you
interested so cool it's almost as if you unlock a hidden Market that didn't even exist for most people AR always always continuous learning even the artists already been do for many many years do
Show notes
"Born to make art, forced to produce content." It’s the meme that haunts every creative in 2025. We all marvel at the beauty of a masterpiece, but when it comes to the business of art, most of us are clueless. Is the "Starving Artist" trope a permanent reality, or is there a way to actually build a comfortable livelihood without selling your soul? In this episode, we sit down with Zhanna Biletska , a Chicago-based artist who cracked the code.
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