{"id":11109,"date":"2025-07-21T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11109\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:05:11","slug":"cj-hendry-sold-her-wardrobe-to-build-an-art-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11109\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ Hendry sold her wardrobe to build an art empire."},"content":{"rendered":"

Together, they learned to sell art through unconventional channels like Shopify. <\/p>\n

“Art, in my opinion, still to this day, is the last unregulated industry,” she said. <\/p>\n

“There’s no rules, there’s no right or wrong. It’s subjective.”<\/p>\n

The Kanye moment and beyond.<\/p>\n

One of CJ’s most famous early sales was to Kanye West, a hyperrealistic drawing of a dollar bill featuring the rapper’s face. <\/p>\n

The transaction happened backstage in Brisbane, just minutes before Kanye’s performance.<\/p>\n

“He was shorter than I thought. He was so kind, and he was very intentional,” CJ recalled. <\/p>\n

“This was at the beginning of my career, and I think there was an element of validation.”<\/p>\n

But perhaps CJ’s most brilliant moment came from turning a legal setback into a global phenomenon. <\/p>\n

When the Andy Warhol Foundation sent a cease-and-desist letter about her T-shirt designs, she created the legendary Copyright Infringement scavenger hunt, dropping red boxes containing the banned T-shirts around cities worldwide.<\/p>\n

During her conversation on No Filter, CJ made a spontaneous announcement: “Why don’t I just say, yeah, f*** it. We’ll do it next year. How about that? Just for Australia.”<\/p>\n

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