1/1 with Sloika: Conversations with Artists

Dennis Schmelz is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer known for his exploration of cold destinations. He is a successful NFT artist with a sold-out 1/1 series on Sloika and is featured in the "Infinite Unbound" exhibition on Montage, a SuperRare Space operated by Sloika. Dennis's work includes the captivating NFT video "The Ice Has Broken" and the stunning photograp...

Dasha Pears, the acclaimed Helsinki-based artist, takes us on a journey into the depths of our inner worlds through her captivating artworks.  Her unique artistic style, which she describes as psychorealism, uncovers the concealed psychological states behind our public facades, celebrating the natural beauty of emotions like doubts, fears, and worries. Her minimalistic art offers viewers a sanctua...

Photographer Kate Shevchenko combines film and digital mediums to capture the essence of her subjects and the world around her. From her humble beginnings in photography as a hobbyist to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kate's art became a powerful means of expression. Inspired by the possibilities of NFT photography and web3, she merged her work with these new mediums, liberatin...

NFT Bali brings together visionaries in the web 3.0 realm, including photographer Stanley Aryanto. Stanley's transformation from a corporate professional to a passionate photographer inspires others to pursue a life of purpose. NFT Bali's mission resonated with Stanley, and lead him to initiate the creation of NFT Bali Artweek. Stanley's unique approach to photography, known as "T...

Tara Workman is a Barbadian nature photographer known for her unique approach to finding beauty in unconventional places. Her work has earned her recognition from the industry's most respected names, and she has been named one of the 10 female photographers to watch in 2023. As a full-time family physician, Tara understands the importance of finding balance in life and pursuing one's inter...

Pelin Genç is an Istanbul-based multidisciplinary photographer known for her minimalist style and expertise in long exposure and time-lapse techniques. Her unique approach to street photography combines minimalism and elegance, seeking out quiet spaces to photograph with people serving as punctuation marks within the frame. She believes her work helps showcase the beauty in the world that is often...

Bryan Minear is a landscape photographer with a passion for capturing the perfect shot. He is known as “The Eclipse Guy” among social media influencers for his once-in-a-lifetime viral photo of a solar eclipse. Bryan's dedication to photography has earned him a position as a FujiFilm brand ambassador for North America. He is excited about the potential of NFTs to compensate artists fairly for...

Grams is a visual fabricator based in New York City who has become an advocate for healthy work-life balance and breaking free from toxic office cultures. His work is characterized by a minimalist style, and a commitment to capturing movement and action in his photographs. After years of shooting action sports, Grams left his traditional office job to pursue his passion of traveling the world and...

Steve Bennett is a talented photographer with over 40 years of experience specializing in macro and street photography. He creates composites that fuse natural and human-made elements into surreal worlds. He has developed a successful business selling and renting his photography to corporations including Google, who have it hanging in their lobbies and conference rooms. In addition to selling his...

Nashville-based photographer, designer, and painter Jeremy Cowart discussed his creative process and passion for using art to create good in the world in a recent episode of the Sloika "1/1 Conversations with Artists" podcast. Cowart is known for his generative art and for creating the successful interactive NFT series of 999 pieces called Block Queens and Lightographs. He is now embarki...

Mustafa Aydin is a Turkish astrophotographer with over 38 years of experience. Mustafa specializing in capturing rare and unique celestial objects and events. Aydin's passion for space and astronomy began at a young age and continued to flourish, shaping his education and career path. With the advent of digital technology, he found it much easier to pursue his passion for astrophotography. Ayd...

Sarah Lyndsay is an amazing landscape photographer from Canada. Sarah sometimes puts herself into these stunning landscapes through creative self portraits. You’ve likely seen her Yellow Dress images on Instagram and Twitter. She’s selling these art pieces as NFTs now. Sarah has been a pillar in the NFT photography community for quite some time now, and always ready to share helpful information an...

TylersJourney (Tyler McKay) leveraged his early entry into photography NFTs to build strong personal relationships with big collectors in the space. As someone who benefited from the early gamified crypto space, he decided to gamify his latest open & burn-to-redeem editions to allow him to expand his collector base to people around the world excited to see how the story of his night cityscapes...

Fidel Amos is a big proponent of following one’s passion. He’s a self-proclaimed rebel when it comes to creativity and will try whatever strikes him as interesting at the time. His energy is contagious which is one reason he is perfectly suited to building community and connections through Picture This in the NFT photography space. Fidel is currently based in Verona, Italy. Our new show, 1/1: Conv...

Xose Casal is known for his award-winning minimalist long-exposure photography. Listen to our conversation with Xose to learn more about his creation, “Summer is Coming” which was Meme 4, Season 2, Card 1 in Punk 6529’s popular Memes of Production collection. During our talk, we hear the creative reasons why Xose thrives on long-exposure. Both of Xose’s series on Sloika have sold out, but you can...

Croatian photographer, Domagoj Burilović, uses conceptual photography to explore cultural issues in his community. His series, Dorf, won first place in the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards in the professional architecture category. In it, he brings to light the story of a culture changed by industry and what the final chapter might look like. Through photography, he deals with the social and pol...

Rach Stewart is a New Zealand-based award-winning professional photographer specializing in long-exposure landscape photography. She has partnered with brands like Air New Zealand, American Express, and Canon New Zealand. Her images have been published internationally in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, and the Daily Mail.  She shares how photography started as a hobby but e...

Vieri Bottazzini is an Italian Fine Art landscape photographer and educator, with a personal style rooted in pure photographic craftsmanship. Passionate about the outdoors, Vieri believes in honouring the majestic power of our planet’s beauty by creating his iconic images using unadulterated photography only. Through his unique black & white and subtly post-processed colour images, Vieri tells...

Kim Henry and Eric Paré are a dynamic duo who use light-painting to bring a burst of color and creativity to the night. With just a tube, a feather, and a flashlight, they transform landscapes into mesmerizing works of art. As dancers and photographers, they have honed their skills in movement and composition to create stunning images that captivate and inspire. Their light-painting is more than j...

Today we have a 1/1 conversation with IMAGHOSTXO, a photographer capturing the truth in the streets of downtown LA. His work is candid and unposed, and has been collected by some of the most prominent names in the web3 NFT space. We ask him about his life story, and what inspires him to make his art.  https://sloika.xyz/imaghostxo.eth/52bodies https://sloika.xyz/imaghostxo.eth/imaghostxo-edit...

On this episode, we have a conversation with Lori Grace Bailey. Lori Grace Bailey is a professional wedding/portrait photographer who also enjoys chasing extreme weather and extraordinary skies. Lori's work has appeared in major publications and television outlets including the current issue (2022, Issue 3) of Cosmopolitan Magazine as well as the March/June 2021 issue of Backpacker Magazine. ...

On this episode, listen to the interview with Rob Woodcox, a fine art photographer and film director currently living between Mexico and the US. As he creates each artwork, Rob strives to capture fragments of a vivid life sewn by the threads of reality, memory and dream.  Each concept is a declaration of his experience and seeks to tell a meaningful story to each individual that views it. Rob...

Read the full interview with Claudiu: https://sloika.xyz/blog/a-conversation-with-master-photographer-claudiu-guraliuc  Our new show, 1/1: Conversations with Artists, highlights great artists venturing into the web3 space.  Sloika is a curated photography NFT marketplace, focusing on the community, code and design. Our mission is to empower creators to build meaningful connections with f...

In this final episode of 2022, we chat with Ashok Sinha about his love for cool cars and architectural photography launched the journey to create his book, Gas and Glamour. He jokes that the project was more than just a way to escape in-laws during family visits to LA but truly was a passion project. Before knowing the body of work would become a book – and more recently, an NFT series of 1/1...

In this Monday episode, collector Tomakinz (@Tkcurated) joins us from the Sunshine Coast of Australia. He’s been collecting since the Crypto Punks and Kitties were called decentralized apps, not NFTs. He had some of those and really misses them. His collecting has expanded to include art and photography. He’s come to realize that he learns a little more about himself with each piece he collects. T...