Proof of Art

 Jiwa is an artist and coder with over 15 years of experience building creative technology for startups and fortune 500 companies. He’s also a smart contract and web3 developer who builds and manages the technology for the digital art collective ntent. Jiwa’s works have been exhibited internationally, and can be found on platforms including Art Blocks, Objkt and fxhash.  Recorded on May 31, 2024 a...

Monster Mike is an artist who makes drawings and animated doodles that reflect reality with optimism and a dash of humor. He is breaking new ground by bringing spatial art to the blockchain, creating opportunities for mixed reality art experiences. His immersive artwork has been exhibited internationally, and he has also created a public mural in Miami. When he’s not making art, you can often find...

Rebecca Rose is an artist who creates 3D collages and holograms that blur the line between viewer and participant. Her immersive storytelling comes from decades of experience creating analog and digital collage, sculptural collage, wearable collage, as well as life-size installations. Rebecca’s work has been featured in over 100 international exhibitions, her NFTs are available on most major art p...

Josie Bellini is a pioneering artist and entrepreneur who has been creating cryptoart since 2017. Her artwork tells the story of the crypto ecosystem, and it has been auctioned at Christies and exhibited at major blockchain conferences. She is also the founder of CyberBrokers, an NFT collection and digital art ecosystem, as well as Paradigm Found, an immersive browser-based game that combines art,...

Anne Spalter is an artist and educator who stands at the forefront of digital art. She was featured in the Taschen book On NFTs, named to the Lumen Prize Longlist, and included in the top 50 influential crypto artists by Rizzoli. Anne’s work has been exhibited widely and can be found in private collections and institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the Rhode...

Harvey Rayner is an artist and creative coder with over 25 years of digital and generative art experience. His large and varied body of work reveals an evolution in formalized geometric approaches to art making. His work is a unique blend of compositional restraint and precision coupled with playful dynamism and a daring boldness. Harvey is also an avid rock climber and has maintained a daily medi...

Micol is a curator, art dealer, and former founder of Vertical, a house for art and culture on the blockchain. As one of the most thoughtful voices in the NFT space, Micol has consistently worked to enrich the quality and content of discourse within web3. Recorded on March 28, 2024 as a Space on X. Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/micolmicolmicol Follow the host: https://twitter.com/0x_Scoote...

Han Saglam is a generative artist who infuses his algorithmic creations with distinctive style. He is the creator of cryptocubes, a collection of innovative, 3D on chain works that exists as both art as well as building blocks for virtual worlds. His artwork is in the permanent collection of LACMA, and it has been exhibited at the Venice International Architecture Biennale, the OSHI gallery, the K...

Alida Sun is an interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates generative art, large-scale installation, blockchain technology and live performances. Her works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Unit London and SOMA Berlin, and they have been featured in numerous publications and at audiovisual festivals around the world.  Recorded on Mar...

OONA is a conceptual and performance artist who challenges our perceptions of sexuality, identity, technology and finance. A critic of the toxic masculinity that is commonplace in crypto culture, OONA uses her art to help us imagine a future that is accepting and supportive of diversity in all its forms.  Recorded on March 8, 2024 as a Space on X. Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/madebyoona F...

Bryan Brinkman is an acclaimed artist and animator. His work has been exhibited internationally, featured at Sotheby's and Christies, shown at film festivals, and presented in publications. He is an advisor for numerous web3 projects, and he also co-hosts the Art First podcast with Adamtastic.  Recorded on March 1, 2024 as a Space on X. Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/bryanbrinkman Foll...

Sasha Stiles is a poet, artist and AI researcher who is widely recognized as a pioneer of generative literature and language art. She is the recipient of a Future Art Award and has been nominated for the Forward Prize, Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She is also a co-founder of the digital poetry gallery, theVERSEverse.  Recorded on February 16, 2024 as a Space on X. Follow the guest: https://...

ARTJEDI1 is a contemporary artist and innovator who tells stories through her creations. She is known for making thought-provoking conceptual art, and her artistic practice spans fine art painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and lens-based media.  Recorded on February 9, 2024 as a Space on X. Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/ARTJEDI1 Follow the host: https://twitter.com/0x_Scooter Fo...

Michael Bouhanna is Vice-President, Contemporary Art Specialist & Head of Digital Art and NFTs with Sotheby's. Michael led Sotheby's entry into the NFT market in 2021, including the company’s first curated NFT auction. He is a leader in educating traditional art collectors and introducing a wider audience to the contemporary digital art landscape. Recorded on February 2, 2024 as a Sp...

María Caballero is   a celebrated poet and artist. Her work has earned numerous awards including the Beverly International Prize, the Jose Manuel Arango National Poetry Prize, a Future Arts Writer Award and a Sevens Foundation Grant amongst many other honours. Ana María’s poetry has been widely published and exhibited around the world, and last week her piece Cord was the first poem ever sold in a...

This episode features collectors of artwork by ripcache, an anonymous artist whose creations focus on themes of surveillance and privacy. Featured collectors include Multi, a community moderator with Beeple & Xcopy as well as a former community manager at Async Art, Scott Kominers, professor of market design & entrepreneurship with Harvard school of business, researcher with a16z, and co-a...

Laurence Fuller is a storyteller, actor & poet. Laurence has held the lead role in numerous movies and theatre performances, and he has also written & produced a number of films & shorts. He recently co-founded graphite method with actor & filmmaker Vincent D’Onofrio, a platform used to showcase cinematic poetry collaborations.  Recorded on January 12, 2023 as a Space on X (formerl...

Derech is a multidisciplinary cross-chain artist who combines street photography and cinematography to create majestic images that tell mesmerizing stories. He has collaborated with brands such as National Geographic and Sony, and his works have been exhibited internationally.  Recorded on January 5, 2024 as a Space on X (formerly Twitter). Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/IDerech Follow the...

A.L. Crego is a master of the gif who has been making art online for many years. His works include animated street art, looping sequences of hypnotic and meditative imagery, as well as figurative pieces that capture distinct moments in time. Recorded on December 22, 2023 as a Space on X (formerly Twitter). Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/ALCrego_ Follow the host: https://twitter.com/0x_Scoot...

On this episode our guest is Pablo Fraile. Pablo is a prominent collector and patron in the digital art world. He and his wife Desiree Casoni curate the RFC Art collection, which comprises more than 2,000 contemporary artworks, with a focus on sophisticated, tokenized digital art.  Recorded on December 15, 2023 as a Space on X (formerly Twitter). Follow the guest: https://twitter.com/pablorfraile...

On this episode our guest is Caroline Csuri, daughter of Charles Csuri, a pioneer in the field of digital art. Caroline is a versatile artist and entrepreneur who earned a degree in Art Education and Computer Graphics from Ohio State University. She has been a vital collaborator in her father's artistic legacy for over three decades, and her contributions to the production of his art objects...

On this episode our guest is Artemis, a generative artist who creates his own algorithms and trains AI models using his own datasets. He has released works with Braindrops and Mirage Gallery, and his artwork can be found on Foundation and SuperRare. His art has also been exhibited at Art Miami alongside works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Keith Haring, Richard Nadler, and many other esteemed artis...

On this episode our guest is David Fairs, a photographer, filmmaker, painter, illustrator, and digital artist. David captures mesmerizing images of the ocean, documenting the beauty of nature. His works are featured on SuperRare, Foundation and NiftyGateway, and they have been exhibited around the world.  Recorded on November 23, 2023 as a Space on X (formerly Twitter). Follow the guest: https://t...

On this episode our guest is Synchrodogs, an award-winning multi-disciplinary artistic duo from Ukraine. They have worked together since 2008, and their works have been featured at more than 60 exhibitions around the world. They have also worked with commercial clients including Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Lady Gaga, Swarovski, and many others.  Recorded on November 17, 2023 as a Space on X (formerly...

On this episode our guest is Shane Lavalette, a photographer whose works have been exhibited at the High Museum of Art, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, the Aperture Foundation, and many other institutions. Shane co-founded Assembly, a Houston-based gallery and agency that supports visual artists, as well as Assembly Curated, a fine art photography NFT platform and community....