In 2010, Stefan Sloot started working as an independent designer as Studio Captain. The Captain is a specialist in the field of graphic design and collages. He mainly works with pencil, pen, marker, parrot, scanner, printer and computer; a mix of digital and analog that guarantees a surprising and authentic end result.
Chris Wallace is an American mixed-media artist, art collector and entrepreneur. He was born in Florissant, MO, a suburb of St. Louis, in 1984 and grew up in Maryland Heights, MO. In his teen years, he became fascinated with emerging technologies and the Internet. This interest sparked a love for the visual arts and code, leading him into web and interactive design. In his 17 years as a design professional, he has led creative projects for Fortune 500 companies and organizations around the world. As Creative Principal and Partner at his design agency Lift UX, Chris’ work received multiple Emmy Award nominations for interactive second screen applications that supported popular TV series Mad Men, The Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad.
His NFT journey began in March 2021 when receiving an invitation to become a creator on Foundation. After minting a series of interactive pieces, he began collecting art both on Ethereum and Hic Et Nunc. As of September 2021, he has collected from over 1000 artists and amassed a collection of nearly 3,000 NFTs. As a photographer, he shoots only on iPhone and has traveled the world to capture compelling and beautiful images. As a mixed-media artist, he began using 3D software to create generative art using particle simulations in a software called Houdini. Much of his work today is experimenting with randomness to produce something beautiful.
In April 2021, he founded UltraDAO, an art collective whose mission is to collect important historical and cultural NFTs and elevate artists. He works closely with the 111 members to plan and execute individual artist NFT drops and markets them to his 17,000+ twitter followers, many of which are collectors. In addition, he is currently leading a 10k generative project called Woodies.
Octavio Irving (Villa Clara, Cuba, 1978) graduated from the Arts University of Cuba (ISA, 2006) and the Fine Arts Academy San Alejandro (2000with an emphasis in Printmaking. He has developed his work through different mediums such as drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. To date, he has 17 solo shows and has participated in more than one hundred group shows in Cuba, United States, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Italy, among others. He won first prize in the International Contest “La Joven Estampa” in 2007 and was the recipient of the AECID Fellowship in 2010.
His works are included in several institutional and private collections in Cuba and abroad such as: The Collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts (Havana, Cuba); of the National Council of Plastic Arts (Havana, Cuba); the Museum of Latin American Art of Los Angeles (MOLAA) (California, United States); the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rostock (Rostock, Germany) and the Museum of Printing and Design (Caracas, Venezuela) among others.
He lives and works in Havana,Cuba.
‘clintxvx’ is a Brazilian artist born in 1990 in the city of sao Paulo, and as a child, has always been connected to several art forms. From pixacao, graffiti, mixed media collages and everything that involves street art, to visual communications and art direction, creating a complete ecosystem that covers most of creation areas.
KAL is an architect and artist from space who creates illustrations and 3Ds of architectural spaces with different vibes and themes. KAL has studied architecture for 6 years, and has always loved mixing architecture with art, design and film. One of her works was exhibited in the Venice Biennale exhibition in 2020. KAL brings her thoughts and dreams into her art and wants to take you on a journey into her imaginary architecture.
Bright Me to the Moon is a Thai collage artist who expresses feelings, emotions and thought processes to integrate hidden meanings in her works.
Epic Thundercat is a multidisciplinary creative problem solver who creates both NFTs as well as traditional artwork. Her creative journey began as a young child located in the Pacific Northwest. Her artistic nature was born as a way to cope with parental abandonment in order to increase her resiliency in life. ETC began her artistic journey developing creative scenarios, of which she then worked on using artwork as a language to express emotions and the human experience.
She enjoys channeling her emotions into creative forms and using art in order to explore the human psyche as a whole using symbolism, colors to evoke feelings in the observer as well as finding ways to put the audience into her work. ETC also has a Masters Degree in Mental Health as well as Organizational Leadership and in her free-time enjoys photography, writing, video games, hiking, traveling and being both a mom of two as well as a cat-mom. She has exhibited her work at galleries, conventions, as well as art venues and various coffee shops.
Yasmin Youssef is a visual artist living and working in Austin, Texas. Her mixed media collage, NFTs, and cyanotype work is influenced by her multi-cultural Egyptian and European heritage. A heavy focus on the performing arts, science, and education in her formative years laid the foundation for her work. While designing enterprise level software for the tech industry, Yasmin performed nationally and internationally with Thievery Corporation, Govinda, and as a member of the dance collective she co-founded. Yasmin’s artistic pursuits expanded into visual art as a natural way to gather and present ethereal & moving experiences; similar to the internal feelings that can often be found with dance.
Moyosore Briggs was born in Lagos, Nigeria. She began her art career as a self-taught event photographer and currently works as a photographer & model in London. Alongside her photography, Moyosore’s art practice encompasses writing and publishing. She’s worked as a contributing editor on multiple publications, as well as self-publishing her own written & photographic work. She’s also the Tezos community lead for one of the leading NFT marketplaces, Rarible. Moyosore’s current art practice revolves around photography and digital manipulation, self-portraiture in particular, within her photography, she tries to find the beauty within the poor image. Moyosore’s current work, her self portraiture, fashion event photography, as well as her written work, focus on the intersection of the self, individuality, fashion and sexuality. Through imagery that is both extremely dark, but also vivid & full of colour, she explores these themes in relation to herself and those around her.
AempatiA is a surrealist.
She is inspired to create messages and stories through surreal, oneiric and delirious scenarios while using a traditional cut & paste technique as different gears to build intriguing machines.
She distinguishes how putting elements in the right places can change the narrative and interpretation of the art, stimulating the mind of others and making the embodiment of the unbelievable reach the real world.
Although she keeps her feet off the ground, her mind wanders off, resorting to papers from old days, to piece together compositions so well put together that makes us think: is she dreaming or is she just showing us the reality that our eyes can’t perceive?
