Meet nft now x Christie’s Showcase Artists

An important collaboration is about to make a big splash at The Gateway 2022. Of course, it’s heritage house Christie’s upcoming exclusive NFT auction on the chain. Featuring works from some of The Gateway 2022’s most prominent artists in attendance, the sale will highlight some of the most creative, forward-thinking pieces the NFT space has to offer.

Through The Gateway 2022, attendees can freely dive into (and perhaps own) pieces from these promising crypto-artists from around the world. Don’t forget to RSVP for your free ticket here to lock in your chance to become part of NFT art history.

Andres is an American photographer and artist who is best known for pushing the boundaries of what is and is not acceptable in art. An example, “Piss Christ” – one of the most remarkable works of his career — was a photograph of a crucifix immersed in a jar containing what is believed to be the artist’s urine. After a decades-long career that has seen him work with the likes of Metallica, Serrano has since entered the NFT art sphere as one of its newest provocateurs. — with Piss Christ becoming available as an NFT for the very first time in its 35 years.

Having cut his teeth as a freelance graphic designer whose work helped enormously in the development of Ender’s game film adaptation and Total recall reboot, Thorp went on to found ALT, Creative Inc, handling projects such as the Batmobile’s design for 2022 Batman flick. Through it all, Thorp has also maintained a consistent output of personal art, one of which was the NFT piece Degradation, which sold at Christie’s in 2021 during the height of the NFT bull run.

Ayla El-Moussa works with photography and film, and combines the aesthetics of sensuality, the raw power of natural forces and femininity into unique works of art. El-Moussa was one of the artists who contributed work to the Miami Beach Art Collection, a set of NFTs inspired by themes related to Playboy’s past, present and future. Her piece for that collection, “Ride The Wave,” which featured the iconic Playboy Bunny figure, sold for just under 70 ETH. In August 2021, she released “Nude Pixels”, a collection of 40 self-portraits in pixelated form that has reached nearly 16 ETH in trading volume since its release. Always presenting nudity with distinct class, El-Moussa has released a number of NFTs, including the singles ‘Mirror Mirror’, ‘Reflection of Self’ and ‘Bodyscape II’.

Cath Simard is a wilderness photographer and digital artist who created the world’s first image to have its rights released after its 1/1 NFT sale on the blockchain: #freehawaiiphoto. In support of the land and communities of Hawaii, portions of the proceeds from the sale were donated to non-profit organizations including the Key Project, Ho’okua’āina and Cultural Survival. One of the best NFT artists in the world, Simard has had works auctioned at Sotheby’s, and has been featured in several publications, including Sony Alpha Universe, DP Review, Art of Visuals, Open Skies Magazine, and Outdoor photography magazine. In addition to advocating for fair compensation and recognition for artists, Simard uses his imaginative composite images to raise environmental awareness. Her scenes often feature fleeting, icy landscapes that represent a planet in the midst of rapid climate change.

Dave Krugman is a photographer and writer based in New York City who wholeheartedly embraced the NFT community as a new platform for expression and education for his fellow creatives. Following the successful release of his collection DRIVE – captured over 10 years of street photography – Krugman founded the creative community ALLSHIPS.CO. Through this fellowship, Krugman hopes to highlight and nurture emerging talent within the NFT art community, as “a rising tide raises all ships.”

Random International started in 2005 as the brain child of Hannes Koch and Florian Ortkrass. Today, it has grown into a multi-national team of artists who work together to explore the impact of our increasingly technology-dependent society on the human condition through large-scale interactive installations that integrate a wide range of media and expression. For one of their most notable recent collaborative efforts, they teamed up with Danil Krivoruchko to create the Life in Our Minds NFT series. In this work, Krivoruchko lent his considerable skills in creative direction to create a collection that aims to remain in every holder’s wallet.

Elf J Trul’s creative vision is perhaps best known for creating the Forgotten Runes Wizards Cult Web3 franchise with the rest of the lot, and has also ventured into a number of other solo projects. Without the limitations set by pixelated art, Trul’s independent NFT outings have consistently allowed his digital art prowess to shine, giving his followers valuable insight into what the Web3 media franchise he helped build might look like when it achieves full potential.

Billed as a “psy NFT artist”, Ponce’s digital worlds often see the artist conjure up psychedelic imagery as a vehicle for his creative expression. The bizarre imaginary environments that have dominated Ponce’s work have struck a chord with collectors across the NFT space, with the total value of his portfolio estimated at nearly $180 thousand at the time of writing.

Belgian artist Robin Veighe, perhaps better known to members of the NFT community as RhymezLikeDimez, has risen through the ranks of the creative world by merging his love of music into his artistic output. He has also had great success working with some of the biggest artists in the music industry. Throughout his career he has produced images for artists such as Dua Lipa, Wiz Khalifa, Anderson Paak and more.

Sasha Stiles’ work in the NFT sphere has largely revolved around bridging the gap between text and technology. A lifelong lover of poetry and literature, Stiles has used this interest to inform his work as an AI researcher, and in turn, an NFT artist. The cross-pollination of Stiles’ work arguably came to a head with BINA48, a startlingly well-read humanoid AI robot. Stiles is also known for co-founding theVERSEverse, a crypto-literary collective that explores how the Web3 can positively impact the lives of literary practitioners.

Mike Parisella, better known as digital collage artist SlimeSunday, works with motion graphics to create abstract artworks characterized by bright colors and surreal (almost macabre) images. Many of his pieces show people whose faces are sucked into electronic devices. SlimeSunday is also the art director for DJ and electronic dance music producer 3LAU. He gained fame as an NFT artist after the pandemic stopped touring for 3LAU and the duo decided to turn to NFTs. Together they formed SSX3LAU and began selling unreleased songs along with exclusive visuals. Through these efforts, they earned more than $1.1 million in NFT sales. SlimeSunday continues to sell his creations as NFTs, and he has had his work featured in a number of publications, including toy boy, Penthouseand Glamor Magazine.

Cory Van Lew is a visual artist whose style came to fruition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Known for his use of bright colors to invoke positivity, Van Lew has said that his pre-pandemic work was generally fueled by aggravation before he switched to spending weeks at a time on individual pieces to instill nothing but good intentions in them. His NFTs, which largely draw from moments of his life, quickly catapulted him to the upper echelon of crypto artists in early 2021, leading to him being tapped by Mike Tyson for the legendary boxer’s first ever NFT drop. Cory remains one of the most unique and prominent artists in the crypto space and continues to be recruited by influential names and brands for NFT work.

After a stint as a freelance illustrator, when Goldcat joined the NFT community in 2021, she found herself one of the many creatives now freed from restrictions imposed on them by their previous jobs. In just a few years, she has established herself as one of the most important artists on Tezos, and hopes to encourage future artists to seek their own creative liberations through the growing NFT sphere.

Michaël Zancan, known as Zancan in the NFT space, is a former oil painter and longtime programmer from the South of France. In the NFT community, Zancan is known for his extraordinary and critically acclaimed plotting art. With his NFTs primarily minted on the Tezos blockchain, he has become somewhat of a celebrity in the Tezos NFT community, and is one of the most accomplished artists to release collections via the fxhash NFT marketplace. Looking anything but algorithmic, Zancan’s works are co-produced with coded instruction and an experienced eye for balancing the density of plants and trees.