Bård Ionson

Bård Ionson is a pioneer of crypto and generative art. He first minted on the blockchain in 2018 and has been an OG crypto artist with an extensive catalogue ever since. He is an artist who is exposing the distortions between realities that exist between worlds — by combining technique and forces of the world he captures the temporary spaces between the physical, electronic, digital and spiritual worlds.

These strange visions come from an uncommon combination of tools and techniques such as artificial intelligence, GANs, VCRs, CRTs, oscilloscopes, lasers, scanners, photography, smart contracts, blockchains and sound. His collaborative approach between creator and algorithmic systems uses GAN-algorithms to help flesh out small universes across multiple mediums spanning image and written word — a strange, ultra-expressive tango capitalizing on what AIs do best: generate — and what humans do: imagine.

He has exhibited art in Valencia, Vienna, Brussels, Paris, Denver, Washington DC, Virgin Islands, Dubai, Riyadh, San Francisco, London, Miami, Italy, Manchester, Essen, Berlin, Lisbon and Marfa. His collectors have been able to enjoy his art online at SuperRare, Art Blocks, AsyncArt, and Expanded.art.