Gordon Berger
BIO:
Gordon Berger is a pioneer of the Crypto Art movement. Since late 2011 he has been exploring the use of blockchain as an artistic medium, and its ever-evolving output in our contemporary world.
In early 2018 he was the first TEDx speaker to give a talk on CryptoArt & NFTs at the Museum of London. The following year he held the first NFT solo-exhibition in New York and has been exhibiting Crypto Art internationally since then.
Exploring the use of smart contracts as a medium, led him to be one of the earliest artists tokenizing on SuperRare in 2018 - minting 3 of the initial 100 tokens, and contributing to the earliest Generative Art Platform on the blockchain in 2018.
Gordon also created the first NFTs ever materialized from digital into physical reality – The ‘Solidity’ & ‘Materiality’ Series (2018/19). Investigating concepts of value, materiality, and abstraction - these are the earliest Generative Art projects enabled by smart-contracts (pre-dating Autoglyphs).
As a graduate of Central Saint Martins University in London, and The Belgrade School of Design, he has dedicated his career to creating art by blending digital and traditional painting techniques along with algorithms and AI.
His art series focus on documenting the evolution of the Crypto Art movement, and the fusion of the physical and digital reality. Highlighting what it means to be human, in this important moment of cultural and technological transformation, through abstract art. 🌐
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First TEDx speaker to give a talk on NFTs and CryptoArt in early 2018
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Minted 3 of the initial 100 NFTs on SuperRare (2018)
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Contributed to the earliest Generative Art Platform on the blockchain (2018)
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Created one of the earliest Generative Art projects enabled by smart-contracts ‘Solidity’ & ‘Materiality’ Series (2018/2019) (Pre-Autoglyphs)
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Generated the first NFT that was ever materialized into physical reality
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Held the first NFT solo-exhibition in physical space (New York, March 6, 2019)
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Christie’s London EDU selected him as a global expert to lead the course on NFTs, Blockchain, & The Metaverse
(Gordon Berger’s BIO from the Christie’s website: education.christies.com )
Education
-2021 The KERNEL Fellowship, Web3 (DeFi, NFT’s, Security, and Infrastructure)
-2015-2018 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins University of Arts London
-2014- Central Saint Martins, Contemporary Fine Art Practice Course, London
-2012-2015 – School of Design, Belgrade
Selected projects, solo and group exhibitions:
-Feb 2023, "Computational Realism", The NFT Gallery, VerticalCrypto Art, New York
-Feb 2023, "Computational Realism", The NFT Gallery, VerticalCrypto Art, London
-Feb 2023, NFT Paris Exhibition, Breezy Art, Paris
-Jan 2023, "Circularity'", Solo-Exhibition, Museum of Crypto Art (MOCA)
-Nov 2022, "GLITCH", Artist Residency and Research, France
-Nov 2022, "Cross-Reality", Snowcash, Voxels Exhibition
-0ct 2022, Historic NFT Fest, 2011-2019 Retrospective CryptoArt Exhibition, Barcelona
-Sep 2022, NFT UK Exhibition, W1Curates, London
-Sep 2022, "Crypto Art Begins", Book about 50 best artists, Nifty Gateway
-Apr 2022, "PHIGITAL", Generative Art Exhibition, Kate Vass Gallery, Switzerland
-Mar 2022, "To Know Itself", Metaverse Exhibition, Musee Dezentral
-Jan 2022, NFT Paris Exhibition, Station F, Paris
-Dec 2021, Decentral Miami, NFT Gallery, Decentralcon, Miami
-Nov 2021, "Cryptographics - The Beginning of Blockchain Generative Art", Cryptovoxels
-Nov 2021, NFT.LDN Exhibition, Unit London Gallery, London
-Sep 2021, "Artifical Impulse (A.I.)", Ars Electronica, New York
-Feb 2021, "Abstract Art in the Age of New Media", MOCDA, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art
-Apr 2020, "Materiality - Blockchain Artwork Series" Online Video Launch
-Nov 2019,"Open Source Painting", Solo-Exhibiton Project, ZIP, Off Site Project
-Feb 2019, “Solidity”, Solo-Exhibition, Wallplay Network, New York
-Sep 2018, “Neo Norte”, Fundación Cultural Providencia, Santiago, Chile
-May 2018, “CSMerge”, Cental Saint Martins, London
-May 2018, “Home Alone”, Dateagle Art, London
-May 2018, “Untitled- Close To Now”, The Curation Society, London
-Feb 2018, “Earthly Delights”, Norman Rea Gallery, York
-Feb 2018, “Bionic” New Media Arts & Music, Stourspace exhibition, London
-Feb 2018, “Picasso Baby”, The Dot Project Gallery, London
-Jan 2018, “Studio Complex” group exhibition, Tate Modern, London
-Nov 2017, “Les Interdictions” exhibition, Granary Square, London
-Oct 2017, “Daub” group exhibition, Artist Tank, Marylebone London
-Apr 2017, “Artistic Practice”, Light Eye Mind gallery, London
-Jul 2017, “The Spaces of Otherness” group exhibition, Serbian House, London
-Oct 2016, “Big Space VI Exhibition”, CSM Main Street, London
-May 2016, “Instant City Reloaded Event- Marathon”, Zurich School of the Arts, London
-May 2016, “Nothing to see here” exhibition, Square Gallery, London
-Dec 2014, “Shortest Day” Video projection, Belgrade Youth Centre, Belgrade
-Oct 2014, “Royal Charity Exhibition”, House of King Peter, Belgrade
-Maj 2014, ‘Beokulis’ exhibition, Studio Uroboros Gallery, Belgrade
Teaching and Speaking
-Dec 2022. Teaching the course 'NFTs -A Complete Guide' at Christie's Edu, London
-0ct 2022, 'Historic NFT Fest', Speaker, Barcelona
-Sep 2022, 'Art in Web3', NFT UK, Speaker, W1Curates, London
-Sep 2022, 'Plurality in Voxels', As one of the judges, Sandbox
-Jun 2022, 'Future of NFTs & DAOs', NFT.NYC, Speaker, New York
-Jun 2022, 'Arts Creativity in the Metaverse Era', Korean National Research Center for the Arts
-Jun 2022, Korea National University of Arts, Lecturer, Seoul, South Korea
-May 2022, Christie's Art Law Conference, Speaker, Christie's, London
-Feb 2022, Teaching at the Global Blockchain Initiative, 'Non-fungible Tokens Evolution'
-Feb 2022, 'NFTs, Blockchain and the Metaverse', Course Leader, Christie's Edu, London
-Feb 2022, Lecturer at the course on Blockchain/NFTs, Brown University, Rhode Island
-Oct 2018, Participating and speaking at the NASA Hackathon
-Jun 2018, Lecturer at the Art Business Summer School, Christie's, London
-Apr 2018, TEDxUAL Speaker at the Museum of London
-2017, 2018 Teaching/mentoring students form the Belgrade School of Design
-Jun 2017, Panel Participant, Soho House, London