BIO
GBA
Gordon Berger is a pioneer of the Crypto Art movement. Since 2011, he has been at the forefront of blockchain technology, dedicating his career to creating hybrid art by fusing AI, cryptography and traditional fine art techniques.
In early 2018 he was the first TEDx speaker to give a talk on CryptoArt at the Museum of London. The following year he held the first NFT solo-exhibition in New York and has been exhibiting internationally since then.
Actively exploring the use of blockchain as a medium and contributing to the digital art ecosystem, led him to create some of the earliest NFTs and Generative Art projects on Ethereum.
As a multidisciplinary artist with a BA Fine Arts degree from Central Saint Martins London, he has dedicated his career to documenting the journey of art evolving with algorithms by merging novel mediums with the most ancient ones.
Through concepts such as: value, materiality, labor and time - his art series focus on examining what is the role of human creativity, narrative and expertise in the age of automation and AI.
Highlighting what it means to be alive, in this important moment of cultural and technological transformation 🌐
Notable Achievements:
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Running a Blockchain mining operation
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First TEDx speaker to give a talk on NFTs and CryptoArt (2018)
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Created some of the earliest NFTs and Generative Art projects on Ethereum (pre-dating Autoglyphs)
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Contributed to the first Generative Art Platform on Blockchain (2018)
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Generated the first NFTs ever materialized into physical reality - ‘Solidity’ & ‘Materiality’ (2018/19)
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Held the earliest NFT solo-exhibition in a physical space (New York, 2019)
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Christie’s London EDU selected him to lead the course on Digital Assets, Blockchain & The Metaverse (leading over 100 participants)
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Produced the first AI artwork to be auctioned ever in Italy (Wanennes Auction)
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Featured in multiple books documenting the history of digital art (Rizzoli, New Society, Taschen…)
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Executive Strategic advisor at SuperRare, and one of 7 Council members at the Rare DAO (managing a $50M treasury)
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Continuously contributing to the development of the Digital Art ecosystem on Bitcoin and creating new formats for art on-chain (merging Ordinals and Runes)
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Lectured at several notable institutions such as: Brown University (Rhode Island), Korean National Research Center for the Arts, Korea National University of Arts, University of the Arts London, Zuzalu, The Athens School of Fine Arts, Christie's Education London...
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Upcoming lectures 2025: University of Tokyo and Stanford University (California)
Education
-2021 The KERNEL Fellowship, Web3 (DeFi, 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 School of Design, Belgrade
Selected projects, solo and group exhibitions:
-Nov 2024, 'Unveiling Emotions', ZK Art Installation, Devcon, Bangkok, Thailand
-Oct 2024, 'Timestamps' Exhibition, Nxt Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
-Sep 2024, 'Art of Punk', Fracisco Carolinum Museum, Linz, Austria
-Jun 2024, 'Inscriptions', NFC, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon, Portugal
-Jun 2024, Belgrade Blockchain Week, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
-Jun 2024, 'The R(Evolutionaries)', Morrow Metaverse Museum
-May 2024, 'Inscribing The Laten Space', NFC, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon
-May 2024, 'Networked Art', NFTCC Naples, Fondazione Made in Cloister, Italy
-Feb 2024, 'Evolve', NFT Paris Exhibition, The Grande halle de la Villette, France
-Nov 2023, "Collective Creative Intelligence", Zuconnect, Istanbul
-Oct 2023, "Artificial/Organic Intelligence", GLITCH, Chateau du Fey, France
-Sep 2023, "Artist x AI: Show of hands", Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
-Sep 2023, "Crypto Art Seoul", Exhibition at Lightroom Seoul, South Korea
-July 2023, "Raw Ocean", Group Exhibition, SuperRare
-Jun 2023, "Infinity AI Paintings", Solo-Exhibition, NFC, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon
-May 2023, "Smart Contract Art - Circularity", Zuzalu, Montenegro
-Feb 2023, "Computational Realism", The NFT Gallery, VerticalCrypto Art, New York
-Feb 2023, "Computational Realism", The NFT Gallery, VerticalCrypto Art, London
-Feb 2023, Breezy Art Exhibition, NFT Paris, The Grande halle de la Villette, 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 Metaverse Exhibition
-Oct 2022, Historic NFT Fest, 2011-2019 Retrospective CryptoArt Exhibition, Barcelona
-Oct 2022, "Rare Effect", Crypto Art Exhibition, Arroz Estudios, Lisbon
-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
-Oct 2018, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Art Project at the NASA Hackathon
-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
-Upcoming: Stanford University (California) and University of Tokyo
-Nov 2024, 'Bitcoin as a Medium', Edge City Lanna, Chiang Mai
-Oct 2024, 'Merging Ordinals and Runes' Presentation at Ordinals London, UK
-Jun 2024, 'Art On Bitcoin', NFC, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon
-May 2024, 'New Format For Art on Bitcoin' Presentation, NFTCC Naples, Italy
-Nov 2023, 'Art versus AI', The Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
-Nov 2023, 'Art in the realm of AI' Presentation, Zuconnect, Istanbul
-Nov 2023, 'Collective Creative Intelligence', Leading the Art Track at Zuconnect, Istanbul
-Oct 2023, 'Artificial/Organic Intelligence', GLITCH, Chateau du Fey, France
-Sep 2023, 'Crypto Art Seoul', Presenting 'Infinity' Series, Lightroom Seoul, South Korea
-Apr 2023, 'Collective Creative Intelligence' at Zuzalu (Pop-up city), Montenegro
-May 2023, 'Bitcoin, Digital Assets and the Tokenization of the World', Honduras, Prospera
-Dec 2022. Leading the educational course 'NFTs A Complete Guide' at Christie's, 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, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Art Project 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