Gordon Berger
Gordon Berger is a multidisciplinary artist investigating the intersection between virtual and physical reality.
His artwork has been exhibited internationally and is centered around themes of materiality, digital art, value and abstraction.
Gordon's practice incorporates innovative technological possibilities in the process of painting. Exploring new modes of using generative art, blockchain and replicating paint within a digital screen-based context.
Fusing the digital and physical forms of production to explore the world we live in through contemporary 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 first 100 NFTS on SuperRare (2018)
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Created ‘Solidity’ & ‘Materiality’ Series as part of the earliest generative art projects on the blockchain. (2018/2019)
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Generated the first NFT that was materialized into physical reality
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First NFT solo-exhibition in a physical space by a single artist
(New York, March 6, 2019)
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:
-Mar 2022, "To Know Itself", Musee Dezentral
-Jan 2022, NFT Paris, 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, Unit London Gallery, London
-Sep 2021, "Artifical Impulse (A.I.)", Ars Electronica, Vizmesh x NFT Art Fund, New York
-Feb 2021, "Abstract Art in the Age of New Media", 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
-Jun 2022, NFT.NYC, New York (upcoming)
-Jun 2022, 'Arts Creativity in the Metaverse Era', Korean National Research Center for the Art
-Feb 2022, 'Non-fungible Tokens Evolution' Global Blockchain Initiative
-Feb 2022, 'NFTs, Blockchain and the Metaverse', Web3 Course Leader, Christie's Edu, London
-Feb 2022, Lecturer at the course on NFTs, Brown University, Rhode Island
-Oct 2018, NASA Hackathon, Belgrade
-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
Prizes
-October 2017, Artist Tank Exhibition Prize, London
-Jun 2013, “Dubravko Milanovic Prize”, Belgrade School of Design