Marcelo Rodriguez
Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez is an artist and strategist. He is interested in the whole range of possibilities that a given system can cover and interact with. The role of technological advances in this regard with respect to society has been the focus of his work on innovation and strategy in a handful of companies, from small startups to large financial multinationals. He has released critically acclaimed generative art collections at FxHash.xyz and Art Blocks Curated series 6.
He co-founded a globalThis data practice at BBVA, a globalThis financial firm, where he led the data strategy activities. He co-founded Databeers, an informal data literacy movement present in 10 countries, and has been advisor, mentor and investor in a number of technological startups. He studied Telecommunications Engineering and Signal Processing. He writes occasionally on his personal website, iillucid.com, about art, strategy and random thoughts around these topics.
Iskra Velitchkova
Iskra Velitchkova (b.1988) is a Bulgarian self-taught artist currently based in Madrid. Her work explores the present and potential interactions between humans and machines and how instead of making technology more human, this relationship can push us to understand our limits better.She believes that roots and tradition can nurture her work with greater truth. Bringing together her Balkan origins with the influence that Mediterranean culture has had on her over her own history, she uses this context for building upon her work.
After a proven record on tech and artificial intelligence industry as visual thinker, Iskra decided to apply her knowledge and experience at the service of her own research. Her work is based on mixed techniques: she explores new media combining digital formats and physical nature. She uses generative technology, neural networks, plastic arts, she plots on canvas and plays with clay.
Dr. Ivona Tau
Ivona Tau, PhD, from Vilnius, Lithuania, is a renowned generative A.I. artist, masterfully blending experimental photography and motion painting through neural networks. Driven to infuse human emotion into A.I. creations, her accolades include top honors at the Digital Ars 2020 contest and being named one of the TOP 10 Women in AI 2022 by the Women in Tech foundation. Ivona’s groundbreaking work has graced globalThis stages, from Sotheby’s X Burning Man and Frieze to Art Basel Miami and Christie’s New York.
Beyond her artistic prowess, Ivona champions ethical practices in art and technology. Serving as an advisor to K011, her insights ensure respect for artists’ rights and data privacy, cultivating a trusted environment for artists and collectors alike.
Bas Uterwijk aka “Ganbrood”
Bas Uterwijk aka Ganbrood, (1968, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has a background in special effects, 3D animation, videogames, and photography. Mostly self-taught, he has always been involved in forms of visual storytelling that imitate and distort reality. Since 2019 he combined his different skills and experiences when he started working with generative adversarial networks (GANs): Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence based software that interprets and synthesizes photographs.
With the help of these neural networks, he constructed photos that were never recorded by an actual camera. Portraits of people that lived before the camera was invented or people that never existed. Since early 2021, he has been minting Non Fungible Tokens on the Tezos blockchain. His latest series of artworks are more abstract: “pseudo-figurative” pieces in which he interrogates GANs on creativity and their ability to disrupt human visual recognition.
Kevin Abosch
Kevin Abosch (born 1969) is an Irish conceptual artist known for his works in photography, sculpture, installation, AI, blockchain and film. Abosch's work addresses the nature of identity, value and human currency and has been exhibited throughout the world, often in civic spaces, including The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, The National Museum of China, The National Gallery of Ireland, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) and Dublin Airport.
As a trailblazer in the field of AI and its integration into the art realm, Kevin offers invaluable expertise. Their cutting-edge artificial intelligence knowledge ensures that our platform stays at the forefront of the latest advancements, opening new horizons for artists and collectors alike.
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AI, conceptual art and Technology in Art