Twelve NFT Artists Breaking Barriers and Gaining Fame Blog

Apr 28, 2022

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The advantages of NFTs appear to be beneficial that they give artists and collectors the freedom to choose and are democratizing buying and selling art, as well as offer a new avenue for tech-savvy artists to make money through their skills. Some argue that they provide opportunities for artists from underrepresented communities like BIPOC as well as neurodivergent artists so that they can bypass many of the traditional arts world's traditional exclusionary structures.

There are, of course certain drawbacks. First, NFT technology that is enabled by smart contracts based on the well-known blockchain Ethereum is currently consuming huge amounts of energy, raising an inquiry into the environmental impacts. Also, there's a question about how long the hype cycle will last--and what's to be left after the bubble bursts (or disappears completely).

Still, there are incredible artistic displays going on within the NFT world, and a variety of NFT artists are making use to make use of NFT technology to push the boundaries of their field, generate waves, and find fame.

Which are the top NFT makers in the present? Below are a handful to keep on your radar.

  1.       Beeple
  2.       Pak
  3.       Mad Dog Jones
  4.       FEWOCiOUS
  5.       Blake Kathryn
  6.       XCOPY
  7.       3LAU
  8.       Latasha
  9.       Vakseen
  10.       Alexa Meade
  11.       Darian Brito
  12.       Lana Denina

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Famous NFT Artists

What ever your opinion is about NFTs There's no doubt that the art industry has embraced these with enthusiasm. Even established institutions like Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips have benefited from the trend. This makes it obvious that NFTs have surpassed the crypto-centric circles of the past and have become popular.

     1. Beeple

It wouldn't be a story on popular NFT artists without inclusion of Mike Winkelmann, otherwise known as Beeple Beeple, the online artist who's project "Everydays The first 5000 days" is being sold at an estimated $69.3 million by Christie's in March 2021. The present day, Beeple is one of the most prolific NFT artistswith many pieces on Instagram and across NFT marketplaces as well as on different websites across the internet. His themes include political satire, sociological commentaries, surrealism based on science fiction and fantasy cartoons, and more.

     2. Pak

Pak is a digital artist who has been gaining an impressive amount of fame during the period of the NFT increase. This collection "The Fungible," which was published by Sotheby's Nifty Gateway which is a renowned NFT marketplace, went at an estimated cost of $16.8 million during the three-day auction held on April 20, 2021. Their top-selling NFT collection, titled "The Merge" was auctioned off at $91.8 million in the year 2021.

A large portion of the style of his work is based on animations in monochromatic colors of 3D shapes such as cubes or spheres, arranged with captivating designs. There's often a gamification aspect to Pak's work. It can be observed through obscure messages hidden in the image, or through challenges that are posed to prospective buyers, and also incentives offered to people who buy the most Open Editions of an NFT within a specific timeframe.

     3. Mad Dog Jones

Multidisciplinary artists Michah Dowbak who goes by the title Mad Dog Jones, is a multidisciplinary artist. Mad Dog Jones is an extremely colored artist that creates stunning NFTs that are straight out of a sci-fi film. The most well-known themes include urban landscapes, food as well as technology and architecture that have a distinctive dystopian (and often a bit spooky) cyberpunk variation.

From Thunder Bay, Ontario, Dowbak was famous for his crypto art, specifically the "Crash + Burn" and "Burn Mechanical" series of animated pieces that were auctioned off by Nifty Gateway. One of his works, REPLICATOR, sold at $4.1 million in auctions conducted by the auction house Phillips. Dowbak is also a featured artist in major NFT art exhibitions, like the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing.

     4. FREWOCIOUS

Victor Langlois, aged 19 and residing in Seattle is one of the world's most well-known NFT artists. Langlois uses vibrant images and colors to compose stunning collages composed of text and images. As of the present, he's sold over three thousand of these, usually earning more than a hundred thousand dollars in only one.

In the year prior, Christie's released an NFT release of a painting called "Hello and Welcome to my site! Victor (FEWOCiOUS) as well as Then This is My Life," in which the artist's volatile upbringing, as well as the transition of gender through a collection of five artworks, caused Christie's website to go down for the very first time in the site's history, as per the Esquire publication. The publication was published in June of 2021. was among the youngest artists to be listed in Christie's.

     5. Blake Kathryn

With a style that blends magical fantasy and exquisite femininity the Los Angeles-based Blake Kathryn is familiar with the world of art. It's been a staple of social media over the years her unique style--ethereal beautiful, whimsical and surreal is now available in NFT format. A recent collaboration along with Paris Hilton on a work entitled "Iconic Cyber Queen" is available through Nifty Gateway at a price in the range of $1.1 million.

     6. XCOPY

Another popular NFT creator, the XCOPY, has garnered millions from the artwork they create and is accessible through platforms such as SuperRare, KnownOrigin, and NiftyGateway. The XCOPY artworks can also be sold on auction sites like OpenSea. The creator from London and crypto-lover has sold more thousands of NFTs. The majority of the NFTs depict grim subject matter that are brightly colored and accompanied by flashing images (and frequently accompanied by an alert for people with epilepsy). According to the Influencer Marketing Hub XCOPY's distinct style frequently shows "death and dystopia as well as Apathy with blurred images which repeat."

CCOPY is another anonymous artist as well as one of the early part of the growing crypto art movement. The name comes from a keyboard function that's commonly used that is known as the command.

     7. 3LAU

The first "joinroyal" assets are being produced!

They are my first NFTs to allow rights to my songs to other people!

They're also known in the context of Limited Digital Assets (LDAs) since they can do much greater than traditional ERC-721 tokens.

More detailed blog post coming soon https://t.co/RZZizByozP pic.twitter.com/NGpkSzct0j

-- 3LAU (@3LAU) 28 October 2021

It's not just painters or graphic designers photographers who have made an impression because they are renowned NFT artists. musicians have also joined the trend, and making some money. American DJ Justin David Blau, known as 3LAU is a multi-millionaire who has made millions of dollars through the sale of more than 6,400 dance-related NFTs. Blau is also co-founder of Royal the latest launched marketplace where artists can sell the rights to and royalty on their songs in NFT form.

In the month of March, 2021 3LAU hosted an auction on the internet and a NFT drop to mark the 3rd anniversary of the album "Ultraviolet," granting digital rights as well as the ownership of 33 NFTs to customers. The total earnings of his album was more than $11 million in the course of the three-day sale.

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     8. Latasha

#GOGOWYNE is being sold by one of my top firms @JesseGrushack for 13.4207 Ether ($51,623.97 USD). )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

NEW RECORD BROKE FOR MUSIC VIDEO @NFTS via @ourZORA

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--- LATASHA The investigation study (@CallMeLatasha) 14 December 2021

A well-known musician , NFT artist, and artist is Brooklyn-born performer along with hip-hop musician Latasha. The rapper and singer also released an NFT music video of her smash hit track "GOGO WYNE" which was auctioned off for over $50,000 in the month of December in 2021. She is a passionate proponent of NFTs as well as cryptocurrency, Latasha has told various news media sources that she believes that this innovative technology will lead to equality and inclusion to independent musicians, especially during the epidemic, where chances for performing in person has been deficient.

She is the current head of community programming for Zora that is an open source protocol to buy, sell and run NFTs which is built on Ethereum. As part of her job, she instructs others artists on the creative possibilities that are inherent to Web3 technology.

     9. Vakseen

The master of all trades Vakseen--who is an artist in the field of visual art, crypto gallery manager, artist music producer, songwriter, and executive. Vakseen has created iconic portraits of Black sporting stars such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Venus and Serena Williams, as well as many other notable figures from political, sport and the world of news. His work using vibrant acrylics is used by big brands like Nike, Adidas, Vans along with other companies. While he's relatively new to the NFT scene He's an advocate of NFTs for their effective and quick way for artists to earn a profit from their art. In addition, he's the proprietor of several NFTs that have been sold to several thousand dollars.

     10. Alexa Meade

Congrats on @CozomoMedici

You've won the "With the weight of melting glaciers on our shoulders" NFT.

Thanks for joining me in a collab to help support Davos together with the World of WomenNft @wef @1TFund and @CodeGreen_nft.

Let's make the future a greener place pic.twitter.com/zN4pGxsKZM

-- Alexa Meade (@AlexaMeadeArt) 25 January 2022

American artist Alexa Meade's paintings photographs, installations, painting and more. In the past, Meade's works were only accessible in static files. The introduction of NFTs have allowed Meade to display her work on motion and offer it on the internet. Her website Meade notes that her capability to produce video art is helping capture "living stunning paintings according to how they are meant to be seen."

While Meade isn't exactly a new artist to the scene, her foray into NFTs is relatively recent. Her work was displayed at galleries like Saatchi in London and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She also had her own exhibit out in space during the innovative SpaceX Inspiration4 mission.

     11. Darian Brito

A brand new artist in the field of audiovisual "creative programmers" Darien Brito employs non-traditional techniques like algorithms and sound to make works that feel and look like something else. The majority of the work he creates is animated, making it possible for collectors and audiences to view the artwork in multi-dimensional surroundings, almost as if one is exploring the depths of a cave, navigating through the time space, or being soaring into the space.

"Pigments" is a " Pigments" collection contains more than 1000 exclusive items, and some have been sold at several hundred thousand dollars.

     12. Lana Denina

Just 24 years old the artist who created NFTs Lana Denina is known as an NFT artist, even at the age of 24. The Montreal Canadian artist has created distinct NFTs which depict the female form along with human interactions and "morphological variations." In addition, Denina has been making digital artwork since the age of just a little girl, she discovered NFTs in 2020 and her success in this medium quickly grew.

On her 20th December post, Denina noted she could earn over $300,000.00 through the sale of her NFT cryptocurrency artwork. The Mona Lana collection features 500 female portraits created using codes that have 112 characteristics.

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