Established artists “Crossing Over” at the Seattle NFT Museum

Crosses over is almost in place for the upcoming show on July 22 at the Seattle NFT Museum. The exhibition kicks off at the same time as the Seattle Art Fair (July 21-24). The title is less a pun than a statement for the digital art scene.

Crosses over will highlight artists whose work precedes NFTs, moving from the physical form to blockchain technology. Eleven well-established creators help pave the way into the art world. This show aims to not only elevate the usefulness of digital art for artists, but also bring this new visual art to art enthusiasts.

“We hope this exhibition helps to bridge the gap between what’s happening in Web3 and the rich history of art,” said Peter Hamilton, co-founder of SNFTM.

Cubism, contemporary art, portraits, science, 3D, naturalist and sacred geometry are just some of the digital forms Crosses over visitors can expect to find. It is an expression of a completely new dialect from well-known creative minds.

“We wanted to create an exhibition dedicated to talents moving into the NFT area,” Hamilton said. “This performance is about their stories and experiences of crossing over. By entering NFT sales, so many artists are experiencing new relationships with audiences and collectors on a global stage.”

The show is curated in collaboration with Joana Kawahara Lino. Lino’s experience from traditional galleries and auction houses merges with her love for powerful artists who find new ways to express art with NFTs.

“When it comes to curation, I wanted to showcase the incredibly high caliber of art you can now find in the NFT room. These artists have been working on their craft for years, and this is reflected (in) the result,” Lino said in an email. -mail.

Not only is this an innovative form for these craftsmen, it is also a new way of hanging a show, which for Lino is exactly where she wants to be.

“Curing digital art / NFT is a fairly new discipline, and developing a voice and style has been a privilege and joy I never thought I would have access to, and for which I am incredibly grateful,” said Lino.

Exhibiting artists from the Seattle NFT Museum includes Norman Harman, who combines analog and an autonomous digital painting process “to achieve a baconish grotesqueness in a POST-COVID, consumer-driven world.”

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– Norman Harman @ (@NorrieHarman) July 12, 2022

Visithra Manikam, aka VISSYART, is a self-taught visual artist and photographer from Malaysia. Her modern Indian expressionist and pop / surrealist paintings have been exhibited in LA, New York, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and more. Manikam’s work stretched his imaginative muscles and developed into iPad digital drawings and eventually digital animations.

“I started seriously with art as a traditional artist working with acrylic on canvas,” she said in a press release. “Being in this (NFT) room allows me to explore and move boundaries that existed in the traditional world.”

Vissyuga is the age of Ikari faces.

Vissy is my nickname while the three letters behind have double meaning. In Tamil / Sanskrit, Yuga means age or a period of time.

Vissy-uga also refers to Mugam in Tamil which means faces. pic.twitter.com/HJ0ELxNJhk

– Vissyarts (@vissyarts) June 5, 2022

Interestingly, Manikam finds that the virtual world is freer from expectations.

“There is more freedom and a lot of inspiration to create any kind of art without thinking (about) what is being collected by a particular country,” Manikam said. “All kinds of art find acceptance here, and this allows for endless creativity.”

Tickets are now on sale for Crosses over VIP preview event from 19:00 to 22:00 on Friday 22. July at the Seattle NFT Museum. Participants can hear about work and inspiration from several exhibiting artists.

This promises to be a hectic artistic weekend in Emerald City, as hundreds of modern and contemporary artists will meet at Lumen Field for the aforementioned Seattle Art Fair.

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