ARTIST STATEMENT
What separates man from machine? How are the two artistically related, and when they are inevitably brought closer by technological progress, what will the result be? My work explores these questions. I want to find new ways to deeply merge the hand with the algorithm, to make the logical and illogical processes interact. The generative analysis of drawings reveals that even the "human" flaws in our work have patterns and structure. What can the machine capture and reproduce about those flaws, and what differences will always remain? Can the cold, rigid defaults of programmed systems truly merge with our analog mess? I try to see, visually, what the answer is.
STUDIO Projects
QQL - On-going community collaboration with Indigo Wist, 2022 (link)
Fidenza - Art Blocks: Curated Collection, Series 3, 2021 (link)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
QQL: Analogs - PACE Gallery, New York, NY; 2023 (gallery) (images)
Mechanical Hand - Unit London, London, UK; 2023 (gallery) (images)
Incomplete Control - Bright Moments, New York, NY; 2021 (link) (images)
Progress - Galería Dos Topos, León, Gto., México; 17 Works; 2018 (images)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Every 30 Days - Glitch Gallery, Marfa, TX (link)
2023
INTERREALITY - Bitforms Gallery & PR for Artists, curated by Mieke Marple, Los Angeles, CA (link)
TEN - Unit, London, U.K. (link)
GEN/GEN: Generative Generations - Gazelli Art House, London, U.K. (link)
NFT Now - The Gateway, Seoul, Korea (link)
Notes from the Ether - Art Science Museum, Singapore (link)
Proof of Concept - Co-Museum, Singapore Art Week, Singapore (link)
2022
Art Miami - Vertu Fine Art booth, Miami, FL (link)
NFT Now - The Gateway, Miami, FL (link)
Nassima Landau - Unit London Take-Over, Tel Aviv, Israel (link)
Disruption - W1 Curates, London, U.K. (link)
DYOR - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (link)
In Our Code - Unit London & AOI, London, U.K. (link)
Natively Ditial 1.3: Generative Art - Sotheby’s, Online (link)
Grails - Proof (link)
Art Dubai, Unit London booth, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (link)
This is Tomorrow: Part I, Verse, Online, (link)
Artblocks x Samsung, NFT.NYC, New York, NY (Private Event)
NFT.NYC Diversity of NFTs Art Showcase, NFT.NYC, New York, NY
Immutable - Gen.Art Residency at Vellum LA, Los Angeles CA (link)
Ex-Machina: A History of Generative Art, Phillips, London, U.K. (link)
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle NFT Museum Booth, Seattle, OR (link)
2021
-GRAPH - Feral File, curated by Casey Reas (link)
Transformations - Unit London, London, U.K. (link)
NFT Now - techspressionism.com, curated by Anne Spalter (link)
Right Click + Save - Coinhako, Singapore, curated by Clara Peh
Dreamverse - Dreamverse, New York, NY (link)
The Digital | Miami Beach 2021 - The Digital, Miami Beach, FL (link)
2019
STEAM: Math and Art - West Windsor Art Center, Princeton Junction, NJ
LAND\SCAPE - Specto, Shenandoah Valley, VA
Contemporary + Digital Art Fair NYC - Lightbox, New York, NY (link)
AIMIE - Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Time - Open i Art Space, Santa Barbara, CA
Floating Points - Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX (link)
2018
The People's Gallery - City Hall, Austin, TX (catalog)
West Austin Studio Tour - Blue Genie, Austin, TX
Tomo 002 - Trámite, Querétaro, México
East Austin Studio Tour - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
2017
La Catrina Summer Meltdown Showcase - The Belmont, Austin, TX
West Austin Studio Tour - Blue Genie, Austin, TX
ESC Summer Design Party - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
First Friday Art Walk (Featured) - Art Connections Gallery, Bastrop, TX
East Austin Studio Tour - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
ESC Spring Design Party - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
2016
Milk + Cereal Gallery Opening - Milk + Cereal Gallery, Austin, TX
East Austin Studio Tour - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
ESC Fall Design Party - East Side Collective, Austin, TX
OTHER
Amethyst (Best in Show) - Envision Arts, Online exhibition curated by Ginger Cochran, 2019
Texas Biennial 2017, Short List - Curated by Leslie Moody Castro
Public Collections
University of Texas at Austin, College of Natural Sciences
SFMOMA
LACMA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Le Random - Demystifying Generative Aesthetics, March 2024 (link)
Forbes (Japan) - Generative Art Leader Talks Technology, Business, and Art, May 2023 (link)
Artnews - A New Generation of Computer Plotting Arrives at Pace via Tyler Hobbs, Apr 2023 (link)
Outland - Manual Override: In the work of Tyler Hobbs, the relationship between humans and machines is filled with productive tensions, Apr 2023 (link)
Unit London - Hans Ulrich Obrist in discussion with Tyler Hobbs, Apr 2023 (link)
Artsy - New Artist Spotlight: Tyler Hobbs at Unit London, Apr 2023 (link)
Artnet News - Generative Art Sensation Tyler Hobbs Has Filled His Debut London Show With Old-Fashioned Paintings—Painted by a Robot, That Is, Mar 2023 (link)
Forbes - How Generative NFT Artist Tyler Hobbs’ London And New York Shows Explore The Human/Machine Relation, Mar 2023 (link)
Euronews - How generative artist Tyler Hobbs blurs boundaries between machine and hand-made art, Mar 2023 (link)
Pace - Tyler Hobbs on Agnes Martin’s Enduring Power, Mar 2023 (link)
Christie’s - Tyler Hobbs on Generative Art and NFTs, Feb 2023 (link)
NFT Now - Exclusive: Tyler Hobbs Unveils First Physical QQLs as Paintings, Feb 2023 (link)
FAD Magazine - Tyler Hobbs to Open 2 Major Solo Exhibitions in London & New York, Feb 2023 (link)
Wallpaper* - Meet Tyler Hobbs, the Breakout Star of Generative Art, Jan 2023 (link)
Wallpaper - Generative art: the creatives powering the AI art boom, Dec 2022 (link)
Artnet News - How Generative Art Sensation Tyler Hobbs Is Defying a Shrinking NFT Market, Dec 2022 (link)
NFT Now - Art Blocks: Snowfro, Tyler Hobbs, and More on the Rise of Generative NFT Art, Nov 2022 (link)
Right Click Save - Tyler Hobbs on QQL and the Future of Generative Art, Oct 2022 (link)
CoinDesk - What Are Generative Art NFTs?, Oct 2022 (link)
Decrypt - Royalties Chaos Shows Ethereum NFT Market 'More Serious' Than Solana: Fidenza Artist Tyler Hobbs, Oct 2022 (link)
The Block - Fidenza artist Tyler Hobbs has a new idea: buy now, mint later NFTs, Oct 2022 (link)
Right Click Save - An Interview with Tyler Hobbs: The artist addresses the growing public interest in generative art, May 2022 (link pt.1)(link pt.2)
The Architect’s Newspaper - Can Architects Learn From Generative Art? May 2022 (link)
Artnet News - Sotheby’s Latest ‘Natively Digital’ Sale, Featuring Old-School Digital Artists, Squeaks by Its Low Estimate to Bring in $2.3 Million, May 2022 (link)
The New York Times - Can an Art History Frame Help Expand the NFT Market?, April 2022 (link)
L’Official - Sotheby's Launches First Generative Art Auction Featuring NFTs, April 2022 (link)
Austin Monthly - All that Glitters is Code, Magazine Edition, March 2022
Bankless Times - Top Up-and-Coming NFT Artists, March 2022 (link)
Crysalis - A Whirlwind History of Generative Art: from Molnár to Hobbs, Feb 2022 (link)
Arab News - 6 must-see artworks at Saudi Arabia’s NFT exhibition, Feb 2022 (link)
Decrypt - How Art Blocks Is Building for the Future After the Ethereum NFT Boom, Jan 2022 (link)
The Information - Minting Takes Manhattan: An NFT Gallery Sells Millions Even Before the Art Is Made, Dec 2022 (link)
DeCential - Tyler Hobbs and the Random Power of Generative Art, Dec 2021 (link)
Nylon - 2021's Best (Non-Celebrity) NFT Projects, Dec 2021 (link)
Business Insider - Dec 2021 (link)
PVPLive - Best NFT Artists to Watch Out For in 2022, Dec 2021 (link)
CryptoCoin.news - Top NFT Artists To Add To Your 2022 Watchlist, Dec 2021 (link)
Daniel Pinchbeck - When the Intangible Meets the Ineffable, Dec 2021 (link)
Wired - The 10,000 Faces That Launched an NFT Revolution, Nov 2021 (link)
Coinbase - Art Collector’s Guide to NFTs, Nov 2021 (link)
Mint - When In Doubt, Keep Creating: Tyler Hobbs and Generative Art, Oct 2021 (link)
GitHub Web3 Community Call - Non Fungible Tokens, Sep 2021 (link)
ARTnews - Algorithm-Generated NFTs Are Quickly Rising in Value. Can Art Blocks Up the Quality?, Sep 2021 (link)
Cointelegraph Magazine - Fidenza: Tyler Hobbs wrote software that generates art worth millions, Sep 2021 (link)
The Block - Fidenza artist Tyler Hobbs: NFTs are 'going to play a huge role in the art world', Sep 2021 (link)
Al-Tiba9 Magazine - ISSUE09, Fall 2021 (link)
Forbes - The NFT Generative Art Movement Is Challenging How We Think About Value, Sep 2021 (link)
India Times - This NFT Artwork By Tyler Hobbs Was Just Sold For $3.3 Million, Sep 2021 (link)
Decrypt - What Is Art Blocks and Why Are These NFTs Suddenly Selling for Millions in Ethereum?, Sep 2021 (link)
Forbes - JPEG Mania: How NFTs Are Capturing The Heart Of The Crypto Market, Aug 2021 (link)
Texas Standard - Texas Company, Art Blocks Helps Digital Artists Find A Lucrative Market For Their Work, Aug 2021 (link)
The Defiant - Art Blocks NFTs Soar as Savvy Collectors Snap Up Edgy Pieces, Aug 2021 (link)
Texas Monthly - Art Blocks Brings Big Money to Artists Who Paint With Code, July 2021 (link)
ARTYNFT - Tyler Hobbs, July 2021 (link)
PROOF - Tyler Hobbs: Designing NFT Generative Art with a Traditional Touch, June 2021 (link)
Generate Collective - Generative Art, Lisp, Cryptoart, and GANs, Feb 2021 (link)
nrdstr. - Artist Spotlight: Tyler Hobbs, Dec 2020
Art the Science - Creators - Tyler Hobbs, Oct 2020 (link)
Voyage Dallas - Meet Tyler Hobbs, Aug 2020 (link)
Artfolio Annual - 2020 Edition (link)
Tech+Art Podcast - Tyler Hobbs, Dec 2019 (link)
Voyage Houston - Meet Tyler Hobbs, Aug 2019 (link)
Envision Arts Online Magazine - Patterns and Processes, Jul 2019
21st Century Creative Podcast - Tyler Hobbs: an Artist Who Paints with Code, 2018 (link)
Market Cafe Mag - Issue 3, Feb 2018 (link)
How to Hack a Painting - OpenSource.com 2018 (link)
Autonomous Art - SciArt Magazine, Dec 2015
SPEAKING
Christie's Art+Tech Summit - New York, NY, 2023 (link)
Art Blocks - Fidenza Mural Lecture, Marfa, TX, 2022
VeeCon - U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN, 2022 (link)
Consensus - Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX, 2022 (link)
The GaryVee Audio Experience Podcast - How Physical Items Will Be Tied To NFTs, Apr 2022 (link)
Art Blocks - After Dinner Mints Podcast, Jan 2022 (link)
Austin Forum for Technology + Art - Austin Forum Forum on Technology & Society, 2020, Austin, TX
Generative Art is Not About Math - Processing Community Day, 2019, Austin, TX
Code Goes In, Art Comes Out - Clojure/conj 2018, Durham, NC (video)
How to Hack a Painting - Strange Loop 2017, St. Louis, MO (video)
EDUCATION
B.S. Computer Science - University of Texas at Austin, 2010