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jiwa

Working at the intersection of systems and meaning.

a/k/a S. Ryan O'Connor
based Berlin / Virginia
coding since 2010
status networked art maxxxing
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Selected works

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About

I grew up in the surf/skate culture of Virginia Beach, with my mother and two younger brothers. We moved every year. I became comfortable creating with whatever was around. Even now, all I need is a computer.

jiwa is an artist and coder creating generative narratives about inner worlds. 15 years of senior-level full-stack architecture, smart-contract and web3 development — building and managing the technology for the ntent collective.

A passionate activist, often using his work to raise awareness and relief for environmental and socio-political causes.

Spring 2022 — raised $8,000 for the Ukrainian war effort with the interactive piece f*ck putin. With ntent he has planted ~2,500 trees and offset over 600% of the platform's carbon footprint.

2021 — walked 100+ miles in Minnesota with Indigenous leaders against the Line 3 pipeline. 2020 — released BLMtv, used as an educational resource in DC middle schools.

EducationB.S. Information SystemsGeorge Mason University
PracticeGenerative + by hand · on-chain · performanceSolidity · JS
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Log

Exhibitions & Releases

2026Counterspace — solo · Galerie Met
2025Portraits I — performance · Art Blocks
2025DDUST — Art Blocks / OpenSea
2025Against the Wall — Bitcoin Ordinals · Gamma
2024EVENT — w/ Bernar Venet · Sotheby's · Art Basel
2024The Slide — Bright Moments Berlin · Art Blocks Marfa
2023AXO — Art Blocks Presents
2023L'Isotrope — w/ Bernar Venet · Venet Foundation
2023D'Morphism — w/ Bernar Venet · Budapest Binale
2023PETLS — solo · multi-chain · OBEY Berlin
2023Affirmations — ntent.art
2022Moment After — immersive performance · Berlin
2022Berlinverse — Berlin
2022Value in Art · "Make Your Own Gen Art" — NFTNYC
2022Technique × WeDream — Auction House NYC
2022Gateway to the Metaverse — House of Wisdom, UAE
2022One Drop, Into the Metaverse — Spatial, NYC
2022Metanoise — Denver

Speaking

2024Sotheby's HQ NYC — EVENT release
2024Art Blocks Marfa Weekend — EVENT w/ Bernar Venet
2024Art Basel — EVENT w/ Bernar Venet & Sotheby's
2024Perrotin — Paris
2022NFT Berlin — "We need a new vocabulary"
2022NFT San Francisco — Artist Success Stories
2022SUGOI @ NFTNYC — Smart Contracts for Artists
2022W3BTHR33 Lounge — NFTNYC · ntent.art
2022Mintwoch — Berlin

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