Martin Lukas Ostachowski, German new media artist
Born 1984 Katowice, Poland. Lives and works in Montreal, QC, Canada
Martin Lukas Ostachowski, artiste allemand des nouveaux médias
Né en 1984 Katowice, Pologne. Vit et travaille à Montréal, QC, Canada
Education
MA Int’l Business Development, European Business School ESB Reutlingen University, Germany
2008
BA Media Management, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Heidenheim, Germany
Exhibition Record
2024
Art of Punk, Museum Francisco Carolinum, Linz, Austria (curated)
{R(Evolutionaries);generations}, Morrow Collective, Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE (curated)
Bitcoin Art Gallery, Bitcoin 2024 Conference, Nashville, TN, USA (curated)
Canadian Bitcoin Conference, Rialto Theater, Montreal, QC (curated)
Bit Block Boom, Hilton Granite Park, Dallas, TX (juried)
2023
Crypto Art Seoul, L’Espace Etnah Godeok, Seoul, South Korea (curated)
Bitcoin Renaissance Continues/Art Gallery, Bitcoin2023 Conference, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA (juried)
NFT Art Show: Exploring the Frontier of Digital Art and Blockchain Technology, Kingston Art Society, Kingston, NY, USA (curated)
Frogs over Fiat, On the Fringe Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated)
Cyberiana Pavillion at the Wrong Biennale, Time-bound virtual exhibition (curated)
2022
DYOR – Do Your Own Research, Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland (curated)
The Past of the Future: A Retrospective of Historical NFTs, Reial Cercle Artístic, Barcelona, Spain (curated)
Icons of Crypto Art, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE (curated)
Bitcoin Renaissance/Art Gallery, Bitcoin2022 Conference, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA (juried)
CADAF art fair, Web3 NYC Gallery, New York, NY (juried)
Frogs > Fiat, On the Fringe Gallery, New York, NY, USA (curated)
NFT in America, The Montalbán Theatre, Hollywood, CA (curated)
Digital Horizons: The New State of the Art, Contemporary Istanbul, Tersane Istanbul, Turkey (curated)
Network of Hope, DMINTI Metwaverse, virtual exhibition, New York, NY (curated)
NFT Paris, Station F, Paris, France (curated)
2021
Dear Block Chen, Solid Art, Taipei City, Taiwan (curated)
CADAF Online, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, Paris, France (juried)
Crypto Art Revolution, Galerie Joseph/Ancien musée Pierre Cardin, Paris, France (curated)
Digital Art Month – CADAF, various locations, Paris, France (juried)
U’R’L, IRL Art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA (curated)
Bitcoin Art Gallery, Bitcoin2021 Conference, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA (juried)
Papier Exhibition, Esperanto Gallery, Markham, ON (juried)
NFT Now, Techspressionism, virtual exhibition on Kunstmatrix VR (curated)
Sending you my Love, Playform Studio, virtual exhibition on Artsy (curated)
Distance, Lacuna Festivals 2021, virtual exhibition, Lanzarote, Spain (juried)
2020
CADAF Online, Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, New York, NY, USA (juried)
Digital Art Month – CADAF, various locations, Miami, FL, USA (curated)
Art Rights Prize – Finalist Exhibitions, virtual exhibition, Cagliari, Italy (juried)
Intersection #3, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
Le figuratif défiguré – Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
Outer Space, SuperRare, Time-bound virtual exhibition (curated)
2019
Contemporary Photography, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea (juried)
Rare Arts Fest 2, Bushwick Generator, Brooklyn, NY, USA (juried)
iDAF – International Digital Art Festival, Federation House, Manchester, England (juried)
Expo Aux Puces, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
Interface, Trojan Foundation, Osaka Blockchain Week, Osaka, Japan (curated)
E001: Life Size – Berlin Art Week, dot.gallery, Time- and attendance-bound virtual exhibition (curated)
SuperRare Cryptoart Popup Gallery, Ethereum Developer Conference, Denver, CO, USA (curated)
Sutton Art Prize Spring 2019, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
Texte & image – Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
2018
Binary / Non-Binary, GESTE Paris, France (juried)
#intersections VOL.9: Blockchain, des promesses aux applications, Printemps numérique, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, QC (juried)
Hackatao: Fight Fear, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo, Italy (juried)
Intersection éponyme, Centre Culturel et Communautaire Françoise-Dunn, Sherbrooke, QC (juried)
SuperRare Cryptoart Popup Gallery, Ethereum Developer Conference, Prague, Czech Republic (curated)
#Artproject Decentralized, Distributed: 2018 Blockchain Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA (curated)
Expo Concours, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
Osez Jaune – Exposition Collective des Membres Artistes, Maison des arts et de la culture de Brompton, Sherbrooke, QC
Exposition de Collectif des Membres Artistes, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, QC
2017
Le Canada pour moi c’est…, Seven venues in Coaticook, Lac-Mégantic, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke, QC
2016
Symposium de peinture « Ma ville en couleurs », Maison de la Culture, Thetford Mines, QC
Ma ville en couleurs, Station des Arts, Thetford Mines, QC
2015
Concours d’œuvres d’art Desjardins de la Chaudière-Appalaches, Museum Marius Barbeau, St-Joseph-de-Beauce, QC
Artist Talks & Panel Discussions
2024
NFT Passages: From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
A Web3 Renaissance is Yet to Come, Non-Fungible Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
MOCA-live Martin Lukas Ostachowski, Museum of Crypto Art Podcast
Back to the origin: How the NFT movement started, Bitcoin NFTs: OG’s Evening, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
The Essence of Crypto Art, Crypto Art Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
The Essence of Crypto Art, ZuConnect Istanbul – Art Track
Martin Lukas Ostachowski MLO.art, Sovrn Podcast
Digital Wallets, Art & the Future of Identity in Web3, LaCollection
Punk5324, MLO, Award-winning Cloud Artist and Crypto Historian, PunkCast Podcast
Where Art Begins in the Clouds, The Jake Gallen Podcast
2022
Evolution of Crypto Art, University of Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
NFTs are not Art (Anymore), NFT in America, The Montalbán Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Documenting Crypto Art’s History, First Historic NFT Fest, Reial Cercle Artístic, Barcelona, Spain
NFTs as Art and Collectibles, Casper Association, Luma Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland
NFTs for Artists in a Nutshell, YES Artists’ Conference
Martin Lukas Ostachowski Crypto Artist and Crypto Art Historian, DMINTY x MOCA Podcast NFT Sundays
Safety and Security for Artists in the NFT Space, Vertical Crypto Art Residency
Artist Spotlight Martin Lukas Ostachowski, The OG Show – Mint Gold Dust
Deep diving into crypto art history with MLOdotArt, The Matthew & Rizzle Show Podcast
2021
Artist in Conversation Martin Lukas Ostachowski, CADAF Crypto and Digital Art Fair
NFTs in the Traditional Art World, Mint MTL Conference
History of Crypto Art, Live with Artnome/Jason Bailey and Martin Lukas Ostachowski, VerticalCrypto Art
Crypto Art Curation with Martin Lukas Ostachowski, The Outer Realm Podcast
Was ist Crypto Art, Krypto Kunst? HORADs 88,6 German University Radio Network
Crypto Art in Context, Vertical Crypto Art Residency
Curating Digital Art: Opportunities and Challenges, Digital Art Talks, V-Art
From Physical to Digital Art: Artist Talk, Digital Art Talks, V-Art
2020
Martin Lukas Ostachowski live on MOCDA, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art
How VR Intersects with Art and Blockchain, Panel discussion, ETH Planet
The New Normal: Are We All Right or Orwell?, Are We There Yet – Festival of Creativity
Snapshots in Blockchain and Crypto Art’s History, VRAF Virtual Rare Art Festival
Awards
2021
It’s A New World, 2nd place, Ephimera Digital Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020
International Art Rights Prize, 2nd place digital art category, AB Factory Cultural Association, Cagliari, Italy
Residencies
2021
Playform Studio, Digital Residency, New Brunswick, NJ
2020
RURart – Art contemporain en milieu rural, Cookshire-Eaton, QC
Publications
2023
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: History of Crypto Art. Crypto Art. Begins, ISBN: 978-88-918369-6-0, Rizolli New York, NY, September 19th, 2023: pp.48-53
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: A Brief History of Rare Pepe – How a viral meme went from outcast to art museum. RightClickSave, January 14th, 2023: https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/a-brief-history-of-rare-pepe
2021
Franceschet, Massimo; Colavizza, Giovanni; Smith, T’ai; Finucane, Blake; Ostachowski, Martin Lukas; Scalet, Sergio; Perkins, Jonathan; Morgan, James; Hernandez, Sebastian: Crypto Art: A Decentralized View. Leonardo Journal Vol. 54 Issue 4, MIT Press, August 9th, 2021: pp. 402–405
Franceschet, Massimo; Colavizza, Giovanni; Smith, T’ai; Finucane, Blake; Ostachowski, Martin Lukas; Scalet, Sergio; Perkins, Jonathan; Morgan, James; Hernandez, Sebastian: Crypto Art: A Decentralized View. June 9th, 2019, arXiv: 1906.03263, https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03263
Press & Mentions
2023
Quaranta, Domenico: History in Your Hands. Outland Art, January 12th, 2023: https://outland.art/dyor-kunsthalle-zurich/
Baker Cahill, Nancy: How to Do Your Own Research. Right Click Save, January 9th, 2023: https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/how-to-do-your-own-research
ART domains: How to Future-Proof Your Digital Identity with a .ART Domain. Colossal, May 4th, 2023: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/05/dot-art-domain/
2022
Quaranta, Domenico: Surfing with Satoshi – Art, Blockchain and NFTs, Aksioma, Ljubljana, Slovenia. May 25th, 2022: pp. 194-195
Brizi, Eleonora: Martin L. Ostachowski. Crypto Art. Begins, Mondadori Electa, November 2022: pp. 183–186
Werner, David: Crypto Art – Digital Ferraris. University of Zurich News, June 8th, 2022: https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2022/crypto-art.html
Kohli, Diti: A Framingham startup could find a forever home for your NFTs. Club NFT is in the business of ensuring your digital collectibles don’t disappear. The Boston Globe, February 22nd, 2022: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/22/business/framingham-startup-could-find-forever-home-your-nfts/
Schachter, Kenny: Kenny Schachter Has a Message for All You NFT Skeptics: Crypto Art Just Paid for My IRL New Apartment. Our columnist has a bone to pick with one NFT naysayer in particular. Artnet News, January 20th, 2022: https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/kenny-schachter-crypto-pad-2061146
Utkan Özden, Hatice: Art market grows with CI Bloom, Hürriyet Daily News, May 11th, 2022: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/art-market-grows-with-ci-bloom-173665
2021
Trussart, Antoine: Les NFT vont changer les règles du jeu, LaPresse. Montreal, QC, April 4th, 2021: https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/2021-04-04/les-nft-vont-changer-les-regles-du-jeu.php
Weller, Alexander: Was ist Crypto Art? HORADS 88.6, Stuttgart, Germany. February 2nd, 2021: https://soundcloud.com/horads-88-6/alex-w-crypto-art
Alan, Mirabelle: “Cloud Artist” Martin Lukas Ostachowski Uses Playform to Explore the Connection Between Blockchain and Clouds, Playform Editorial. May 27th, 2021: https://www.playform.io/editorial/martin
A conversation on the History of CryptoArt between Jason Bailey, Martin Lukas Ostachowski, and Micol, Vertical Crypto Editorial, London, UK. June 30th, 2021: https://verticalcrypto.art/a-conversation-on-the-history-of-cryptoart-between-jason-bailey-artnome-martin-lukas-ostachowski-mlodotart-and-micol-verticalcrypto
Diamandis, Pia: Seni Kripto, NFT, dan Disrupsi Pasar Seni Konvensional, Tirto. Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, May 9th, 2021: https://tirto.id/seni-kripto-nft-dan-disrupsi-pasar-seni-konvensional-gfhB
Kent, Charlotte: Talking about Art and the Blockchain, CLOT Magazine. London, UK, March 22nd, 2021: https://www.clotmag.com/oped/talking-about-art-and-the-blockchain-by-charlotte-kent
Fauve, Charlotte: En juin, Paris devient galerie d’art numérique à ciel ouvert, Telerama, Paris, France, June 1st 9th, 2021: https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/en-juin-paris-devient-galerie-dart-numerique-a-ciel-ouvert-6893530.php
Art Rights Prize, premio digitale dedicato all’arte contemporanea. I vincitori della 1a edizione, Artribune. Rome, Italy. January 20, 2021: https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2021/01/art-rights-prize-premio-digitale-arte-contemporanea-vincitori-prima-edizione/
Proclamati i primi vincitori di Art Rights Prize 2020, Art Rights Magazine. Cagliari, Italy. January 4th, 2021: https://www.artrights.me/vincitori-art-rights-prize-2020/
2020
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: Bitcoin Hashing Visualization, Citadel21, Volume 3. Tallinn, Estonia. November 1st, 2020: pp. 38-39
Pini, Francesca: Il sistema Blockchain per artisti sempre più virtuali, Corriere della Sera / Sette. Milan, Italy. June 19th, 2020: p. 106
Chiara Braidotti: Martin Lukas Ostachowski on his Creative Process, Nifties. August 3rd, 2020: https://nifties.com/news_details/martin-lukas-ostachowski-on-his-creative-process
How “Clouds Artist” Martin Lukas Ostachowski Still Thrives During COVID-19, Digital Journal. Toronto, ON. June 23rd, 2020: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4721535#ixzz6SkfYhKIM
Moore, David: Featured Artworks & Guest Editors, Medium. April 8, 2020: https://medium.com/knownorigin/featured-artworks-guest-editors-6df105238c9b
2019
Vous Voulez Voir? Expo Tropopause Contemplation. La Tribune. Sherbrooke, QC, September 14th, 2019: p. 49
Franceschet, Massimo: Crypto art: A decentralized view. Medium. June 14, 2019: https://medium.com/@hex6c/crypto-art-a-decentralized-view-70966c540b07
Thwaites, Denise. & Simbouras, James: Trojan Foundation + Blocumenta’s Decentralized Autonomous Exhibition for the Year Of DAOs conference in Osaka. Medium. October 17, 2019: https://medium.com/@TrojanDAO/trojan-foundation-blocumentas-decentralized-autonomous-exhibition-at-the-year-of-daos-2976c3ad4e81
Ostachowski, Martin Lukas: Cloud Sphere Series. Art/iculation Magazine. Montreal, QC, Fall Issue, November 2018: pp. 8, 9. ISSN: 2560-7022
Nathan, David: Martin Lukas Ostachowski: faire de l’art avec la blockchain. Cryptonews. December 6th, 2018: https://fr.cryptonews.com/exclusives/martin-lukas-ostachowski-faire-de-l-art-avec-la-blockchain-2456.htm
Nathan, David: La blockchain s’est invitée au Printemps numérique. Cryptonews. December 5th, 2018: https://fr.cryptonews.com/exclusives/la-blockchain-s-est-invitee-au-printemps-numerique-2450.htm
Commissions
2022
Bitcoin 2022 Conference (wall visual on 36 sq. m.), Bitcoin Media Inc, Nashville, TN, USA
2021
The Wilderness in Nature Documentaries Is a Fantasyland (Editorial video collages), The Atlantic Magazine, Washington, D.C., USA
2020
Connect – Engage (Acrylics on canvas, 4.5 sq. m.), RAD Technologies Inc., Thetford Mines, QC
Affiliations
RAAV – Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels du Québec
Member of the Artist Council for the M○C△ Museum of Crypto Art