My art journal is a meaningful way to share my studies and behind-the-scenes moments, giving them a lasting place beyond the fleeting nature of social media. Unlike my regular blog posts, I update these entries more frequently—sometimes several times a week—offering a faster and more intimate glimpse into my process. Here, I’ll share my process first, creating a more curated and personal experience for those who take a deeper interest in my work and visit my website.

Latest Art Journal Entries

Live Plotting at Bitcoin 2025 Las Vegas

Plotting Against Centralization goes live next week at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas.

I’ll be plotting in real time at the Bitcoin Art Gallery, thanks to the support of Bitcoin Magazine and Scarce.city. See you there?

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Related Instagram post (May 20th, 2025) / Nostr link (May 21st, 2025) / BlueSky post (May 21st, 2025) / Pinterest post (May 21st, 2025) / X post (May 20th, 2025).

From Grass Root to Tie Loot Sale

Happy announce that my piece From Grassroots to Tie Loot was collected yesterday. 

From Grass Root to Tie Loot examines the shifting dynamics of the crypto art space, particularly its (d)evolution from a grassroots movement to a venture capital-dominated landscape. What was once a decentralized dream has become a centralized system, where infrastructure acquisitions and corporate rules have replaced the open protocols and artist-driven ethos. VC-backed projects have cut off some artists—particularly in sanctioned regions—with the speed of a server reboot. The phrase, “I (V)C what you did there,” calls out the not-so-subtle trends as the space, now “trimmed and suited,” drifts further from its decentralized origins.

The price is based on March 11th, 2021, the day an NFT sold for $69m. This groundbreaking sale triggered a digital gold rush, drawing in artists, developers, speculators, venture capitalists and opportunists.

From Grass Root to Tie Loot was exhibited in collaboration with LaCollection and OBJKT during the Digital Art Fair Miami 2024.

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Related Instagram post (May 16th, 2025) / BlueSky post (May 18th, 2025) / Pinterest post (May 18th, 2025) / X post (May 16th, 2025).

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The Bitcoin Art Gallery will showcase a limited edition print series from The Art of Freedom collective, protesting inflation through the vision of over a dozen Bitcoin artists. The special exhibition will be held at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, NV later this month.

My generative visualization PAC: A Century of Charted Devaluation will be part of this exhibition and charts how the dollar lost value over a century. Each rectangle represents a year and shows the changing slope of inflation, offering a visual timeline of systemic monetary erosion.

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Related Instagram post (May 14th, 2025) / BlueSky post (May 14th, 2025) / Pinterest post (May 14th, 2025) / X post (May 14th, 2025).

Round Table Collecting Blockchain Art and NFTs at the Livart Gallery

Snapshot from last night’s panel on the particularities of collecting NFTs at Le Livart Gallery in Montreal. Thank you to Espace Art Actuel and the CIÉCO Research and Inquiry Group for the kind invitation and for hosting this thoughtful discussion. A special milestone for me — my first talk entirely in French.

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Related Instagram post (April 25th, 2025) / BlueSky post (April 25th, 2025) / LinkedIn Post (April 25th, 2025) / Pinterest post / X post (April 25th, 2025).

Upcoming Panel Discussion in Montreal Table Ronde

I’m excited to join a round table organized by ESPACE art actuel magazine on the theme of their latest issue, « Blockchain: After Protocols ». We’ll discuss collecting blockchain and NFT artworks, exploring how decentralized technologies are shaping art practices, communities, and collecting.

The event is presented in collaboration with the Art et Musée team and the CIÉCO Research and Inquiry Group as part of the partnership Des nouveaux usages des collections dans les musées d’art. Moderated by Gina Cortopassi (Production Director, ESPACE), I’ll be sharing the panel with Nathalie Casemajor (Professor, INRS), Christine Blais (Researcher), and Jean-Michel Ross (Collector).

📍The Livart Gallery, 3980 Saint Denis St, Montreal
Free entry, discussion in French.

Hope to see you there! Click here for more details!

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Related Instagram post (April 21st, 2025) / BlueSky post (April 20th, 2025) / Pinterest post (April 21st, 2025) / X post (April 20th, 2025).

Plotting Lines like Fabric - Pen Plotter Art by Martin Lukas Ostachowski

After returning from South America, I’ve returned to pen plotting with heavier markers and new algorithms. I’m chasing textures that feel like woven threads. This direction offers promise, but more testing with pressure and placement is ahead.

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Related Instagram post (March 24th, 2025) / BlueSky post (March 24th, 2025) / Pinterest post / X post (March 24th, 2025).

Beyond the Hype Panel Discusssion

Exciting conversations ahead! On March 13th at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET, I’ll join an exciting panel for Beyond the Hype: How Web3 & NFTs Are Still Changing the Art World.

With: Kika Nicolela (Art Curator for Objkt, Artist), Alexandra Art (Head of Arts at Trilitech), Debbie Soon (Co-founder of HUG), Amir Soleymani (Artist, Gallery Owner), and Markus Wiesenhofer (Deputy Head of Communications & NFT Lead, Belvedere Museum). Anastasia Sukhanov and Jonas Kastenhuber will moderate the conversation.

Find more details here.

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Related Instagram post (March 9th, 2025) / BlueSky post (March 10th, 2025) / Pinterest post (March 10th, 2025) / X post (March 10th, 2025).

Throwback RURart Art Residency

Amid the pandemic, this residency allowed me to spend time in nature with fellow artists and facilitators—leading to an unexpected epiphany: collaborating with clouds through rain.

I was stamping in a field for hours when large cumulonimbus clouds suddenly turned into rain. At first, I was stunned as the rain blurred the geometric features of my project. But I learned to embrace and appreciate it over time, later developing artworks explicitly designed to interact with rain and clouds.

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Related Instagram post (March 11th, 2025) / BlueSky post / Pinterest post / X post (March 12th, 2025).

I ran another cloud clip video with a different seed through my video collage algorithm. This sunset was recorded on my flight from Toronto back to Montreal earlier this month. I’m considering increasing the tiling complexity further, as it still feels a bit too cohesive for my taste.

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Related Instagram post (March 3rd, 2025) / BlueSky post (March 3rd, 2025) / Pinterest post (March 3rd, 2025) / X post (March 3rd, 2025).

Hit by a fresh wave of snow, the plotter is back in motion, running its lines once again. There’s something calming about watching the fountain pen trace these long, deliberate strokes. You might even get to see it in action—I may be traveling with it later this year. More on that soon!

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Related Instagram post (February 27th, 2024) / BlueSky post (February 27th, 2025) / Pinterest post (February 27th, 2025) / X post (February 27th, 2025).

AI Studies Series Two

Five years ago, I used style transfers and GANs to create my first AI series based on my artwork. Now, I’m revisiting the same dataset with diffusion models to see how the results evolve. Here’s one of the first glimpses into this new experiment.

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Related X post (February 25th, 2025) / Instagram post (February 25th, 2024) / BlueSky post (February 25th, 2025) / Pinterest post (February 25th, 2025).

Sunset flights always amaze me—the ever-changing colours and hues in just an hour are incredible. Flight number 17 of 2025 did not disappoint—it’s been the best cloud harvest of the year so far. 

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