Olive Allen

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Olive Allen
OccupationVisual artist
Known forNFT, Digital Art, Crypto Art
Websitehttps://oliveallen.com/

Olive Allen is a New-York based visual artist, associated with crypto art movement. She has been releasing her digital artworks as non-fungible tokens since 2019.

Career[edit]

Allen work focused the NFT space. She uses token-based digital works to create social commentary and pop-culture icons like Pokémon cards and Furbies to the video-game character Kirby also created her own character series, such as HYPEBIRDS, UnBearables, or The Sheeplezzz.[1][2]

She build Mad Toy Junction, her own Metaverse gallery space and NFT Factory.[3]

She was one of the artists who collaborated with Time Magazine on their genesis NFT drop.[4][5]

Allen burned her Russian passport in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and created NFT from it to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.[6]

Selected art shows[edit]

In 2022, Allen’s debut with solo show Welcome to the Metaverse.[7]

She has exhibited with König Galerie (Berlin),[8] Postmasters (New York),[9] Nagel Draxler Gallery (Cologne),[10] and Save Art Space (London).[11]

Allen's one of 30 pieces being exhibited by Köing in Decentraland at the former St. Agnes cathedral in a virtual space where she participated in the first group show of The Artist Is Online.[12]

Allen's NFT artwork was a part of Trespassing sale at Christie's.[13]

Allen's artwork "Post-death or The Null Address” was the first NFT artwork sold at Art Basel art fair.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thompson, Clive (2021-05-12). "The Untold Story of the NFT Boom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. ^ Westall, Mark (25 May 2021). "Olive Allen NFT sale on Foundation proceeds from the sale to benefit World Wildlife Fund". FAD Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ Vartanian, Lizzy (29 April 2020). "Olive Allen's Arty Koalas Comment On Tech, Corona And Climate". TheArtGorgeous. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ "TIME Launches TIMEPieces". Time. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  5. ^ "OliveAllen". www.lofficielstbarth.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. ^ "Russian artist living in NYC burns passport to protest Putin's invasion". CNBC. 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  7. ^ "Discover the Metaverse with Olive Allen at Postmasters Gallery". Whitewall. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  8. ^ ""The Artist is Online" Is Online At König Gallery". TheArtGorgeous. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  9. ^ "Crypto art pioneer Olive Allen announces Postmasters Gallery solo show and representation". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  10. ^ Westall, Mark (2021-11-29). "Nagel Draxler to launch gallery dedicated to NFT, blockchain art". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  11. ^ "SaveArtSpace-Olive-Allen-NFT-Public-Space-FAD-magazine". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  12. ^ Magazine (2021-05-11). "Crypto Art Pioneer Olive Allen Becomes Fashion Muse and Drops Eco-Friendly Meme". The Fox Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  13. ^ Westall, Mark (2021-07-14). "Christies sale featuring Kaws, Banksy, Yoshitomo Nara, Olive Allen & Daniel Arsham". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  14. ^ Brown, Kate (2021-09-21). "NFTs Make Their Debut at Art Basel, Where Collectors Are Curious—And a Bit Confused—About the New Art Medium". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-08-02.