Artists in Residence

AOTM Artists in Residence Program: AiR III

AOTM Artists in Residence (AiR) invites a select group of non-roster artists to join the AOTM ecosystem on a quarterly basis.

Structured in regular sessions of career and curatorial development with the AOTM community, each term will culminate in a digital exhibition sale via AOTM featuring new artworks created by the residents. Artworks created by the residents will also enter the AOTM Collection by exchange.

AiR allows AOTM to continue on its mission to push digital art forward by taking on a more active role in the cultivation and development of different creative voices, building community, and expanding the definition of a gallery in the digital art sphere, and beyond.

The concept behind AiR relates back to AOTM’s namesake, Peggy Guggenheim’s groundbreaking Art of This Century, a hybrid art gallery, art collection, museum, and meeting place for New York’s avant-garde during the 1940s.

The artists, artworks, and ideas that gathered at Art of This Century would go on to have an indelible impact on the modern and contemporary art world and culture at large. AOTM honors this legacy of impactful community building, patronage, and creative exchange through its AiR initiative.

The residents of AiR III – the final cohort of 2024 – are: aditya, Sabato, and Yudho.

The curated collection sale of AiR III included 2 unique 1/1s and 1 open edition from each artist.

aditya

aditya is a digitally native artist based in Chennai, India who uses digital tools to create hand-drawn and hand-painted animated short stories. Born from a keen interest in cinema and video games, their work employs visual elements such as dynamic camera movements, shifting perspectives, and angles specifically focused on human protagonists. A distinct aspect of their style includes painterly glitches, which add depth and texture to their animations. Focused on themes drawn from pop culture, contemporary life, and personal identity, their work offers a layered reflection on the human experience through a cinematic, wholly digital lens. 

aditya’s work has been exhibited at the Santa Monica Art Museum (Frieze LA), the Orlando Museum of Art, and various pop-up NFT exhibitions.

“At the heart of my artistic practice is a passion for storytelling and an exploration of the human condition. Each piece unfolds like a short narrative, blending reflections on life, pop culture, and the emotional undercurrents that shape our shared experiences. I see my animations as visual poems—intimate and expressive windows into fleeting moments of vulnerability, joy, and transformation. Inspired by the cinematic worlds of movies and video games, I incorporate dynamic storytelling elements such as shifting perspectives, fluid movement, and a variety of “shots”—from intimate close-ups to wide angles—to create immersive, visually rich narratives. My process is deeply hands-on and meditative—each frame is individually sketched, painted, and layered with textures, grain, and filters, resulting in a painterly aesthetic that evokes a sense of nostalgia and intimacy. The result is animations that feel like moving paintings, rich in mood and emotion.”

Sabato

Sabato Visconti is a Brazilian-born multimedia artist based in Northampton, Massachusetts. Their work interrogates contemporary and historical digital imaging practices by engaging with the underlying materialities of media production and online distribution. From pixels to glitches, video game errors to AI hallucinations, these visual liminalities serve as foundations for world-building and storytelling. As part of a Brazilian Diaspora, Sabato draws on cultural histories, natural ecologies, and politics to portray subjects and their environments, often entangled in systems designed to fail or malfunction.

Sabato’s works have been exhibited worldwide, notably at the Museum of the Moving Image, ICA Boston, and Tate Britain; they have also been published in Time Magazine, Vogue, and the Wall Street Journal.

Yudho

YUDHO (b.1990) is a multidisciplinary artist from Indonesia who is currently focused on digital art. From a young age, he has been captivated by the world of art, with a passion for expressing his emotions and thoughts through painting.

He began his professional journey in art college, where he refined his skills in painting. While digital art is now the form he is most focused on, YUDHO’s love for the medium also extends to physical works as well.

When creating, the artist draws inspiration from a wide range of sources, including daily life experiences, family, love, music, news, and most recently the Web3 world.

This diverse range of inspirations continues to shape and evolve his artistic style and directly contributes to the depth of complexity often found in YUDHO’s works.

His current style involves a playful take on pixel art, which he terms “dirty pixels,” deviating from how raw it is and from the norm by creating large-scale pixel art that challenges conventional rules. This unconventional approach involves merging and moving pixels randomly, forming a pointillistic noise that creates depth and texture. In exploring this pixelated chaos art style, YUDHO’s art mirrors the digital noise we encounter daily—the influx of information on social media.

Pixel art, in his view, serves as a bridge between technology and humanity.
We interact with pixels every day, it is part of our life – we make contact with pixels through phone screens, TVs, and now even on our watches and eyeglasses. It stands as a perfect medium to narrate the story of human connection with technology, portraying the relationship between creator and creation. In this interaction, we continuously shape and reshape each other.

Throughout his career, the artist has garnered impressive recognition, from his work being acquired by well-known collectors to having pieces exhibited at various physical NFT events around the world.

As a full-time artist, creating is not only a passion or a hobby for YUDHO but rather a way of life. He finds joy in every aspect of the creative process, from making art to connecting with others through his work.

I draw the story of technology and humanity through pixel art.”

Exhibition

AOTM's Artists in Residence III: aditya, Sabato, and Yudho.

The collection sale of AiR III will comprise unique 1/1 digital artworks as well as 48-hour open editions.

Explore the artworks now via this curated exhibition.

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AOTM's Third Artists in Residence Cohort: Aditya, Sabato, & Yudho