Hackatao is the collaborative name of Italian artists Sergio Scalet and Nadia Squarci, who met at art school in Milan and began working together in 2007. The duo's practice spans ceramic sculpture, painting, and digital and generative art, and explores the intersection of humanity and technology. They were among the first artists minted on SuperRare in 2018, alongside XCOPY, Coldie, and Robbie Barrat.
Hackatao's earliest works, called Podmorks, are small ceramic totems decorated with drawings and paint that combine both artists' individual styles. The duo began experimenting with generative art forms on SuperRare in 2018. By 2023 Hackatao had sold over $27 million worth of digital art since 2018. In 2020 curator Eleonora Brizi included their work in “Renaissance 2.0.2.0”, an early exhibition of digital and crypto art in Rome, where 550 people attended the opening despite no institutional backing.
