Showdeer is the working name of the artist and painter Chris Bigalke, who has worked under that name since 2008, producing dreamlike, surreal, collage-based digital art and pop-surrealist paintings. His pastel, psychedelic style grew out of years designing gig posters and artwork for touring bands and national brands in Portland, Oregon.
Bigalke grew up in Southern California before settling in Portland, Oregon, where he began working professionally as a poster artist in 2008. His pastel, vintage and surreal style began to emerge after he designed more than 200 gig posters for a Portland music venue he was booking for. He began minting digital fine art on the blockchain with a Genesis mint on February 15, 2021, releasing The Genesis Collection, a selection of 1,000 pieces drawn from roughly 2,500 works made over his fifteen years as a digital collage artist. His first Genesis piece later resold for more than $65,000 on the secondary market. Across his collections he has drawn more than 1,800 individual collectors and generated over $2.2 million in secondary-market sales.
