theYRDGZ is a digital artist who makes abstract, analogue generative photography, working as a resident artist at Playform, an AI art studio. Working under the alias yeli on the blog thisistheart, they have released work on Ethereum through OpenSea, Rarible, Foundation, KnownOrigin and SuperRare, and on Tezos through objkt, with a presence on OpenSea dating back to 2019.
One work, _indiGLITCHED//, is an abstract photograph made with a long exposure and then manipulated and glitched. It was shown in the exhibition “Indigo - The Seventh Color” at NFT Factory Paris. Another release, inst•abstrax, is a collection of 100 analogue generative instant photographs published on OpenSea. Three related Foundation editions are titled CRYPTO(HEART) IS ALIVE, CRYPTOEARTH IS ALIVE, and CRYPTOART IS ALIVE. theYRDGZ's work was also included in a group exhibition of the TrashArt movement at Avant Galerie Vossen, alongside dozens of other blockchain-based artists.
