Alpha Centauri Kid

Alpha Centauri Kid minted his first artwork on-chain in 2021. Now, he’s a leading artist in the space. This might sound like an overnight success, but a.c.k. has been making art and music since his teens. After record-breaking bidding wars on his Superrare debut, a.c.k. left his government day job (which he’d been in for fourteen years) to take on art full-time. His aesthetic spins in many different directions. Gifs like Dark Red Death have an internet-goth-Renaissance vibe, while you will n̶o̶t̶ surely die could easily be an Abstract Expressionist painting. les femmes glissées has a Cubist style in a nod to Picasso, but The Great Restoration looks like a scene from a sci-fi movie. Even though a.c.k.'s work is massively varied, one thing is always present – a story.

All of a.c.k.’s work is channelled through a form of divine inspiration. “Sometimes I just get an idea that’s so powerful that it comes from somewhere else, and that’s what I call ‘the Muse’”. In 2022, a.c.k. did a portrait of this celestial power which sold at Christie’s for 107,100 USD. “She doesn’t have a name but she has a face. She’s always been there, whispering things”. This sense of illusion and mystery crops up throughout a.c.k.’s images and videos. He also hides easter eggs in his works for his collectors and he’s created a number of interactive works. For a.c.k., the possibilities of crypto art are endless – “we’re barely just scratching the surface, and I can’t wait to see where that goes”.