This curation brings together works selected by eight members of 100 collectors who started collecting art on Ethereum in its early days. With ETHDenver launching in 2018, the same year many of these collectors began acquiring art on Ethereum, this selection reflects long-term engagement with the ecosystem rather than short-term cycles.

As @zaphodok explains, ‘Since ETH Denver had its inaugural event in 2018 and my journey of collecting art on the blockchains started the same year, I wanted to submit works commemorating this ongoing journey, one work for each year.’ The works function as a timeline of Ethereum itself, seen through collecting rather than code.

Another approach is represented by @dagiedee, who chose to highlight an artist known to collectors as Waffles. The artist operates without a fixed identity, often minting from different addresses, with no social media presence, and gives away most of his work. As Dagiedee notes, ‘Waffles uses outdated software, embraces constraints, and works through digital errors, treating software as material and identity as something fluid on-chain.’

Also included are works from the collections of Danielle King, Diane Drubay, EDOUARD, Jean-Michel Pailhon, Mathias Thiel and Fanny Lakoubay.

Together, these selections show how blockchain enables artistic practices and forms of patronage that don’t depend on visibility, branding, or market signaling. This is what we believe in at 100 collectors: a club for digital art collectors with both online and IRL activations, supporting artists and collectors who build over time.

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See the ETHDenver Art Gallery site: https://ethdenver.com/art-gallery/

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Special thanks to Elena Zavelev and HUG.ART for the invitation:

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Special thanks to illust. to provide an AR hologram for the curator.