Ian Margo

Biography

Ian Margo is a Spanish digital artist, researcher, and curator born in 2000, whose work sits at the crossroads of language, technology, and economic systems. Working under aliases including "marg00000.tez" and handles tied to his ongoing project "the wet box," Margo treats digital objects as unstable, recursive fragments that resist fixed definition, using code and generative processes to probe how meaning and value circulate online. He is a co-founder of the research-driven curatorial platform bianjie.systems, dedicated to editorial production and critical dialogue around emerging digital art practices, where he has helped shape commissioned projects and exhibitions that bridge artistic and academic discourse. His practice draws on a background blending fine art training with self-taught technical skill, having spent roughly a decade experimenting with creative coding before turning his research fully toward generative and blockchain-native art. Margo's project "the wet box," launched in 2024, exemplifies his interest in objects that cannot be pinned down: solid, geometric forms whose surfaces wrap and distort as the body attempting to define them conforms to external pressures instead. His transition from traditional canvas painting to software-driven creative practice has been highlighted in art publications covering digital and generative art. Beyond his own art, Margo remains active as a writer and researcher examining the philosophy of language as it applies to digital frameworks and online economies, continuing to develop both individual artworks and collaborative curatorial initiatives.