Paradigmstories

Biography

Tiago Silva, working under the name Paradigmstories, is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist whose practice combines surreal hand-drawn narratives, charcoal portraiture, digital illustration, and augmented reality elements. His work unfolds as a tapestry of perspectives and conceptual metaphors, inviting viewers to piece together an extraordinary puzzle of artistic expression rather than read a single fixed narrative. Silva moves fluidly between physical and digital mediums, producing phygital works that bridge traditional drawing techniques with blockchain-native distribution and augmented reality experiences layered onto physical objects. His series, including ParadigmStories, A Symphony in Chaos, and The Rabbit Hole, explore themes of time, perception, and fractured identity through richly detailed compositions that combine classical draftsmanship with contemporary digital tools. At NFC Summit 2026 in Lisbon, Silva presented work that moved between local Portuguese identity and global digital networks, reflecting his position as a Portuguese voice fluent in international crypto art culture while remaining rooted in his own cultural context. His practice sits within one of the more experimental zones of the current digital art market, using phygital collecting formats to connect handmade artifacts with verifiable on-chain ownership. Across his output, Silva consistently returns to the idea of storytelling as an open structure, layering symbols, metaphors, and fragments that resist a single interpretation and instead invite active engagement from collectors and viewers alike.