Pierre Gervois

I started painting in 1988, and incorporated elements of language in my work in 2000. Since 2019, my work is the witness of our society, without judgment, emotion, or stated point of view. I’m a crypto artist since May 2021.

The elements of language that inhabit my works do not exist separately from the entire artwork. They are organically part of the subject (the black rectangle) and the singularity (the small rectangle on the right side). These elements of language lose their meaning if they are considered separately and therefore cannot be considered as quotes. They are exactly what they are, in their purest and original intent, as markings on a material surface of undefined scale, in an unspecified location, at an unspecified time, drifting in the Metaverse’s deep space.

I never really understood the rules of living in society. As a child, I was doing what I was told to do, and actively tried to obey instructions but never really had a good grasp of why I had to act a certain way and respect social norms. I always felt I was like an astronaut who just landed on a new celestial body and was exploring a new world with very few clues on what to do and how to socially behave in the expected way. I didn’t have an opinion on social...

University of Paris X Nanterre, Master in Philosophy of art, 1995
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Master in Constitutional law and Political science, 1997

2023

Jan 27-28, Launch of the series VICE at IGNITE Broward, presented by Broward County Cultural Division in partnership with MAD Arts, featuring immersive large-scale projection mapping and interactive light sculptures and installations in Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach, Florida. Live public performance of VICE.

2022

Dec 14, Launch of Artificial Intelligence (Ed. of 12), an Infinite Object, in the collection Handheld Poems, curated by the VerseVerse.

Nov 29 - Dec 3, Participation in a group exhibition at The Gateway: a Web3 Metropolis, Miami. Curated by The VerseVerse.

Nov 11-13, Exhibition at CADAF Art Fair NYC 2022, at Web3 NYC Gallery, 5th Ave, NYC. Public poetry performance of “Mario”.

Oct 14, 2022, Pop-up Experimental crypto poetry exhibition at Unit Gallery (London) curated by The VerseVerse

Sept 22, 2022 - Jan 31, 2023, The Inner Life of Cryptopunks #603, Mathilda (2021), presented at the Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art (NYC)’s Tezos group exhibition, curated by Cari Ann Shim Sham and Joey Zaza.

Sept 13-20, 2022, Participation in the “Rogue 45” voyage in the Exotopia project, made in collaboration with the SETI Institute. Created and produced by Scott Kindall, Story written by Bettina Forget.

Sept 7, 2022, The ...