Pilar Cote

Artist & Curator. Pilar Côté overlaps surrealism, traditional portraiture, folk art and illustration; while exploring ideas of feminism, culture, protest and empowerment. Marginalized women and girls are centered in her art and advocacy. She intertwines beauty with darker themes within her various mediums. Côté has an expansive background in fashion and entertainment (Creative Director, Choreographer). She is a curator within the global Crypto/NFT art community. She also is a performance artist and spoken word poet. Her work has been exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum and in IRL/VR/AR galleries plus she has performed internationally. Founder and host of NFTMatters.

Studied Fine Art at the University of Guelph, Canada.

2022 Bitbasel Miami Art Week Innovation and Sustainability Exhibition (featured artist), Miami FL
2022 Illust.AR x Storytime DAO 'Words' AR Art Exhibition, Miami FL
2022 Detroit Moves The World NFT Exhibit (curator), Spatial.io and Detroit, MI
2022 Figureglyphs NFT Exhibit (curator), Crypto Voxels
2022 We The Women NFT Exhibition (curator), Spatial.io
2022 SXSW NFT AR Pop Artwalk, Illust.Space, Austin TX
2022 Domance Virtual NFT Exhibit, Altspace.VR
2022 LA Art Show NFT Exhibit, Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Momentum Is Ours NFT Exhibit (curator, UN global campaign), Spatial.io
2021 Miami NFT AR Exhibit (curator), Illust.Space, Miami, FL
2021 Official Curator of NFTNYC 2021
2021 Dor Dor NFT Exhibit, Dor Dor Gallery, Brooklyn
2021 NYC NFT AR Exhibit (curator), Illust.Space, New York, NY
2021 Mask Ephemera (curator), Pranksy Gallery, DCL
2021 Ofrenda Solo Exhibition, InsideSouthwest in partnership with Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2021 Stratosphere NFT Exhibit, Beijing, China
2021 NFT Oasis Exhibit, Metaverse
2021 NFTs.TIPS Crypto Art Group Exhibition, Miami, FL
2020 Detroit Institute of Arts ‘Ofrendas’ Group Exhibition, Detroit, MI
2019 Detroit Institute of Arts, Artist Demo & Showcase, Detroit...