Bio
Aaron Penne (b. 1988) is an artist and engineer working with systems in Seattle, Washington, USA. He has been making generative artwork with code since 2018 and is the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks. He founded the Generative Artists Club in 2018 as a way to connect people from across the globe who share the same passion for the medium. In 2022 he was awarded the inaugural Lumen Prize for Art and Technology NFT Award with his collaborator Boreta for their audiovisual project Rituals-Venice.
His artwork is collected by ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and the Seattle NFT Museum, and has been shown at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, the Seattle Art Museum. He has exhibited in Lisbon, Berlin, London, New York City, and Los Angeles.
Interviews
ArtyNFT (link)
Art Blocks w/Jeff Davis (link)
DigitalFruit w/AdaFruit (link)
Minters and Makers podcast (link)
After Dinner Mints podcast (link)
Exhibitions & Shows
Seattle NFT Museum · March 2022 · Seattle, WA (link)
Sotheby’s Natively Digital Auction · June 2021 (link)
ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe Museum · April-July 2021 · Karlsruhe, Germany (link)
Christie’s Post-War to Present Auction · October 2021 (link)
The Digital - Miami Art Week · December 2021 · Miami Beach, FL (link) (link)
Bright Moments · April 2022 · Berlin
ZÖNOTÉKA Gallery · A.R.E Generative Hut Show · December 2021 · Berlin (link)
Bright Moments · January 2022 · New York City
POCKO Gallery · A.R.E Generative Hut Show · November-October 2021 · London (link)
Dreamverse · November 2021 · New York City (link)
CADAF Online w/Artory · June 2021
NFT NYC · 2021 · New York City
Rituals - Venice IRL Minting at BrightMoments · September 2021 · Venice, CA (link)
ETHLisbon w/Gagra Ventures · Lisbon, Portugal (link)
CREATURES at Code Kitchen · November 2018 · San Diego, CA