Generative artist Emily Xie encourages people to fully unleash their imagination while appreciating her artworks. For her, the audience's interpretations of her colorful shapes or playful patterns only add interest to her smooth and abstract series.
Just like in her 2022 NFT series 'Memory of the Qilin,' inspired by East Asian art, Ms. Xie expressed that she hopes some people see a dragon while others see waves or birds. In an interview, she stated that as an artist, her goal is not to control the audience's interpretation of her art, but to ignite a flame that allows imagination to run free.
Although all her NFT series tell different stories, they all adhere to the same textile-dominated, algorithm-driven style, with the hope that they provide narrative clues for all viewers.
Here is some information about Ms. Xie and her NFT collection.
She transitioned from being a software engineer to a generative artist.
Ms. Xie's passion for art began in childhood and continued through her college years. She majored in art history and architectural history at Harvard University, but ultimately chose a career in software engineering.
In an interview with (Monty Report), Ms. Xie explained that as a child of Chinese American immigrants, it was hard for her to believe she could become a full-time artist. It wasn't until 2015, when she discovered generative art in a programming class on YouTube, that she felt inspired and found a career path that combined her two passions and skills.
Her inaugural series is (Morphology)
After completing her first YouTube programming course and earning a master's degree in computational science and engineering from Harvard University in 2020, Ms. Xie embarked on her career as a generative artist.
In 2021, she created her first NFT series 'Morphology' on the art NFT platform BlockArt. This series includes 888 pieces that showcase Ms. Xie's love for unique shapes and patterns, which have become central to her artistic creation.
Each NFT is set against a vibrant background and features a unique shape at its center. Ms. Xie describes the series as 'a collection of experimental small sculpture sketchbooks.'
She spent six months creating one of her most successful series.
After the 'Morphology' series, Ms. Xie launched the 'Memory of the Qilin' series, which placed her among the 12 most iconic artworks of famous art collector Cozomo de' Medici in 2022.
In her interview with (Monty Report), Ms. Xie revealed that she spent six months coding this series, which contains 1,024 items, with each NFT differing in four features: complexity, composition type, palette, and spots.
According to Ms. Xie, the entire series 'explores elements of folklore, evoking mythical images of dragons, phoenixes, flowers, and mountains.' Even the title of the series relies on mythology, as the 'Qilin' is a mythical creature with a dragon's head, fish scales, and a lion's mane. Ms. Xie's mother inspired the title of the series by comparing Ms. Xie's transformational art to creatures in mythology.
She draws inspiration from new and old textile patterns.
Since creating 'Memory of the Qilin,' Ms. Xie has dedicated herself to her second career as a full-time artist. She has participated in numerous professional art workshops and lectures in places like San Francisco and Marfa, focusing on the intersection of technology and art.
Her works have been exhibited in numerous art exhibitions and venues, including the Untitled Art Fair, the United Nations Headquarters, the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, and the Zurich Art Museum.
Ms. Xie brought the paper collage medium into the digital world, launching the 'Off Script' series, which includes 100 NFT works. In this series, Ms. Xie uses what she calls 'masking algorithms' to encode the paper, then cuts and arranges it on the canvas like a virtual paper collage.
During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, OpenSea featured Ms. Xie's 'Interwoven' series on its homepage. Both series rely on multiple elements, but unlike 'Off Script,' the visual effects of 'Interwoven' are inspired by a century-old quilt pattern rather than paper collages.
The series is part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's 2022 'Remembrance of Things Future' blockchain project, which also showcased works by notable digital artists such as Tyler Hobbs and Jen Stark. The series is a curated experience of web3 pioneer digital artists.
Similar to the art she is creating, Emily Xie's work is itself a collage. She is a software engineer and artist who loves textiles and old patterns.
People who appreciate and collect her works can participate in creative, imaginative, collage-like projects when selecting their favorite pieces, which might be exactly what Ms. Xie has always intended.
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