The public’s understanding of NFT artist Claire Silver is exactly what she hopes we understand. This anonymous artist chooses to conceal her identity, as she believes it helps maintain the integrity of her work and allows onlookers to appreciate the pieces visually rather than through the artist's perspective.
Silver's popular works are a combination of her hand-crafted models and AI renderings, with her first piece being born in 2020 as an AI image NFT project.
In an interview, she described her style as 'AI collaborative art.' Although she uses AI technology to compose artworks, her creative process is iterative and influenced by her artistic vision. Sometimes, she collages manually to create models of her works, and sometimes she guides the AI technology to produce visual effects.
With her groundbreaking work, NPR named Silver a thought leader in the application of AI technology. Her work is also permanently collected by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Here are some important details about this pioneering artist.
Claire Silver Profile
Claire Silver is an artist who creates digital art using artificial intelligence, combining AI tools with traditional techniques to produce images that fuse classical styles with modern technology. She has been actively involved since the rise of the AI art movement, exploring the application of AI in the creative process through various digital media.
Her work has been recognized by important institutions, including Sotheby's London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which has incorporated her works into its permanent collection. She collaborates with AI, feeding it prompts to refine outputs, sometimes incorporating her own artistic elements into the final pieces.
Silver's focus is not only on the completed artwork but also on how to use AI as a creative tool. In 2024, she participated in the TED AI podcast, discussing the impact of AI on art and creativity.
Her approach emphasizes how artists adapt to new technologies while placing human creativity at the center of their work.
Her genesis project was born in 2020.
Claire Silver's first NFT project 'Genesis' consists of 500 original AI images. According to the project description, Silver integrated these images to tell a story, stating, 'This project visually narrates the present and the future.'
Each NFT tells a story through its visuals and name; for example, the NFT titled 'A storm that will engulf the children' is filled with dark gray clouds surrounding mountains and desolate land.
Collectively, this series of works provides audiences with their first insight into the themes that Silver often revisits in her art - disability, hope, equality, peace, and self-discovery.
She is an early adopter of AI art and blockchain technology.
Silver has a deep understanding of blockchain technology and the world of NFTs, as she has been an active member since 2017. At that time, Silver missed the launch of one of the first NFT projects ever - the PFP project CryptoPunks, which was notable for many reasons, including that it later inspired the ERC-721 proposal that established the NFT standard.
Despite missing the initial release opportunity, a member of the online message board Silver belongs to gifted her three out of the over 700 CryptoPunk NFTs he claimed, one of which, CryptoPunk #1629, remains Silver's avatar on social media platforms to this day.
The pink-haired CryptoPunk has become synonymous with Silver, to the extent that some of her artworks feel inspired by the iconic look of her avatar, such as the pink-haired woman in the NFT 'Page 171' from her series 'AI Is Not Art.'
She creates as an AI collaborative artist.
While Silver's artistic style is closely tied to AI, it does not mean she is replaced by AI herself. In an interview, she explained that when collaborating with AI, she incorporates 7% of facial features in all models so that her personality still reflects in the works.
While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what Silver's 7% consists of, the humanity behind her works reminds us that she is still a person creating art using her own tools.
Silver publicly shared online that she initially turned to art creation after being diagnosed with a condition that prevented her from continuing her first career. She often explores themes and experiences related to chronic illness, disability, identity, and trauma, as these are things she has personally experienced.
She believes that AI tools are the future.
Whether you are sifting through her recent series 'corpo | real' to understand her exploration of the body and 'forms,' or exploring her tangible wearable NFT created in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist Emi Kusano for the fashion brand Gucci, it is clear that Silver believes in the AI work she brings to collective consciousness.
She even stated this in a post on 2024 X, where Silver introduced her brand new immersive AI installation 'Can I tell you a secret?' This installation, spanning 7,500 square feet (approximately 2,000 meters), will tour ten different cities worldwide, allowing anyone interested in AI to explore everything from 3D printed sculptures to virtual reality.
Just a year ago, Silver explained to Culture3 (an organization alliance dedicated to promoting Web3 conversations), 'I think AI will bring about a species-level transformation, much like how humans evolved into Homo sapiens, and this transformation will continue indefinitely until the concept of 'us' disappears. The depth and weight of AI will reach a point where it will permeate everything: medicine, architecture, and everything else.'
As the world continues to explore AI use cases, Claire Silver's leadership in the field has begun to teach and inspire those who follow in her footsteps through her X presence and installations.
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