
★★★★ “CANYON VISIONS” GENESIS (minted feb 15th, 2021) SOLD ON SECONDARY FOR 20 ETH ★★★★
★★★★ Over 1,800 unique collectors from genesis Collection and Editions combined ★★★★
★★★★ Official TIME Magazine TimepieceS Artist (Along side artists; Toppy Eton, Nyla Hayes and Beeple) ★★★★
★★★★ “MOMENTS” PAINTING FEATURED AT ART BASEL 2022 ★★★★
★★★★ createD artwork for TIME Magazine’s initiative “ARTISTS FOR PEACE” to help THE PEOPLE OF Ukraine ★★★★
★★★★ IN COLLECTION OF COZOMO MEDICI, KEITH GROSSMAN (PRESIDENT OF TIME MAGAZINE), MARK CUBAN ★★★★
★★★★ SELECTED BY BEEPLE TO BE IN NEW ART SHOW DIGITAL ART DEATHMATCH 2024 ★★★★
★★★★ CLIENTS INCLUDE WILCO, THE BLACK KEYS, BUILT TO SPILL, RED BULL, LUCASFILM, STAR WARS ★★★★
★★★★ “SHE” ILLUSTRATIVE/COLLAGE FEATURED AT MET AMS 2023 ★★★★
SHOWDEER
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THE DIGITAL IDENTITY AND MONIKER FOR THE DIGITAL FINE ART PROJECTS OF ARTIST AND PAINTER CHRIS BIGALKE.
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SHOWDEER is known as a prolific digital artist creating unique dreamlike, surrealist and psychedelic digital painterly/illustrative/collage artworks as well as hand-drawn illustration and animation working professionally for over fifteen years starting in 2008.
Early art consisted of mostly vintage subject matter as unique illustrative collage artwork utilizing distinct distressed textures and colorful pastel color palettes with thoughtful surreal and psychedelic subconscious subject matter pushing the boundaries within digital fine art. Now he his mostly focusing on hand-drawn illustration work instead of illustrative/collage.
He has worked with many large company clients including; Amazon, Sony, Universal, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Red Bull, Pabst, Lagunitas Brewing, Urban Outfitters and more. As well as well-known and beloved bands; Wilco, The Black Keys, Built To Spill, Guided By Voices, Mudhoney, Yo La Tengo, Barenaked Ladies and many others.
Showdeer is also known as an early adopter of merging digital fine art with blockchain technology with his first mint on February 15th, 2021. Showdeer’s digital art project, The Genesis Collection, along with The Editions Collection, actively and consistently minted artworks, amassing over 1,800 individual unique collectors, including the most popular digital art collector, Cozomo Medici as well as Keith Grossman (President of TIME Magazine) and Mark Cuban. His collections have generated great interest and success especially in 2021 with The Genesis Collection and Editions Collection. Now that the semi-chronological Genesis Collection has completed, the artwork is available to collect on the secondary market. You can also view his other minted collections here. And you can read even more about his biography and artistic process here.
Showdeer’s artwork has been featured in many publications, including covers of books and magazines, as well as many art shows, events and galleries all over the world including; Twice at Art Basel Miami, MET AMS Amsterdam, Bali, Indonesia, Beeple Studios in Charleston, South Carolina, NFT NYC (four consecutive years in a row), plus multiple galleries, events and venues all over New York including; Downtown NYC, TriBeCa, SoHo and Manhattan.
Showdeer is an Official TIME Magazine TIMEPieces Artist.
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THE SHOWDEER GENESIS COLLECTION (2008-2023)
The Showdeer Genesis Collection is a look inside fifteen years of dedication and hard work of one artist continuing to make art his life by consistently creating digital experimental dreamlike, surrealist and psychedelic illustrative/collage fine artworks while developing a unique style within this 15-year timespan starting in 2008 experimenting with digital fine art. All pieces were created digitally in a collage-illustrative fashion using Adobe Photoshop exclusively starting in 2008 to 2023. Approx. 2500 pieces were created with only 1000 of the best selected forever minted on the ethereum blockchain.
In the collection each piece contains a short description, is numbered #0001-1000, features rarity properties, mini-collections within the collection; including twenty-five Super Psychedelic rares, nine Collector Commissions, another nine in The Garden Pieces Series, (#3 “Garden Skull” owned by Cozomo Medici) as well as the last nine pieces being held for future auctions when the collection gains even more popularity. Number nine? - You can view his entire Catalogue Raisonné here as well as all rarity properties here.
Now that The Genesis Collection is complete, Showdeer is focusing on newly created digitally hand painted pieces on iPad Procreate for his Showdeer II Collection. He also is often creating gig posters, designing merch & branding for companies and is always oil painting on canvas in his studio.
