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A deep dive into 'Convergence', a unique collaboration with acclaimed Contemporary Southwestern artist Lawrence Lee, combining traditional easel painting with fine-tuned GAN models.

Looking back at the progression of my digital art exhibitions at the Contemporary And Digital Art Fair (CADAF), spanning from physical events in Miami to virtual showcases.

A look back at the 'Automatic War' project, a concise thematic series comprising several pieces reflecting on automated conflict and technological warfare.

A Quick Intro: What a Difference a Continent Makes… This autumn, artist Bård Ionson is pulling off a fascinating double-act, presenting work in two wildly different contexts.

When NFTs first captured the public imagination, the conversation was dominated by market hype, dizzying auction prices, and speculative fervor. It's time to look beyond the speculation.

There's something about the desert sky that feels both infinite and immediate. It's a canvas that has inspired artists for generations.

There's something about the desert sky that feels both infinite and immediate. It's a canvas that has inspired artists for generations.

Exploring the intersection of art and artificial intelligence.

Arab Bank Switzerland Digital Art Prize. The event was held at Palácio de Tancos in the middle of Lisbon Portugal.

AI video generated through Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) algorithms, utilizing a dataset of the artist's analog photography.

Exploring the Stages of Hyperreality in Jean Baudrillard's Work. This survey note delves into the stages of hyperreality as conceptualized by Baudrillard.

Street art and public installations.

In NAKED FLAMES at The Path To The Present exhibition some have been curious as to why I created it. When I create art I…

The art of Bård Ionson will be on exhibition July 2 – 27 2024 in Berlin at Expanded.Art.

I have converted an AI image back into an analog form. In 1976 Edwin Land created the 20×24 inch Polaroid camera and allowed artists to use it.

A food bank with people happy to get the food for christmas off the shelves.

At NFT Factory Paris. NFT CryptoArt was acquired by Centre Pompidou, France's premier museum of modern art.

Bård Ionson's art is for the second time being displayed in a library. But this time it is leaving Manassas for Oxford England.

It started with Nam June Paik in 2012, led to video art, into glitch art, then oscilloscopes. Then I read The Handmaid's Tale.

I created a generative art piece on Art Blocks called Color Magic Planets based on art made by my daughter called 'Playform Multiverse'.

La Trahison de l'IA (The Treachery of AI). Ce n'est pas l'artiste. Pas la voix. Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

Due to the shortage of men of the priesthood the Council has invented the Soul Scroll.

With Contemporary and Digital Art Fair. A Ethereum wallet is required.

Due to the shortage of men of the priesthood the Council has invented the Soul Scroll.

It is based on a prayer machine from the Handmaid's Tale in which citizens order prayers over the phone.

From the Pacific climbing up to the vineyards and into the foggy mountain, follow the highway to the Redwood grove.

Scan the face and look into the soul. Has technology damaged the soul or released it? The artist scans himself with a damaged scanner.

Exploring the California redwoods through AI and generative art.

ARTificial Solo Exhibition. AI – AR – Crypto. Bard Ionson. Bull Run Library Manassas VA June 2019.

As seen at the Presidio San Francisco. Too much want brings the end closer. The past is the future of history.

As seen at the Presidio San Francisco. Available on SuperRare. From a series called Sound Words. Dynamic spoken word poetry visualized.

As listed by The NFT Magazine in Crypto Art Begins.

Political commentary through AI-generated art.

In 1966 two military computer nodes in Canada begin generating unknown symbols. Date Minted: November 25, 2018.

SuperRare Sound Words. The beginning of a new series. Sound Words which are dynamic spoken word poetry visualized.

This is one of the best artificial intelligence art pieces I have produced. I am considering learning how to paint this.

I have been working on training and producing the outputs of the gas mask training model for many years. It started in 2020.

On March 11, 2021 Stephen Colbert cracked a joke at the expense of Snoop Dogg concerning an NFT (Some Asshole) Snoop purchased by XCOPY.

Global Reality. Inside the Work. Glitch and Artificial Intelligence. Look at the world from different perspectives.

NFT art inspired by The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Color Magic Sticker Play Book. On Mayday May 1st a new NFT art collection was released.

Dorian Grey the sixth has engineered an android clone of himself to hold his soul. The android absorbs his negative energy.

On a cold winter night in 1964 in a secret computer bunker in North Bay Canada an alien unidentified anomaly happened.

Some images of my art in an art exhibition in Paris December 2021. The Color of Crypto. Knights of the Apocalypse.

Who is Bard? Bård is an artist who thinks Nam June Paik spoke to him and declared Bård an artist. Delusional or just a good story?

Memories call out from the grave of history. Thousands of coins now worthless.

Group exhibition featuring URL-based digital artworks.

I am playing with a new NFT generative artwork for Art Blocks. The title I am playing with is Eight.

From Mint Gold Dust a new innovative NFT Art platform. Bard Ionson approaches his art with the inner drive of an artist.

Presidential Portrait 2017-2021. This NFT art piece was accepted for the 2021 Outside Forces Exhibition in Washington DC.

The origin story. Nam June Paik declared Bård an artist from beyond.