| Artist | Vini Naso | Resides | Canada |
| Website | vininaso.co | Medium | Digital |
| Follow the Artist | vini.naso@gmail.com | ||
| Press | vininaso.co/info | Themes | Technology Collective Unconscious & Archetypes Mythology Identity & Beauty Technology & Consciousness |
About the artist
Vini Naso, (b.1981, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi) currently resides and works in Toronto, Canada. Known for his hyper realistic digital portraits, Vini’s work stands at the intersection of tradition and innovation both in content and form. Working purely in the digital medium, Vini’s approach harmoniously incorporates bespoke procedural materials and AI collaboration, resulting in artworks rich in detail, including folk-inspired motifs, crafted textiles, jewelry and natural elements. His profound intuition for blending influences from past eras and the pulse of the modern world provides a portal in which timeless mythology and contemporary aesthetics unite.
Vini Naso is the 1st Prize Digital Art Award, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2025
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Vini Naso delves into the human collective unconscious through his masked portraits, critically examining the role of contemporary media in shaping notions of identity and beauty. His artworks offer a unique representation of modern archetypes, portraying the evolving identities within the human psyche. This artistic endeavor stands as a profound commentary on the transformative power of media and technology, challenging and redefining our understanding of self and society.
Press
Vini Naso’s digital arts have been featured in notable magazine, books and online sources including The 3D Art Anthology, Common Magazine, Adobe Magazine, Architecture Digest, Toronto Star, Beauty Expanded, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
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Awards
2016
The New Geometry of Time, AICE best design, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Decade of Ocean, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Energy 8, Art Space Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023
Beyond Digital, curated by Pablo Fraille and Desiree Featuring Beeple, Refik Anadol, at Venus Over Manhattan Gallery, NYC. United States
NFT Brasil, Sao Paulo Bienal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Digital Vertigo: Reflections on Simulated Existence, Simultaneous exhibition at Nox Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and NFTgoat, Toronto, Canada
Uncanny Valley, Goat Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022
Crypto Art Fair UAE, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
NFT Digital Art | Art Innovation Gallery, Exhibition on Maxi LED wall at Piazza Gae Aulenti, during Milan Art Week. Milan, Italy
Luminescence: An Art Experience, Lume Studio, NYC. United States
NFT Rio, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Decentral Art Pavillion, Group Exhibition during Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Fashion for Bankrobbers, Maximillian Forum Gallery, Munich, Germany
2021
Magazine at Decentraland Art Week: Brazilian Artists, curated by An Loremie
Superrare Large Scale Digital OOH, Exhibit in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Côte 2 Coast, Ox Society Gallery, Montreal, Canada
NFT NYC, curated by 10 seminal NFT artists, TIME and Metapurse – Dreamverse Gallery, NYC. United States
2020
Midnight Garden, Modern Eden Gallery, curated by Beautiful Bizarre, San Francisco, United States
