jakNFT

Minted by JakNFT in 2022.

TIGER is one of only 3 1/1 artworks minted from Jak’s ‘Experiments In Glitch 2’ smart contract. The work was minted in 2022, the Chinese year of the Water Tiger, which occurs once every 60 years. TIGER emits an aura of power and strength, and bursts through the canvas with abstract neo-expressionist flare, out of what appears to be destroyed concrete. Considered one of the artist's defining works, TIGER features Jak's signature NOISE at its base and is layered with graffiti-style strokes in a black, gray, turquoise and glowing fluorescent orange palette. The words "BAD MOOD" crossed out in the top left corner of the canvas, and similar lines across TIGER's eyes, communicate suppressed aggression. 

Drips, splats, scrapes and grainy textures layered throughout the composition blur the boundary between digital and physical art, and make TIGER feel real enough to touch. TIGER's original outline was drawn by hand on 29.7 cm x 42 cm watercolor paper in deep blue ink using sponge-tipped markers. The physical work was then enhanced and animated using digital tools. Collected by the artist himself and vaulted, TIGER has now been made available for collection exclusively through Sotheby’s.

JakNFT or “Jak” is an anonymous digital artist who began minting glitch-style crypto art on the blockchain in 2021. His work is primarily available on Ethereum, but several of his works have also been minted on the Tezos and Bitcoin blockchains. Jak's art has been exhibited globally, during Art Basel Miami, Art Basel Hong Kong, Rome Art Week and at the Seattle NFT Museum.

Jak has been referred to as one of the "goats of glitch", and as "XCOPY’s artistic son". His glitch style is versatile and ranges from erratic, loud, and fiercely modern to soft, subtle and ethereal. Jak's art has congruent commentary and is often linked through the use of color, which he uses to convey emotion. His process often involves mixing both digital & physical mediums. Jak has created a diverse set of collections including 1/1s, editions and profile picture projects. He is one of only a few crypto artists who is able to offer a broad range in their art ecosystem and be successful in all the different angles. 

Prior to creating crypto art under the anonymous name JakNFT, Jak trained in the visual arts. He attended his first art classes in the early 1990s. In the 2000s Jak began experimenting with digital art. He later took up formal studies in studio art and art history. During these years he also emerged as an anonymous politically-themed street artist.