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Dmitri Cherniak: links

A verified source ledger for an artist who made automation a medium, a string and peg system into an icon, and two later Art Blocks projects into experiments in speculation and collective restraint.

56 sources · last updated 21 September 2026

Works and the artist's own sites

Cherniak's official Linktree gathers his current projects, editions, social accounts, and publications.

Dmitri Cherniak links artist index

The artist's Level portfolio indexes Dead Ringers, The Rinkeby Sessions, and related physical editions.

Dmitri Cherniak portfolio artist portfolio

Light Years presents 100 generative works paired with silver gelatin prints and made with the Estate of László Moholy-Nagy.

Light Years artist project · 2022

The project mechanics describe Light Years' selection passes, process works, negatives, prints, and institutional placements.

Light Years project details project documentation · 2022

TASCHEN's Ironic Dessert edition pairs Cherniak's 2023 NFT and print with the book On NFTs.

Ironic Dessert publication and edition · 2023

Avant Arte's Ringers #962: The LACMA Iterations translates the museum token into a nine-image silkscreen parameter sweep.

Ringers #962: The LACMA Iterations physical edition · 2023

Cherniak explains how Ringers in Motion uses live generation, parameter sweeps, motion, and sound to let the system represent itself in an institutional display.

Ringers in Motion: Strings, Boundaries, and Memory artist essay · 2026

Cherniak announces a live TAMA event with El Barba Roja and the museum's curatorial team, connecting Ringers in Motion to the growth of specialist digital-art departments at major museums.

Ringers in Motion at TAMA artist announcement · 2026

Cherniak announces that his website now documents selected exhibitions, expanding a decade-old Taylor Swift ASCII-art page while retaining ASCII art.

Artist website: exhibition documentation artist announcement · September 2026

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks' artist profile records Cherniak's biography, recognition, and three projects in the foundational set.

Dmitri Cherniak on Art Blocks artist profile

Ringers, 1,000 editions, generates a string wrapped around pegs sampled from a grid and was released on 31 January 2021.

Ringers collection · 2021

The Eternal Pump, 50 editions, is an animated Playground project made in response to the speculative intensity surrounding Ringers.

The Eternal Pump collection · 2021

The Wrapture, 50 minted editions, links a generative release to a year-long holder agreement about movement, sale, and listing.

The Wrapture collection · 2021

Jeff Davis interviews Cherniak on engineering, automation, early crypto art, and the geometry behind Ringers.

In Conversation with Dmitri Cherniak interview · 2021

The Art Blocks Playground archive situates Cherniak's two experimental follow-ups within the programme opened to Curated artists.

Art Blocks Playground platform archive

An Art Blocks collector profile shows four Ringers together and discusses collecting generative art as personal conviction.

Collector Spotlight: AC collector interview · 2023

Museums and institutions

LACMA announces the Cozomo de' Medici collection gift, including Ringers #962 among 22 blockchain works.

New Acquisition: The Cozomo de' Medici Collection museum acquisition · 2023

LACMA's press release documents the collection as the largest group of blockchain artworks to enter an American art museum at the time.

LACMA blockchain acquisition release museum press release · 2023

Buffalo AKG's collection record documents Light Years #051, gifted by Fellowship in 2023.

Light Years #051 museum collection · 2023

Buffalo AKG's annual report records the acquisition of Light Years #051 among the museum's gifts.

Buffalo AKG annual report museum report · 2023–2024

The Medici Collection's record for Ringers #962 preserves the work later promised to LACMA.

Ringers #962 collection record · 2021

Galleries and exhibitions

Fellowship's Light Years: Process Works exhibition presented 30 sketches tracing the algorithm's development.

Light Years: Process Works exhibition · 2022

AOTM's artist page presents Cherniak's catalogue, biography, physical works, and current gallery programme.

Dmitri Cherniak at AOTM gallery profile

AOTM documents Cherniak's multimedia installation for the inaugural Zero 10 sector at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Dmitri Cherniak at Zero 10 exhibition · 2025

The AOTM press release details Floor Ringer, Ringers outputs, and Polygon Etcetera at Art Basel Miami Beach.

AOTM at Art Basel Miami Beach gallery press release · 2025

Beyond Digital at Venus Over Manhattan placed Cherniak within a group exhibition on hybrid physical and digital practice.

Beyond Digital exhibition record

Interviews

Darius Himes speaks with Cherniak and Daniel Hug of the Moholy-Nagy estate about the research, code, and photographic process behind Light Years.

Light Years: In Conversation interview · 2022

Jason Bailey's extended interview covers Autoglyphs, Art Blocks, Ringers as a total set, Dead Ringers, and the Pump community.

An Interview with Dmitri Cherniak interview · 2023

The audio edition of Bailey's conversation presents Cherniak on the power, history, and overfinancialisation of generative art.

Dmitri Cherniak on the Power of Generative Art podcast · 2023

Le Random speaks with Cherniak about Infinite Images, museum display, engineering, and changing ideas of automation.

Dmitri Cherniak on Strictly for Art interview · 2025

Avant Arte's LACMA conversation joins Cherniak and curator Dhyandra Lawson to discuss systems, randomness, and Ringers.

In Conversation: Dmitri Cherniak at LACMA museum conversation · 2023

Press and criticism

Sotheby's reports the USD 6.2 million sale of Ringers #879, known as the Goose, and its place in generative-art auction history.

The Goose Lays a USD 6.2M Golden Egg auction report · 2023

Sotheby's Grails record for Ringers #98 preserves the work's provenance, estimate, and auction result.

Ringers #98 auction record · 2023

Sotheby's generative-art essay places Ringers within the longer history of programmed and rule-based art.

Generative Art, a Quintessentially Modern Art Form auction essay · 2023

The individual Sotheby's lot record preserves the estimate, provenance, and result for Ringers #879.

Ringers #879 lot record auction record · 2023

Curated's collection guide studies Cherniak's background, Ringers' formal traits, historical roots, and collecting context.

Collecting the Algorithm: Ringers collector guide · 2025

Curated's wider primer uses Ringers to discuss on-chain generative art, display, scarcity, and ownership.

Collecting the Algorithm collector essay · 2023

CoinDesk reconstructs the year-long Wrapture agreement and the collectors' response to the Three Arrows Capital liquidation.

The Wrapture Holders Kept Their Cool report · 2022

Le Random reviews Toledo's Infinite Images and reads 25 Ringers prints through the legibility of their parameters.

Infinite Images, Finite Control exhibition criticism · 2025

Artforum reviews Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms, which placed Cherniak within a multigenerational computational history.

Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms exhibition review · 2025

AOTM surveys Cherniak's movement from algorithmic images to physical and sculptural expressions of automation.

Dmitri Cherniak's Algorithmic Tapestry gallery editorial · 2023

Hyperspek connects Ringers, The Eternal Pump, and The Wrapture through their algorithms and collector community.

Ringer, Pump and Wrapture collector essay · 2023

DT Journal offers an early collector reading of Ringers' simplicity, complexity, and figurative associations.

Ringers: Simplicity, Complexity, Meaning collector essay · 2021

The Line surveys Cherniak's projects through rhythm, the Pump community, Wrapture, and Dead Ringers.

Coding Rhythm with Dmitri Cherniak profile · 2024

Avant Arte's guide explains generative art through the Ringers algorithm and the accidental emergence of the Goose.

What Is Generative Art? educational guide · 2024

USA Art News reports on Cherniak's research into the Moholy-Nagy archive for Light Years.

Cherniak Takes Cues from Moholy-Nagy news · 2022

Artnet's NFT 30 issue profiles Cherniak as an early generative artist working with blockchain distribution.

The Artnet NFT 30 profile · 2021 · PDF

NFTEvening reports on the presentation of Light Years at Paris Photo and its partnership with the Moholy-Nagy estate.

Light Years at Paris Photo news · 2023

NFTEvening explains the random-wallet distribution and Food Bank for New York City fundraiser behind Dead Ringers: Edition.

Dead Ringers: Edition news · 2025

The Art Canada Institute records the Goose sale within a survey of notable Canadian art stories.

In the Know: June 2023 institutional newsletter · 2023 · PDF

Profiles and archives

Avant Arte's artist profile surveys Cherniak's automation practice, works, Ringers record, and LACMA acquisition.

Dmitri Cherniak at Avant Arte artist profile

Le Random's artist archive records Cherniak's biography, influences, wallet, and works held by the collection.

Dmitri Cherniak at Le Random collection profile

Opera Magna's archive presents Ringers, Light Years, Transparent Grit, and both Playground projects.

Dmitri Cherniak at Opera Magna collection profile

The Anne and Michael Spalter collection documents Cherniak's Rinkeby Sessions and the test-network history of Ringers.

Dmitri Cherniak at the Spalter Collection collection archive

AOTM's curriculum vitae lists Cherniak's exhibitions, collections, publications, and collaborations.

Dmitri Cherniak CV gallery archive · PDF

Video

Avant Arte's 37-minute film follows Cherniak through LACMA in conversation about systems, chance, and Ringers #962.

Dmitri Cherniak in Conversation at LACMA video · 2023

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