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Jeff Davis: links

A verified source ledger for Jeff Davis, from three decades of geometric abstraction to eleven Art Blocks projects, institutional work, physical translations, interviews, criticism, and talks.

66 sources · last updated 31 July 2026

Artist archive and primary sources

Official site and chronological entry point for Davis's studio practice.

jeffgdavis.com artist site

Official biography covering Davis's training, move to digital tools, teaching, Art Blocks role, exhibitions, and books.

About artist biography

Detailed curriculum vitae with exhibitions, collections, publications, talks, teaching, and professional appointments.

Vitae artist archive

The artist's index of interviews, articles, films, podcasts, and recorded talks.

Media artist archive

Official 2020 portfolio, including the token works that preceded and accompanied Davis's Art Blocks debut.

2020 portfolio artist archive

Official 2021 portfolio documenting Color Study, Rhythm, Portal, Neighborhood, and Reflection.

2021 portfolio artist archive

Official 2022 portfolio, including Rectangles (for Herbert) and related physical and digital work.

2022 portfolio artist archive

Official 2023 portfolio for Schema, LED, and collaborations joining code, light, and space.

2023 portfolio artist archive

Official 2024 portfolio recording stained glass, textiles, installations, and screen-based projects.

2024 portfolio artist archive

Official 2025 portfolio documenting the retrospective Color: 1995-2025 and later studio work.

2025 portfolio artist archive

Official 2026 portfolio for the artist's current projects and exhibitions.

2026 portfolio artist archive

Extended account of Progression, its colour logic, and the artist-historical references behind it.

Progression explained artist text

Official page for Color Study Expander, extending the project's colour system into a collector-facing tool.

Color Study Expander artist project

Official project page for Drawings for a Monument, the artist's closing AB[500] series.

Drawings for a Monument artist project

The artist's 2025 retrospective catalogue, surveying colour as a constant across thirty years.

Color: 1995-2025 artist publication

Art Blocks and the AB[500]

Art Blocks artist profile with biography and platform collections.

Jeff Davis on Art Blocks artist profile

Erick Calderon's 2021 interview on Davis's art and mathematics training, random Excel tables, Processing, and the launch of Art Blocks.

In Conversation with Jeff Davis interview · 2021

Art Blocks announces the founding artists' return and explains Drawings for a Monument as a chromatic history of Curated.

The Final Three platform history · 2025

Full Circle, the official exhibition for the final three AB[500] projects by Davis, Snowfro, and DCA.

Full Circle exhibition · 2025

Construction Token, 500 editions, project 2 and one of the three collections released at the platform's launch.

Construction Token collection · 2020

View Card, 41 editions, an early study in geometric composition and colour.

View Card collection · 2020

Variant Plan, 199 minted editions from a maximum of 200, commissioned for Variant Fund.

Variant Plan collection · 2021

Color Study, 2,000 editions, Davis's largest long-form examination of ordered colour relationships.

Color Study collection · 2021

Rhythm, 334 editions, a system of repeated form, proportion, and chromatic sequence.

Rhythm collection · 2021

Portal, 10 editions, Davis's first time-based project and first work for Bright Moments.

Portal collection · 2021

Neighborhood, 312 editions, translating the artist's architectural abstractions into a generative set.

Neighborhood collection · 2021

Reflection, 100 editions, a Bright Moments New York project that connects colour to memory and relationships.

Reflection collection · 2021

Rectangles (for Herbert), 500 editions, a tribute to Herbert Bayer through measured geometric variation.

Rectangles (for Herbert) collection · 2022

Schema, 300 editions, a collaboration by DRIFT and Davis based on diagrams for Meadow.

Schema collection · 2023

Drawings for a Monument, 1,000 editions, the final Davis project in the AB[500] and a tribute to the first five years of Curated.

Drawings for a Monument collection · 2025

Interviews and profiles

Right Click Save's substantial interview on minimalism, serialism, long-form systems, colour theory, teaching, and Art Blocks.

The Color of Code interview · 2023

OpenSea interview reflecting on thirty years of practice and the 2025 Progression release.

In Conversation with Jeff Davis interview · 2025

Dalosdov interview on Davis's working methods, influences, colour, editions, and the generative art field.

Jeff Davis Interview interview

Decrypt's five-question profile on Davis's studio practice and generative art.

5 Questions with SCENE interview · 2023

Vogue Taiwan interview with Davis on Art Blocks, his creative role, and digital art's presentation at Taipei Dangdai.

Art Blocks at Taipei Dangdai interview · press

Institutions, exhibitions, and collections

Pace Gallery introduces Schema, the DRIFT and Davis collaboration released through Art Blocks.

DRIFT with Jeff Davis: Schema gallery · 2023

Pace Gallery's expanded explanation of the collaboration, its four visual systems, and the source diagrams for Meadow.

Schema explained gallery · 2023

Bright Moments on LED, created for the Tokyo chapter and conceived for a luminous display.

Jeff Davis: LED institution · 2023

Bright Moments presents Formations, extending Davis's abstract systems into experiential display.

Formations institution

Bright Moments on Cuadro, a project connecting algorithmic colour and physical presentation.

Jeff Davis: Cuadro institution

Bright Moments documents Culmination and Davis's continuing experiments with form, light, and serial structure.

Jeff Davis: Culmination institution

Bright Moments collection page for Portal, including the ten Art Blocks editions.

Portal at Bright Moments collection

ZKM's CryptoArt exhibition archive, which includes Davis in the museum's 2021 blockchain art presentation.

CryptoArt museum · 2021

ZKM programme for the 2024 Generative Art Summit, listing Davis among the participating artists and speakers.

Generative Art Summit museum · 2024

6529 Museum's collection record for Construction Token and its place in the genesis display.

Construction Token at 6529 Museum museum collection

Kate Vass Galerie's account of Art Blocks Marfa milestones, including Construction Token as a launch-day project.

Art Blocks Marfa milestones gallery history

Market records, criticism, and physical translations

Sotheby's lot record for Construction Token #3 in R/evolutionaries.

Construction Token #3 auction · 2024

Sotheby's lot record for Portal #8 in the 2024 Digital Art Day Auction.

Portal #8 auction · 2024

HAM's close reading of Construction Token, its parameters, outputs, and early Art Blocks context.

Curated #2: Construction Tokens criticism

Le Random's institutional history of Bright Moments, including Portal #0 and Davis's role in its first chapter.

Bright Moments on Prioritizing the Personal history · criticism

Luxe Interiors + Design on Davis's collaboration with TRAME and the translation of generative systems into stained glass.

Stained glass meets algorithms press · craft

Artnet News reports from Marfa on Davis's meeting of code, stained glass, and historic craft.

In the Texas Desert, Craft Meets Coding press · 2025

Design Milk on TRAME's Riflessi and Davis's movement between digital systems and physical production.

TRAME's Riflessi design press

designboom interview on TRAME's generative interiors and the craft processes used to materialise computational designs.

Generative interiors and craft nouveau design press · 2024

Ateliers Loire describes the slab-glass process central to Davis's collaboration with the French stained-glass workshop.

Slabs of glass craft reference

Event record for the Paris presentation of Davis's Color: 1995-2025 retrospective.

Jeff Davis: Color, 1995-2025 exhibition · 2025

STIRworld's report on Art Dubai Digital, including Davis and Art Blocks within the fair's account of blockchain art.

Art Dubai Digital press · 2022

MOTZKO documents twelve collected works by Davis, including Color Study, Construction Token, Progression, and Reflection.

Jeff Davis at MOTZKO collection archive · ongoing

Talks and video

EthCC archive for Davis's talk on how Ethereum transformed his artistic practice.

Generative Art on the Blockchain talk

Film of Davis visiting Ateliers Loire and encountering its stained-glass processes.

Jeff Davis at Ateliers Loire video

Bright Moments film tracing the organisation and Davis from Venice Beach to its international chapters.

Art Blocks, Jeff Davis, and Bright Moments video

TRAME film of Davis experiencing stained glass at Ateliers Loire in France.

Jeff Davis experiences stained glass video

NFC Summit talk, Five Years Later, on the transformation of Davis's practice through NFTs and generative editions.

NFC24: Jeff Davis, Five Years Later talk · 2024

Decential Media interview with Davis on Art Blocks and his professional path.

DeCent People with Jeff Davis video interview

Davis presents Color: 1995-2025 at NFC Lisbon, surveying three decades of work.

Color: 1995-2025 talk · 2025

Pace Gallery film on DRIFT and Davis's collaboration for Schema.

DRIFT and Jeff Davis: Schema video · 2023

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