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Extended account of Progression, its colour logic, and the artist-historical references behind it.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