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Kjetil Golid: links

A source ledger for the Norwegian artist and system developer whose open algorithms turn partitions, automata, colour, repetition, and symmetry into visual structures.

34 sources · last updated 23 June 2026

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks' artist profile gathers Golid's biography, social links, and projects released on the platform.

Kjetil Golid on Art Blocks artist profile

Archetype comprises 600 systems of partitioned rectangles in which repetition counters unruly local structures.

Archetype Art Blocks Curated · 2021

Paper Armada comprises 3,000 symmetric, deliberately imperfect spacecraft and papercraft constructions.

Paper Armada Art Blocks Playground · 2021

Works and the artist's own deep pages

The artist's about page describes Generated Space as an open-source study of flow fields, particle systems, fractals, and grammar-based forms.

About Generated Space artist statement

Golid's GitHub profile collects the public code behind his sketches, libraries, generators, and experiments.

Kjetil Golid on GitHub open-source archive

chromotome is Golid's open-source JavaScript library of hand-curated colour palettes.

chromotome open-source library

Golid's official publication feed preserves his essays Archetype 101 and Crosshatch Automata.

Kjetil Golid publication feed artist writing · 2020–2021

The interactive Crosshatch Automata sketch lets visitors generate line-based cellular-automaton patterns in the browser.

Crosshatch Automata interactive work · 2020

Museums and institutions

The Museum of Contemporary Digital Art records Curvescape VII and its use of particles moving through a noise flow field.

Curvescape VII museum record · 2021

ZKM's CryptoArt: It's Not About Money exhibition displayed selected Archetype works on the museum's media cube.

CryptoArt at ZKM museum exhibition · 2021

The University of Nicosia's META511 course materials place Archetype and Paper Armada in a survey of generative NFT art.

META511: Art NFTs university teaching record · 2022 · PDF

Galleries and exhibitions

Kate Vass Galerie's artist page surveys Golid's system-led practice, prints, on-chain works, articles, and exhibitions.

Kjetil Golid at Kate Vass gallery profile

The Game of Life: Emergence in Generative Art paired Golid with Jared S. Tarbell, Alexander Reben, and Manoloide.

The Game of Life group exhibition · 2020

PHYGITAL presented generative works through digital displays and physical counterparts in Zürich.

PHYGITAL group exhibition · 2022

Kate Vass documents Expanse, a series that extrudes grid cells into coloured cuboids and was presented at ART SG.

Expanse series and exhibition · 2022–2023

Node to Node in Paris previewed Change of Basis and connected on-chain systems to prints, plotters, and installations.

Node to Node group exhibition · 2023

The gallery record for Curvescape VII: Outpost documents the unique token and signed fine-art print.

Curvescape VII: Outpost work record · 2022

Bright Moments' Quarterly feature introduces Orbifold through an extended conversation about systems, colour, process, and live minting.

Orbifold by Kjetil Golid project interview · 2023

Verse's artist archive maps Golid's work, exhibitions, and commitment to open-source generative practice.

Kjetil Golid at Verse gallery archive

Verse's V001: In Real Time included Archetype #367 in a 2025 survey of blockchain-based art.

V001: In Real Time auction exhibition · 2025

HOFA's record for Archetype #183 documents the work in its Portrait of an Era NFT exhibition in London.

Archetype #183 at HOFA exhibition record · 2021

Interviews

Jason Bailey's long interview covers Golid's cognitive-science and computing background, systems thinking, open source, and hand-built palettes.

Interview with Generative Artist Kjetil Golid Artnome · 2020

Press and criticism

Curated's collecting primer analyses all 600 Archetype outputs, explicit traits, community-defined rarities, and the algorithm's visual edges.

Collecting the Algorithm collector guide · 2023

Curated's dedicated gallery assembles thirty Archetype works selected to represent palettes, layouts, and rare structures.

Archetype gallery curated collection

Forbes places Archetype among Art Blocks projects that demonstrate code's creative agency and the growth of generative art.

Unleashing the Creative Power of Code press · 2023

The Brazilian Association of Art Critics' journal discusses Archetype #397 within a study of algorithmic aesthetics.

Arte & Crítica 74 criticism · 2025 · PDF

The LAL Art Collection argues for renewed attention to Paper Armada through the playful materiality of its papercraft forms.

Paper Armada by Kjetil Golid collector essay · 2023

Essays, talks and podcasts

Waiting To Be Signed discusses Golid's route to Art Blocks, the histories of both AB[500] projects, authorship, colour, and Monument.

Structural Complexity Through Visual Clarity podcast interview · 2023

Floor Is Rising considers Archetype, Paper Armada, and the distinction between artist curation and random long-form release.

Kjetil Golid: Generative Artist Series podcast · 2021

Auctions and catalogues

The Change of Basis catalogue presents eight works generated by slicing recursively subdivided cubes.

Change of Basis catalogue solo presentation · 2023 · PDF

Sotheby's catalogue for the rare Cube Archetype #397 connects Golid's partition logic to rule-based conceptual art.

Archetype #397 auction catalogue · 2023

Profiles and archives

Decagon, designed by Golid for Deca, uses mint-time on-chain data to create membership tokens that evolve with their holders.

Decagon project archive

Raster archives Orbifold as a 100-work exploration of planar symmetry, maze structures, dimensional play, and imperfect grids.

Orbifold archive work archive · 2023

Kate Vass Galerie maintains a production register for authorised physical prints from the Archetype series.

Archetype print register production archive · PDF

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