jiwa
jiwa @ ntent.art
S. Ryan O'Connor
Artist working with code & installations.
founder ntent
he/him

work published on:

Art Blocks
ntent.art
OBJKT
versum.xyz
fxhash

EVENT, 2024

with Bernar Venet. releasing on Sotheby's.



The Slide, 2024

Takeover #4 at Bright Moments Berlin & Art Blocks Marfa 2024



AXO, 2023

Released on Art Blocks Presents



L'ISOTROPE, 2023

with Bernar Venet. exhibited at the Venet Foundation.



D'MORPHISM, 2023



with Bernar Venet. exhibited at the Budapest Binale, 2023

ENDURANCE, 2023

Endurance, chapter #5 in the PETLS narrative




STORM, 2023

Storm, chapter #4 in the PETLS narrative.


COMPLEX, 2023

Complex, chapter #3 in the PETLS narrative


BREEZE, 2023

Breeze, chapter #2 in the PETLS narrative


STILLNESS, 2023

Stillness, chapter #1 in the PETLS narrative


Affirmations, 2023

code running live on your device^^
fully responsive, multi-media generative art using a hand-written animated alphabet



PAST



SOLO 
EXHIBITION

PETLS, 2023

PETLS is the generative story of growth, told in 5 parts.

PETLS is a multi-chain, generative art series, told across Ethereum and Tezos.

The PETLS immersive art experience on March 16th, at the OBEY art space in the heart of Berlin.



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

Moment After immersive generative art installation / performance. Berlin, August, 2022

Berlinverse, Berlin, Germany 2022


Value in Art & Interactive "Make Your Own Gen Art" Experience NFTNYC NYC 2022

Technique X WeDream Auction House NYC 2022

“Gateway to the Metaverse” by Global Art Exhibition,  House of Wisdom, Sharjah, UAE 2022 

One Drop, Into the Metaverse: Spatial, NYC 2022

Metanoise Denver 2022

SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Art Basel 2024 EVENT w/ Bernar Venet and Sothebys
NFT San Francisco Conference 2022 - Panelist Artist Success Stories

Panelist SUGOI NFT NYC 2022 - Smart Contracts for Artists

Speaker W3BTHR33 Lounge NFT NYC 2022 - ntent.art

Speaker Mintwoch Berlin 2022
collections

ABOUT JIWA

jiwa is an artist and coder creating generative narratives about inner worlds.

15 years of experience building creative technology. senior-level full-stack software architect/engineer. smart contract and web3 development, building and managing all technology for the ntent collective and ntent.art. 

"I grew up in the surf/skate culture of Virginia Beach, with my mother and two younger brothers. it was a little tough, We moved every year, my mom held it together as My father suffered from addiction and was in and out of jail. but for the most part, we were happy. My brothers and I made our own fun with what we had. I became comfortable creating with whatever was around. Even now, all I need is a computer."

jiwa is a passionate activist, often using his work to raise awareness/relief for environmental and socio-political causes.

In Spring 2022, he raised $8000 for the Ukrainian war effort with the interactive, social generative art project, f*ck putin. 

With ntent, he has planted ~2500 trees and offset over 600% of the carbon footprint of the ntent.art platform. 

In 2021, he walked over 100 miles in Minnesota with Indigenous leaders in protest of the Line3 oil pipeline. 

In 2020, he released BLMtv for the Black Lives Matter movement, which was used as a creative educational resource in public middle schools in Washington DC.

In 2018, he experienced a 7.0 earthquake in Indonesia. After joining local rescue teams, he shot photos of the aftermath. Back in the US, he held a photo exhibition as a disaster relief event, donating 100% of the proceeds to Indonesian families impacted by the earthquake.
Education: BS, Information Systems, George Mason University