Career Timeline
Originally from Canada, I set out in 1996 with a backpack and an appetite for adventure. Three years and four continents later I found myself in Scotland, fell in love with it, and decided to stay.
The Engine
2024 - An epic series of allegorical paintings, animations, and worldbuilding, merging satire, philosophy, and fantasy.
CryptoAngels
2024 - A multimedia phenomenon, involving sculpture, NFTs, Bitcoin ordinals, videogaming, animation, and a multiverse of angels.
NFT Highlights
2023
The Oath
Alpha
Talos
Mission to the Heavens
Castle Party
2023 - The second Castle Party was held at Château de Vallery, France and raised a record-breaking £114,000 for Maggie's cancer charity.
NFT Highlights
2022
The Ascended Angel
Peter Schiff Wrestling with the Angel
The Fallen Angel
#FreeAlexey (collaboration with Violet Jones)
Castle Party
2022 - Stirling Castle was the host venue for the inaugural annual Castle Party for Bitcoin Angels.
MAN VS MACHINE
2021 - Collaboration with Ice Cube
The Angel's Share
2021 - NFT and cask of 1991 Macallan’s whisky shattered the previous world record for most expensive cask, selling for $2.3M
Bitcoin Angel
2021 - Record breaking drop for open edition sales on Nifty Gateway
NFT Highlights
2020
Bitcoin Bull
Jose Delbo Collab
EthBoy with Alotta Money
Collision with Pak
Private View in Cryptovoxels
2020 - Working with KnownOrigin, organised the first ever private view NFT exhibition in the Metaverse
Crypto Cubism
2020 - Solo exhibition at Edinburgh University cancelled due to Covid-19 (giving more time to explore the world of NFTs)
EthGirl
2019 - Genesis NFT dropped: A collab with Alotta Money
Coindesk Most Influential
2019 - Series of portraits
Crypto Conferences
2019 - Exhibited crypto-themed artwork
CoinFest UK, Manchester
Bitcoin Conference, San Francisco
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 - Highjacked!
CryptoDisruption
2018 - Solo Exhibition
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
REKT
2018 - Got REKT and decided to focus on painting instead of trading
Cryptocurrency
2017 - First purchase of Bitcoin and delving (ineptly) into crypto trading
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
2017 - Invited to exhibit Augmented Reality paintings
Doctor Jordan Peterson, Toronto
2017 - Portrait sitting
Would I Lie to You? The Art of Politics and Propaganda
2016 - Solo Exhibition
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
#EdinburghHacked
2015 - Solo exhibition
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 - Highjacked!
Leap of faith!
2015 - Stepped down from Art in Healthcare and teaching to focus on art career
CreativTek Ltd
2015 - Established with David Oxley to provide AR services to artists
World Mobile Congress, Barcelona
2015 - Attended by invitation to meet the team at AR company Metaio
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014 - Hijacked the RSA 188th annual open exhibition!
Augmented Reality Art (ed. Vladimir Geroimenko)
2014 - Mentioned in the first academic book about AR art
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
2013 - Display of AR paintings at prestigious Edinburgh concert hall
Augmented Reality
2013 - First experiments in combining AR with traditional oil painting
QR code paintings
2012 - First explorations of the potential of QR codes in art
The Poem of Ecstasy
2011 - Solo Exhibition
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Trees for Life
2011 - Organised charity exhibition
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
Synaesthesia
2010 - First commercial gallery solo exhibition
Union Gallery, Edinburgh
Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2009 - Hired as tutor (LSA art technician from 2003 - 2008)
Edinburgh and Truro
2009 - Mixed Exhibitions
‘New Graduates’, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
'20-Year Anniversary', Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
'The Edinburgh School of Painting', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, UK
'Expedition’, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Festival Show’, UNIONgallery, Edinburgh
Art in Healthcare, Edinburgh
2008 - Hired as Director of Scottish charity
Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art
2003 to 2008 - MA (Hons) Fine Art (with distinction)
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show
Edinburgh and London
2008 - Mixed exhibitions
Chessel Gallery, Edinburgh
Prince’s Drawing Academy, London
Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
2007 - Charity fundraiser solo exhibition
Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2002 to 2003 - Foundation year
