# Alpha Centauri Kid

> Digital artist and musician who builds glitch animations, 3D scenes and physical works around pianos, skulls and a figure he calls the Muse.

- Page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/alpha-centauri-kid
- Works on GONDI: 9,765
- Collectors: 3,270
- About page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/alpha-centauri-kid/about

## About

Alpha Centauri Kid, also known as a.c.k. or ACK, is a digital artist and musician based in San Antonio, Texas. He moves between glitch animation, 3D renders and layered still images. Pianos, skulls and flowers keep turning up in the work. He traces every piece back to what he calls the Muse. In his words, "I just do whatever the Muse decides."

He has painted and composed music since his teens. He came across NFTs in March 2021. That July he released *Last Orders!*, an edition made with XCOPY. In October his SuperRare debut, [*ctrl + alt + generate*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/29200.md), went to the collector Punk6529 and set a genesis sale record for the platform. By late 2021 art had become his full-time work, ending fourteen years in a government job.

[*The Great Color Study*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/ackcolorstudy.md) (2022) grew out of an open edition in which he used *MAX PAIN*, a CC0 work by XCOPY. The same year, *The Muse*, a silkscreen in four parts, sold at Christie's in New York. [*The Broken Keys*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/brokenkeys.md) (2023) collects 48 one-of-one works, each built around the piano. With Avant Arte he brought digital works into print, first the lenticular [*Warothy*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/warothys.md) (2023), then [*Piano Blossoms*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pianoblossoms.md) (2024), shown at his first solo exhibition, in Amsterdam.

In September 2025 he showed the *Grand Skull Piano*, a Steinway grand topped with a hand-built skull lid, at an invite-only event at Carnegie Hall, where the pianist Olga Kern performed on it. In 2026 he released [*Argonauts*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/argonauts.md), about 10,000 works stored fully on Ethereum, and [*Original Sin*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/alpha-centauri-kid-original-sin-38023233.md), a single 363 MB image written entirely onchain. That year he also unveiled *Bösendorfer*, a commission for Adam Weitsman.

## At a glance

- Practice: Digital art and music
- Based in: San Antonio, TX
- Active since: 2021
- Platforms: SuperRare, Foundation, Avant Arte

## Notable works

- 2021: [til death do us part](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/alpha-centauri-kid/49.md)
- 2021: [ctrl + alt + generate](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/29200.md), SuperRare
- 2022: [The Great Color Study](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/ackcolorstudy.md)
- 2022: [The Muse](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6398293), Christie's
- 2024: [Piano Blossoms](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pianoblossoms.md), Avant Arte

## Top sales

- 2021: [til death do us part](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/alpha-centauri-kid/49.md), 200 ETH ($717,650)
- 2021: [ctrl + alt + generate](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/29200.md), 165.29 ETH ($600,147)
- 2021: [The Ethereal Rose](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/alpha-centauri-kid/50.md), 100 ETH ($462,285)
- 2022: [ROI (Blockchain Murder)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/death-nhg7xmdk4a/1.md), 100 ETH ($310,877)
- 2022: [Pale Blue Death (a color study), bought and burned by GVG](https://web.archive.org/web/20240422044033/https://www.visualtrophy.com/posts/a-collector-bought-and-burned-an-artwork-by-alpha-centauri-kid-for-201-eth), 201 ETH ($305,223)
- 2022: [crypto art](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/33858.md), 97.09 ETH ($271,937)

## Exhibitions

- 2025: [The Grand Exhibition](https://nftnow.com/features/alpha-centauri-kid-market-rise-grand-exhibition-xcopy/), Carnegie Hall, New York
- 2024: [Solo show: Piano Blossoms](https://avantarte.com/releases/alpha-centauri-kid-2024), Avant Arte, Amsterdam
- 2021: [The Gateway, during Art Basel Miami Beach](https://nftnow.com/the-gateway/the-gateway-art-basel-miami-meet-nft-now-christies-artists/), nft now x Christie's, Miami

## Collaborations

- 2026: [Bösendorfer, a commission for Adam Weitsman](https://unveil.ack.art/), Adam Weitsman
- 2025: [Olga Kern performs on the Grand Skull Piano at Carnegie Hall](https://www.grandskullpiano.com/), Olga Kern, New York
- 2023: [Warothy lenticular edition, curated by the Medici Group](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/warothys.md), Avant Arte
- 2023: [Original composition for Rage, a work in The Broken Keys](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/musicforthemuse/1.md), Ryan Elder
- 2021: [Last Orders!](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/alpha-centauri-kid/2.md), XCOPY

## Press & resources

- 2025: [Alpha Centauri Kid: Servant or impostor](https://www.artcritic.com/en/alpha-centauri-kid-servant-or-impostor/), ArtCritic
- 2025: [What's Fueling Alpha Centauri Kid's Market Rise?](https://nftnow.com/features/alpha-centauri-kid-market-rise-grand-exhibition-xcopy/), nft now
- 2025: [Into the Collection: Alpha Centauri Kid (a.c.k.) | Piano Blossoms (2024)](https://www.hivemind.capital/content/inside-the-collection-alpha-centauri-kid-a-c-k-piano-blossoms-2024), Hivemind Capital
- 2023: [Exclusive: Alpha Centauri Kid Channels His Muse on "Warothy" Avant Arte Edition](https://nftnow.com/art/exclusive-alpha-centauri-kid-channels-his-muse-on-warothy-avant-arte-edition/), nft now
- 2023: [Alpha Centauri Kid, Part 2 - The Man Behind The Muse](https://www.themontyreport.com/p/ack), The Monty Report
- 2022: [How Alpha Centauri Kid is Keeping Art First](https://nftnow.com/podcasts/how-alpha-centauri-kid-is-keeping-art-first/), nft now

## Milestones

- 2021: [Enters NFTs and mints his first onchain works](https://nftnow.com/art/exclusive-alpha-centauri-kid-channels-his-muse-on-warothy-avant-arte-edition/)
- 2021: [SuperRare debut with ctrl + alt + generate sets a genesis sale record for the platform](https://nftnow.com/podcasts/how-alpha-centauri-kid-is-keeping-art-first/), SuperRare
- 2021: [Leaves a government job to work as an artist full-time](https://www.hivemind.capital/content/inside-the-collection-alpha-centauri-kid-a-c-k-piano-blossoms-2024)
- 2022: [The Muse sells at Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6398293), Christie's, New York
- 2023: [The Broken Keys auction sells all 48 works](https://www.themontyreport.com/p/ack)

## Links

- [ack.art](https://www.ack.art/)
- [X](https://x.com/lphaCentauriKid)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/alphacentaurikid/)

Data from GONDI (https://www.gondi.xyz), Oct 28, 2026.