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Sacramento artist who makes stereoscopic 3D and kinetic collage portraits, known for the Decentral Eyes series and Decentral Eyes Dogg with Snoop Dogg. Full biography
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Artworks910
Collectors438
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Decentral Eyes by Coldie
Decentral Eyes, 2018

About Coldie

Coldie is a stereoscopic 3D and kinetic artist based in Sacramento, California. He grew up in the gold country of Northern California and earned a BFA in graphic design at Cal Poly Pomona in 2005. From 2006 to 2010 he designed covers and concert guides for LA Weekly, and in 2009 and 2010 he was the official 3D photographer of the Coachella festival, shooting with a stereoscopic camera he built himself.

In May 2018 he minted The Day We've All Been Waiting For through R.A.R.E. Art Labs, which he describes as the first stereoscopic artwork recorded on a blockchain. That July he began Decentral Eyes on SuperRare with a portrait of Vitalik Buterin. Each portrait layers ten or more found images with 3D effects. His subjects run from Satoshi Nakamoto and Edward Snowden to Warren Buffett, a critic of crypto he chose on purpose. In 2019 he was one of the early NFT artists who helped establish a 10% royalty for artists on resales.

In June 2021 Bonhams opened its CryptOGs sale, held with SuperRare, with his Proof of Work - Genesis, a gold rush miner in a gas mask that links panning for gold to mining crypto. Later that year he and Snoop Dogg released Decentral Eyes Dogg, an animated collage of images from the rapper's life set to new audio Snoop recorded. GAZELL.iO, the digital arm of Gazelli Art House, gave him the solo show Front Row 3D in London in 2022. In December 2024 Christie's offered Warren Buffett - Filthy Fiat, his first portrait made as a physical sculpture: magnetic pieces cut from dollar bills he had buried for two years, which the owner can rearrange. Tech Epochalypse (2026) brings the same kinetic collage to five tech leaders, Elon Musk and Jensen Huang among them.

Notable works

  1. Decentral Eyes by Coldie
    Decentral Eyes2018-2026
  2. Decentral Eyes Dogg, with Snoop Dogg by Coldie
    Decentral Eyes Dogg, with Snoop Dogg2021
  3. Proof of Work - Genesis by Coldie
    Proof of Work - Genesis2018
  4. A wall portrait of Warren Buffett built from layered, stained and torn pieces of US dollar bills
    Warren Buffett - Filthy Fiat2024 · Christie's

Top sales

  1. Decentral Eyes Dogg, with Snoop Dogg by Coldie
    Decentral Eyes Dogg, with Snoop Dogg2021
    188.8 ETH ($754,300)
  2. Dalai Lama - Decentral Eyes - Variant 01 by Coldie
    Dalai Lama - Decentral Eyes - Variant 012021
    120 ETH ($373,000)
  3. Kitty - Decentral Eyes by Coldie
    Kitty - Decentral Eyes2021
    100 ETH ($300,500)
  4. Edward Snowden - Decentral Eyes - Variant 01 by Coldie
    Edward Snowden - Decentral Eyes - Variant 012024
    65 ETH ($203,000)
  5. Edward Snowden - Decentral Eyes - Variant 04 by Coldie
    Edward Snowden - Decentral Eyes - Variant 042022
    86.69 ETH ($146,500)
  6. Warren Buffett - Decentral Eyes - Variant 01 by Coldie
    Warren Buffett - Decentral Eyes - Variant 012024
    37 ETH ($129,500)

Exhibitions

  1. 2026
    Unpermissioned Self, with kinetic magnetic portraits, Tech Epochalypse prints and a touchscreen pieceEterno Gallery, Lisbon
  2. 2025
    Jack Dorsey Magnetic Portrait, shown in the Bitcoin Conference Art GalleryBitcoin Conference, Las Vegas, NV
  3. 2025
    Group show with Decentral Eyes workMuseum Francisco Carolinum, Linz, Austria
  4. 2025
    Paintboxed Exhibition, with Decentral Eyes workPaintboxed, Basel, Switzerland
  5. 2022
    Front Row 3D: Stereoscopic Concert Photography, solo show with the Seattle NFT MuseumGAZELL.iO, Gazelli Art House, London

Recognition

  1. 2006
    Excellence in Design, Honorable Mention, for the LA Weekly cover Hungry for StinkLos Angeles Press Club
  2. 2005
    Winner, AIGA Los Angeles Student Portfolio CompetitionAIGA Los Angeles

Collaborations

  1. 2023
    Flow State, an edition of 180 made with ClickCreate
  2. 2022
    UAP, a 3D work made with Hackatao, offered at Sotheby's in Inside the World of MaxStealth
  3. 2021
    Decentral Eyes Dogg, made with Snoop Dogg, who recorded its audioSnoop Dogg
  4. 2018
    Bucket T - 3D Light Painting 03, made with the stereoscopic 3D artist Roger May, offered at Sotheby's in 2022

Press & resources

  1. Snoop Dogg Drops 'Decentral Eyes Dogg' NFT on SuperRareDecrypt · 2021
  2. Snoop Dogg NFT photos fetch over $770,000ForkLog · 2021

Milestones

  1. 2005
    Earns a BFA in Graphic Design at Cal Poly Pomona
  2. 2006-2010
    Designs covers, features and concert guides for LA WeeklyLA Weekly
  3. 2009-2010
    Official 3D photographer of the Coachella festival, with a stereoscopic camera he built
  4. 2018
    Mints The Day We've All Been Waiting For on R.A.R.E. Art Labs, which he calls the first stereoscopic artwork on a blockchain
  5. 2018
    Begins Decentral Eyes on SuperRare with a portrait of Vitalik Buterin
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