About FEWOCiOUS
FEWOCiOUS is the name Victor Langlois works under. He grew up in Las Vegas, began making art at 13 and is based there today. He works in painting, digital art and sculpture. Decrypt called him a "crypto art surrealist", and on his website he says he paints "what's hard to say out loud."
He sold his first painting in March 2020 and found collectors on SuperRare and Nifty Gateway. In 2021 he released My Head In Your Hands with the musician Two Feet, made virtual sneakers with RTFKT, and joined parrot_ism, odious and Jonathan Wolfe on Fabricated Fairytales.
That June, Christie's held an online sale of five works titled Hello, i'm Victor (FEWOCiOUS) and This Is My Life. Each lot stands for one year of his life, from 14 to 18, and pairs a short video NFT with a physical painting and archival NFTs of drawings and journal entries from that year. The series follows him questioning his gender, from Year 1, Age 14 - It Hurts To Hide to Year 4, Age 17 - His Name Is Victor. He was then the youngest artist to hold a solo sale at Christie's.
In October 2021 Sotheby's London sold Nice to meet you, I'm Mr. MiSUNDERSTOOD, a six-foot sculpture of plaster, wood and fabric, paired with an NFT. In April 2022 he released Paint Drop on Nifty Gateway, the first step toward a digital world he calls FewoWorld. That year he also redesigned the logo and cover of Billboard's Pride issue and made a work for Bowie on the Blockchain with the David Bowie Estate. Fortune had named him to its NFTy 50 in 2021.
Notable works
Top sales
- Nice to meet you, I'm Mr. MiSUNDERSTOODSotheby's London · 2021£2,072,000 (about $2.85M)
- Year 4, Age 17 - His Name Is VictorChristie's online · 2021$475,000
- Year 1, Age 14 - It Hurts To HideChristie's online · 2021$437,500
- Year 2, Age 15 - My Mama's DreamChristie's online · 2021$437,500
- Year 5, Age 18 - I Taught Myself How To FlyChristie's online · 2021$375,000
Recognition
- 2021NFTy 50, No. 14Fortune
Collaborations
- 2022Bowie on the Blockchain, a group NFT sale benefiting CAREDavid Bowie Estate
- 2022
- 2021
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- 2021
Press & resources
- A Look Inside the Box: FEWOCiOUS' New Christie's AuctionHighsnobiety · 2022
Fewocious Brings a Collaborative, All-Ages Paint Party to NFT.NYCBillboard · 2022
Meet the trans teen whose crypto artwork has earned him nearly $50 millionNBC News · 2022- NFT artist FEWOCiOUS sold nearly $20 million of his digital work in 24 hoursFortune · 2022
Transgender teen's crypto art series fetches $2.16 million at Christie'sNBC News · 2021- NFT collection by digital artist FEWOCiOUS rakes in over $2 million at Christie'sThe Block · 2021
18-Year-Old Trans Artist Sells Life Story NFTs for $2.1 MillionDecrypt · 2021- A Sale of Virtual Sneakers Raised $3.1 Million USD in Seven MinutesHypebeast · 2021
Milestones
- 2020
- 2021
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- 2022
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