# IX Shells

> Panamanian generative artist Itzel Yard, who made Dreaming at Dusk for the Tor Project and has sold work at Sotheby's and Christie's.

- Page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/ix-shells
- Works on GONDI: 153
- Collectors: 59
- About page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/ix-shells/about

## About

IX Shells is the name the Panamanian artist Itzel Yard uses for her generative work. She studied architectural technology in Canada, later moved to computer science, and began experimenting with generative art there before returning to Panama in 2019, where she lives and works. Her code-based pieces often start from sounds she records and photographs she takes on walks in Panama City.

In May 2021 the Tor Project auctioned [*Dreaming at Dusk*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/fnd/35855.md), which it had commissioned from her. The generative piece is derived from the private key of Dusk, the first onion service. After a day of bidding the collective PleasrDAO bought it, and the proceeds went to Tor. Fortune named her to its NFTy 50 that year.

In 2022 Sotheby's New York sold her *Beyond Recognition* in a generative art sale, and Christie's New York sold her video *Thalamic Pulse* in *Cartography of the Mind*, an auction for MAPS, which studies psychedelic therapies. The same year she gave her looped video *Bend* to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. In 2023 she designed the cover of Fortune's April/May issue.

[*No Me Olvides*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/no-me-olvides-by-ix-shells.md), made with her long-time collaborator Rosendo Merel Choy, turns archives of nineteenth-century women artists into generative compositions. Fellowship and ARTXCODE showed it as a solo presentation in the Zero 10 sector of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2025.

## At a glance

- Practice: Generative art and new media
- In museums: Buffalo AKG Art Museum
- Based in: Panama
- Platforms: Foundation, SuperRare

## Notable works

- 2021: [Dreaming at Dusk](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/fnd/35855.md)
- 2022: [Beyond Recognition](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/natively-digital-1-3-generative-art/beyond-recognition), Sotheby's
- 2022: [Thalamic Pulse](https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/cartography-mind-curated-nft-sale-benefit-maps/ix-shells-b-1990-7/155329), Christie's
- 2022: [Bend](https://buffaloakg.org/artworks/202293-bend)
- 2025: [No Me Olvides, made with Rosendo Merel Choy](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/no-me-olvides-by-ix-shells.md)

## In museum collections

- 2022: [Bend (2022), a 45-second looped video, gift of the artist](https://buffaloakg.org/artworks/202293-bend), Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY

## Top sales

- 2021: [Dreaming at Dusk, sold by the Tor Project to PleasrDAO](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/fnd/35855.md), 500 ETH (about $2.04M)
- 2022: [Beyond Recognition, sold with a signed giclée print](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/natively-digital-1-3-generative-art/beyond-recognition), Sotheby's, $189,000
- 2022: [Thalamic Pulse, sold to benefit MAPS](https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/cartography-mind-curated-nft-sale-benefit-maps/ix-shells-b-1990-7/155329), Christie's, $100,800
- 2024: [IDWT](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/ix-shells-for-sothebys.md), 2 ETH (about $6,020)
- 2026: [Something Forbidden (Hanna Hirsch-Pauli), from No Me Olvides](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/no-me-olvides-by-ix-shells/67.md), 1.19 WETH (about $3,510)
- 2026: [Context Spill (Berta Wegman), from No Me Olvides](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/no-me-olvides-by-ix-shells/32.md), 1.13 WETH (about $3,490)

## Exhibitions

- 2025: [No Me Olvides, a solo presentation of her work with Fellowship and ARTXCODE in the Zero 10 sector](https://www.artbasel.com/stories/art-basel-launches-zero-10--a-new-initiative-for-art-of-the-digital-era), Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
- 2022: [Cartography of the Mind, with Thalamic Pulse on view during the sale](https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/cartography-mind-curated-nft-sale-benefit-maps/overview/3266), Christie's, New York, NY

## Recognition

- 2021: [NFTy 50, No. 11](https://fortune.com/ranking/nfty-50/2021/itzel-yard/), Fortune

## Collaborations

- 2025: [No Me Olvides, made with her long-time collaborator Rosendo Merel Choy](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/no-me-olvides-by-ix-shells)
- 2022: [Thalamic Pulse, given to Cartography of the Mind to benefit MAPS](https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/cartography-mind-curated-nft-sale-benefit-maps/overview/3266), MAPS
- 2021: [Dreaming at Dusk, made for the Tor Project from the key of its first onion service](https://blog.torproject.org/nft-auction-and-whats-next/), The Tor Project

## Press & resources

- 2023: [How Itzel Yard overcame shyness and trauma to become IX Shells, one of the world's most popular NFT artists](https://www.fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/08/how-itzel-yard-overcame-shyness-and-trauma-to-become-ix-shells-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-nft-artists), Fortune
- 2021: [Dreaming at Dusk: the Tor Project's NFT Auction & What's Next](https://blog.torproject.org/nft-auction-and-whats-next/), The Tor Project
- 2021: [Tor Project auctions off the first Onion URL ever created as an NFT](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/tor-project-auctions-off-the-first-onion-url-ever-created-as-an-nft/), BleepingComputer

## Milestones

- 2019: [Returns to Panama from Canada, where she began making generative art](https://www.fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/08/how-itzel-yard-overcame-shyness-and-trauma-to-become-ix-shells-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-nft-artists)
- 2021: [The Tor Project commissions Dreaming at Dusk, which PleasrDAO buys after a day of bidding](https://blog.torproject.org/nft-auction-and-whats-next/)
- 2022: [Sotheby's New York sells Beyond Recognition in its generative art sale](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/natively-digital-1-3-generative-art/beyond-recognition), Sotheby's
- 2022: [Gives Bend to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum](https://buffaloakg.org/artworks/202293-bend)
- 2023: [Designs the cover of Fortune's April/May 2023 issue](https://www.fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/08/how-itzel-yard-overcame-shyness-and-trauma-to-become-ix-shells-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-nft-artists), Fortune
- 2025: [Presents No Me Olvides at Art Basel Miami Beach](https://www.artbasel.com/stories/art-basel-launches-zero-10--a-new-initiative-for-art-of-the-digital-era)

## Links

- [X](https://x.com/ix_shells)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ix.shells/)

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