# Kim Asendorf

> German net and generative artist who wrote an open-source pixel-sorting script and now makes onchain real-time animations such as PXL DEX and Cargo.

- Page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/kim-asendorf
- Works on GONDI: 3,425
- Collectors: 1,141
- About page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/kim-asendorf/about

## About

Kim Asendorf is a German artist who builds his work from single pixels. He holds an MFA from the Kunsthochschule Kassel and his roots are in net art. In 2010 he shared a pixel-sorting algorithm on GitHub, and artists and designers have used the open-source script widely since. For *How Many Images Am I Able to Upload Until Flickr Locks My Account?* (2011), a bot posted about 20,000 images before Flickr locked the account. With Ole Fach he made the Tumblr project *Gezi gelen Limon* (2013) and the show *Computer's World* at Carroll / Fletcher in London. His work has been shown at Transmediale, ZKM Karlsruhe and Kunsthalle Zürich.

He joined the Hic et Nunc community in early 2021, and *Monogrid*, a set of 256 real-time animations, was his first work made for the blockchain. Since then he has written the code and contracts for pixel animations that run live. [*SABOTAGE*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/s4b0t4g3.md) (2022) stages a fight between order and chaos. [*Cargo*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/cargo-by-kim-asendorf.md) came out on Art Blocks Curated in 2023 as 1,000 animated pixel paintings. [*COLORS OF NOISE*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/colors-of-noise-by-kim-asendorf.md), curated by Peggy Schoenegge for Feral File that year, turns generated noise into sound and image. [*Chrome*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/chromegl.md) (2023) is a 128-channel animation made with Leander Herzog. He was one of the first 15 artists in MoMA Postcard and co-directed Metallica's *Chasing Light* video with Dina Chang.

[*PXL DEX*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex.md) (2025) makes every pixel a PXL token that its owner can withdraw or deposit. [*PXL POD*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-pod.md) (2026) carries the same token into a cylindrical form. The Goethe-Institut in Bangkok gave him his first retrospective, *Complex*, in 2025. Nguyen Wahed, which represents him, showed *Raster und Spektrum* in the Zero 10 section of Art Basel Miami Beach that December. NODE in Palo Alto opened his exhibition *PXL* in July 2026.

## At a glance

- Practice: Generative real-time animation and net art
- Based in: Bremen, Germany
- Platforms: Art Blocks, Feral File, Bright Moments, fxhash, Hic et Nunc
- Education: MFA, Kunsthochschule Kassel

## Notable works

- 2025: [PXL DEX](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex.md)
- 2026: [PXL POD](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-pod.md)
- 2023: [Cargo](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/cargo-by-kim-asendorf.md), Art Blocks Curated
- 2023: [COLORS OF NOISE](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/colors-of-noise-by-kim-asendorf.md), Feral File
- 2021: [Monogrid](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-interview-kim-asendorf-generative-art-digital-art)

## Top sales

- 2025: [Raster und Spektrum](https://www.artbasel.com/stories/art-basel-miami-beach-2025-sales-report-digital-art), Nguyen Wahed, $145,000
- 2025: [Pixel Deck 113 (PXL DEX)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex/113.md), 14.69 ETH (about $63,200)
- 2025: [Pixel Deck 193 (PXL DEX)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex/193.md), 13.9 ETH (about $62,900)
- 2025: [Pixel Deck 84 (PXL DEX)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex/84.md), 16 ETH (about $59,200)
- 2025: [Pixel Deck 241 (PXL DEX)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex/241.md), 12 WETH (about $57,300)
- 2025: [Pixel Deck 175 (PXL DEX)](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/pxl-dex/175.md), 12 ETH (about $53,800)

## Exhibitions

- 2026: [Solo exhibition: PXL](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/node-a-physical-space-for-a-digital-world-micky-malka-becky-kleiner-phil-mohun-interview), NODE, Palo Alto, CA
- 2026: [PXL Duo Pod, on the Nguyen Wahed stand in Zero 10](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/zero-10-returns-at-art-basel-hong-kong-art-fair-digital-art), Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- 2025: [Raster und Spektrum, on the Nguyen Wahed stand in Zero 10](https://nguyenwahed.com/exhibitions/27-art-basel-miami-beach-2025-xcopy-kim-asendorf-and-joe-pease/overview/), Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach
- 2025: [Solo exhibition: Complex, his first retrospective](https://bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2988692/goethe-institut-presents-the-digital-alchemist-kim-asendorf), Goethe-Institut Thailand, Bangkok
- 2023: [COLORS OF NOISE, curated by Peggy Schoenegge](https://decrypt.co/140473/metallica-video-director-kim-asendorf-nft-art-designed-hypnotize), Feral File
- 2022: [DYOR (do your own research), curated by Nina Roehrs](https://expanded.art/artists/kim-asendorf), Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
- 2022: [Pixel Matter, with Olia Lialina](https://expanded.art/artists/kim-asendorf), Roehrs & Boetsch
- 2018: [Black Scree, with Ole Fach, curated by Robert Sakrowski](https://expanded.art/artists/kim-asendorf), panke.gallery, Berlin
- 2015: [Computer's World, with Ole Fach](https://expanded.art/artists/kim-asendorf), Carroll / Fletcher, London
- 2015: [Transmediale: Capture All](https://expanded.art/artists/kim-asendorf), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

## Collaborations

- 2023: [MoMA Postcard, as one of its first 15 artists](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/hello-world-the-moma-postcard-digital-artists-interview), MoMA
- 2023: [Chasing Light, a Metallica music video he co-directed with Dina Chang](https://decrypt.co/140473/metallica-video-director-kim-asendorf-nft-art-designed-hypnotize), Metallica
- 2023: [Chrome, a 128-channel onchain animation with Leander Herzog](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/chromegl.md)
- 2013: [Gezi gelen Limon, a Tumblr project with Ole Fach](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-interview-kim-asendorf-generative-art-digital-art)

## Press & resources

- 2026: [Zero 10 Returns at Art Basel Hong Kong](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/zero-10-returns-at-art-basel-hong-kong-art-fair-digital-art), Right Click Save
- 2026: [Kim Asendorf on Breaking His Own Rules](https://lerandom.art/editorial/kim-asendorf-on-breaking-his-own-rules), Le Random
- 2025: [Zero 10 | Digital Art Goes Mainstream at Art Basel](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/zero-10-digital-art-goes-mainstream-at-art-basel-miami-beach), Right Click Save
- 2025: [Goethe-Institut presents the 'digital alchemist' Kim Asendorf](https://bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2988692/goethe-institut-presents-the-digital-alchemist-kim-asendorf), Bangkok Post
- 2025: [Kim Asendorf on Elegant Symbiosis](https://lerandom.art/editorial/kim-asendorf-on-elegant-symbiosis), Le Random
- 2024: [The Interview | Kim Asendorf](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-interview-kim-asendorf-generative-art-digital-art), Right Click Save
- 2023: [Meet Kim Asendorf: The Metallica Video Director Who Makes NFT Art Designed to Hypnotize](https://decrypt.co/140473/metallica-video-director-kim-asendorf-nft-art-designed-hypnotize), Decrypt
- 2023: [On Generative Pixel Art](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/on-generative-pixel-art), Right Click Save

## Milestones

- 2010: [Shares his pixel-sorting algorithm on GitHub](https://bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2988692/goethe-institut-presents-the-digital-alchemist-kim-asendorf)
- 2011: [A bot uploads about 20,000 images to Flickr until the account is locked, for How Many Images Am I Able to Upload Until Flickr Locks My Account?](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-interview-kim-asendorf-generative-art-digital-art)
- 2021: [Joins the Hic et Nunc community and releases Monogrid, his first work made for the blockchain](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/the-interview-kim-asendorf-generative-art-digital-art)
- 2023: [Releases Cargo on Art Blocks Curated: 1,000 works](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/cargo-by-kim-asendorf.md), Art Blocks
- 2025: [PXL DEX opens the PXL ecosystem: 256 onchain animations in which each pixel is a PXL token](https://pxl.onl/dex/information)
- 2025: [First retrospective, Complex, at the Goethe-Institut in Bangkok](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/news/kim-asendorf-complex)
- 2026: [PXL POD, the second PXL work: 240 Pods and 16 Duo Pods, the Duo Pods only through Nguyen Wahed](https://pxl.onl/pod/information)
- 2026: [PXL, his largest exhibition to date, opens at NODE in Palo Alto](https://luma.com/umi1cze2)

## Links

- [teh.kim](https://teh.kim)
- [kimasendorf.com](https://kimasendorf.com)
- [X](https://x.com/kimasendorf)
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/kimasendorf)

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