# Kjetil Golid

> Norwegian generative artist and system developer in Trondheim, known for Archetype on Art Blocks Curated and for sharing his code and tools openly.

- Page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/kjetil-golid
- Works on GONDI: 51,986
- Collectors: 26,332
- About page: https://www.gondi.xyz/artist/kjetil-golid/about

## About

Kjetil Golid works as a system developer in Trondheim, Norway. A graphic design course introduced him to Processing in 2011, and he went on to a bachelor's in cognitive science and a master's in computer science. At first he drew algorithms to understand them. During his master's he started bending classic ones into what he calls "needlessly complex methods" of making images from random numbers. He shares much of his code openly, including the palette library Chromotome, and makes interactive tools for creating images without code.

[*Archetype*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid.md) came out on Art Blocks Curated in February 2021: 600 outputs of a system that began as a way to split a rectangle into smaller ones. Golid has described a repeating pattern "fighting its way through" a chaotic structure. Selected outputs were shown on the ZKM Cube in Karlsruhe that year, and Sotheby's has offered Archetypes in its Grails sales. [*Paper Armada*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/paper-armada-by-kjetil-golid.md) followed on Art Blocks Playground, symmetrical spacecraft rendered with loose, hand-drawn lines.

Kate Vass Galerie in Zurich included him in *The Game of Life* in 2020, then presented *Expanse* at ART SG in Singapore and *Change of Basis* in Paris in 2023. With Deca, an online platform for building NFT galleries, he made [*Decagon*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/decagon-by-golid-and-deca.md), its generative membership token. For Oracle Red Bull Racing's Velocity Series II with Bybit he made [*Decision Matrix*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/decision-matrix-by-kjetil-golid.md) and [*Risk / Reward*](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/risk-reward-by-kjetil-golid.md), both built from stacks of chips.

## At a glance

- Practice: Generative art and open-source creative coding
- Based in: Trondheim, Norway
- Platforms: Art Blocks, SuperRare, KnownOrigin
- Education: Master's degree in computer science, Bachelor's degree in cognitive science

## Notable works

- 2021: [Archetype](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid.md), Art Blocks Curated
- 2021: [Paper Armada](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/paper-armada-by-kjetil-golid.md), Art Blocks Playground
- 2022: [Iterations](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/33861.md)

## Top sales

- 2023: [Archetype #397](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid/23000397.md), Sotheby's, $330,200
- 2023: [Archetype #268](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid/23000268.md), 55 ETH (about $121,100)
- 2025: [Archetype #287](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid/23000287.md), 24.99 ETH (about $94,100)
- 2024: [Archetype #240](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid/23000240.md), Sotheby's, $50,800
- 2024: [Archetype #133](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid/23000133.md), 7 ETH (about $25,400)
- 2024: [Iterations II](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/superrare/33861.md), Sotheby's, $22,860

## Exhibitions

- 2023: [Expanse by Kjetil Golid, a presentation at ART SG](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/kjetil-golid), Kate Vass Galerie, Singapore
- 2023: [Art Salon: Node to Node, with Change of Basis, during Art Basel week](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/kjetil-golid), Kate Vass Galerie, Paris
- 2022: [PHYGITAL](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/kjetil-golid), Kate Vass Galerie, Zurich
- 2021: [CryptoArt: It's Not About Money, with selected Archetypes on the ZKM Cube](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/kjetil-golid), ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- 2020: [The Game of Life: Emergence in Generative Art, with Dual](https://www.artnome.com/news/2020/10/11/interview-with-generative-artist-kjetil-golid), Kate Vass Galerie

## Collaborations

- [Decision Matrix and Risk / Reward, for Oracle Red Bull Racing's Velocity Series II with Bybit, curated by AOI](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/decision-matrix-by-kjetil-golid.md), Oracle Red Bull Racing and Bybit
- [Decagon, the generative membership token of Deca, designed with Deca](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/decagon-by-golid-and-deca.md), Deca

## Press & resources

- 2023: [Orbifold by Kjetil Golid](https://www.brightmoments.io/quarterly/kjetilgolid), Bright Moments Quarterly
- 2021: [In Conversation with Kjetil Golid on Archetype](https://www.gondi.xyz/collections/archetype-by-kjetil-golid.md), Art Blocks
- 2020: [Interview with Generative Artist Kjetil Golid](https://www.artnome.com/news/2020/10/11/interview-with-generative-artist-kjetil-golid), Artnome

## Milestones

- 2011: [First uses Processing while studying graphic design](https://www.artnome.com/news/2020/10/11/interview-with-generative-artist-kjetil-golid)
- 2020: [Shows in The Game of Life: Emergence in Generative Art at Kate Vass Galerie](https://www.artnome.com/news/2020/10/11/interview-with-generative-artist-kjetil-golid), Kate Vass Galerie
- 2021: [Releases Archetype on Art Blocks Curated: 600 works, on February 27](https://www.katevassgalerie.com/kjetil-golid), Art Blocks
- 2023: [Sotheby's offers three Archetypes in Grails Part II](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/grails-part-ii), Sotheby's

## Links

- [generated.space](https://generated.space)
- [X](https://x.com/kgolid)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kgolid)
- [github.com](https://github.com/kgolid)

Data from GONDI (https://www.gondi.xyz), Nov 3, 2026.