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Tyler Hobbs Partners with Art Basel Miami for Exclusive Poster Series

Tyler Hobbs Partners with Art Basel Miami for Exclusive Poster Series

64 Bits of Sunlight and Celebrating Milestones: Tyler Hobbs Studio's 2024 Journey

Tyler Hobbs Studio
December 04, 2024

64 Bits of Sunlight
An Exclusive Generative Art Poster Series by Tyler Hobbs for Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Art Basel and Iconic have collaborated to create an exclusive poster series with Tyler Hobbs that will be available for purchase online and in The Art Basel Shop’s Miami Beach retail locations at the fair. Together, Art Basel Miami Beach and Iconic present an accessible opportunity for visitors and collectors to take home a piece of the fair.

64 Bits of Sunlight will be available in two distinct editions: a Collector’s Edition poster priced at 150 USD and a Limited Edition priced at 900 USD. The Limited Edition is a series of 400 unique artworks printed on 50 x 70.7 cm (19.69 × 27.83 in) on museum quality Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350 GSM paper, hand-signed and numbered by Hobbs with an NFC chip included on the certificate of authenticity. The Collector’s Edition Poster is a 50 x 70.7 cm (19.69 × 27.83 in) series printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 188 GSM paper, with an NFC chip on the backside of the poster.

Detail of Limited Edition Poster

3 of the 400 unique prints from the
64 Bits of Sunlight Limited Edition series

The Limited Edition posters will be available for purchase on Iconic’s website starting December 5th and in The Art Basel Shop’s three physical retail locations during the fair.

Collectors of Tyler’s works are being given an exclusive opportunity to gain priority access to a pre-sale for the 64 Bits of Sunlight Limited Edition poster.

Raffle Details:

Opened Saturday, November 30, 2024
Closes: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Collectors wishing to enter can be find information in the Tyler Hobbs Discord Server
Limited quantities will be available during the public pre-sale

Don't miss this unique opportunity to secure this premiere Art Basil Miami 2024 poster! Submit your entry before the deadline to be considered for early access.

Calling All Art Book Enthusiasts: Order/Disorder The Ultimate Holiday Gift

Order/Disorder Collector’s and Trade Editions

Already have your own copy and know someone who would love it too? Order/Disorder is a gift that will spark joy for the most passionate generative art collectors and art enthusiasts!

The Collector’s Edition is limited to 999 copies, mirroring the editions of QQL and Fidenza. Each hardcover book is bound with premium cloth, includes a satin bookmark, and features an NFC chip embedded into the cover with autograph capability. Most notably, each Collector’s Edition comes with one of five hand-editioned prints, making this a true collector’s item.

For those seeking a more accessible option, the Trade Edition of Order/Disorder is also available. The Trade Edition offers the same in-depth exploration of Hobbs' work without the limited-edition features. You can purchase your Trade Edition here or here.

Discover an extraordinary holiday gift with Tyler Hobbs' debut monograph, a must-have for anyone seeking to spend time with Tyler’s body of work or discover the nuances of generative art.

Tyler Hobbs Studio 2024 in Review

2024 Acquisitions

Over the past year, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Museum of Art and Light (MoA+L) in Manhattan, Kansas have added Tyler's works to their public collections. As these renowned museums continue to push the boundaries of contemporary art, we are honored that these pieces will inspire future conversations about digital creativity and our evolving relationship with technology.

Careless and Well-Intentioned #4, 2022, Generative and Digital Design, Non-Fungible Token. Acquired by SFMoMA through gift of the artist.

Discrete Affection #3, 2022, Charcoal on paper. Acquired by LACMA through gift of Daniel Maegaard (Seedphrase) and Unit, London.

Connected for the Moment 1, 2022, Generative Digital Design, Non-Fungible Token. Acquired by LACMA through gift of the artist and Unit, London

QQL: Analog 4 (QQL #222), 2023, Acrylic paint on panel & matching Non-Fungible Token. Acquired by MoAL through gift of the artist

2024 Exhibitions

Past vs. Present - laCollection at Paris Photo, a group exhibition alongside Jack Butcher ran from November 7-11, 2024 and unveiled New Space, a series of six plotter drawings - where code and hand drawn elements coevolve to create each of the unique works.

Tyler Hobbs has conceived a series of six unique plotter drawings that elegantly blend organic motifs, such as fruits and plants, with representations of nonorganic objects— including a coat, a mannequin, and chairs. In these nonorganic forms, the human body is subtly alluded to, its presence implied yet visually absent. Similarly, the gestural quality of hand-drawn lines is evoked, capturing the essence of manual creation within a mechanized process. To bring these works to life, Hobbs collaborates intimately with a machine, guided by an algorithm he meticulously developed, positioning his practice as a dialogue between the artist and the technology.

Marlène Corbun, Head Curator of laCollection

Detail of New Space #4 (Philodendron)

Detail of New Space #6 (Three Chairs)

Detail of New Space #2 (Heavy Coat)

Code & Canvas: Defining Digital Art in the Age of the Blockchain at the Museum of Art and Light (MoA+L) opened in November 8, 2024 and will run until August 1, 2025. The exhibition showcases works by Tyler alongside fellow artists: Grant Yun, Emily Xie, Erick “Snowfro” Calderon, and Sasha Stiles. This groundbreaking exhibition marks the first time a museum has dedicated an entire gallery to collect and display digital art permanently.

QQL #309 projection mapped onto the Museum of Art + Light

Lunar Water hosted by K11 Art Foundation coincided with Frieze Seoul and ran from September 3–13, 2024. This immersive exhibition showcased digital works by Hobbs alongside generative artworks by A'strict and Cheng Ran.

Fidenza #938, Courtesy of the artist Tyler Hobbs, Cozomo Medici, Andrew Badr, Bonafidehan, Nick W, and ACtheCollector & Fidenza #575 on display at Lunar Water

Right Click Remix: Storyhouse took place during Korea Blockchain week from September 2-6 2024. Right Click: Remix “highlighted the enduring relevance of art history in today's creative processes and honors the legacy of those who came before”.

Glitch Gallery, Every 30 Days (E30D), Every 30 Days is a month-long exhibition of a single, culturally significant, digital artwork. For its tenth iteration in February 2024, the Marfa, Texas-based gallery featured a NFT and poster highlighting Tyler’s acclaimed series, Fidenza.

#10 - The Flow Fields of Fidenza

Remembrance of Things Future:
Harbor Scene (after John Henry Twachtman)

Remembrance of Things Future is a collaborative project between Cactoid Labs, LACMA, and a series of artists who were invited to reinterpret works in the museum’s permanent collection - creating a dynamic dialogue that bridges art and technology. Launched in June 2024, Harbor Scene (after John Henry Twachtman) was the eighth release in the series.

In 2023, I was presented with the opportunity to create a new work inspired by the collection at LACMA. While browsing the collection, I came across Harbor Scene, and it immediately clicked into place with these gestural ideas I had been contemplating. I decided to take the spirit of Twachtman’s painting and try to abstract and expand it, systematically. Could I preserve that sense of freedom and looseness and still arrive at entirely new compositions? Without control over the precise placement of elements, would the sensations of the harbor environment persist? And how would the computer, with its particular strengths and weaknesses, skew the outcome towards something entirely new?

Tyler Hobbs

Harbor Scene #1 (after John Henry Twachtman), 2024

Harbor Scene #2 (after John Henry Twachtman), 2024

Harbor Scene #3 (after John Henry Twachtman), 2024

The Commemorative Folio

Harbor Scene Commemorative Folio

In addition to the three Harbor Scene (after John Henry Twachtman) NFTs, a limited edition set of 20 commemorative folios were created that showcase prints of the Harbor Scene works, the painting by John Henry Twachtman, the algorithm's source code, an essay and quote, the photograph of the family sailboat, a Certificate of Authenticity, and an NCF chip for on-chain registration. Together, these act as an intimate keepsake of inspiration and memories.

Wall Physical Prints

Detail of Wall Print

In 2022, Tyler created Wall, a generative exploration of a brick wall in Austin, Texas. Pushing beyond the digital outputs, in February 2024 Tyler created a limited series of 29 unique prints (and one Artist Proof) on composite concrete boards, each hand-worked to capture the wall's organic imperfections and echo the unpredictable marks of human interaction.

Tyler Hobbs Receives the University of Texas 2024 Hall of Honor Emerging Leader Award

On September 19, 2024 Tyler was honored to receive the University of Texas’ College of Natural Sciences Hall of Honor Emerging Leader award, the colleges most prestigious award. Read more about past and present Hall of Honor inductees here.

A Message from Tyler

I have a quick announcement about my social accounts and how they will be used going forward. As you may know, my wife and I just welcomed our daughter into the world.

In anticipation of this exciting new chapter, I've decided to shift how I manage my social media accounts. Rather than me running the accounts directly, I've handed over the controls to my studio team. This will allow me to focus on my art practice and spending quality time with my family during this special period. The account names have also changed to "Tyler Hobbs Studio" to reflect this transition.

My studio team will continue to share my artwork and creative process on the accounts. On the occasion that I post or comment directly, I’ll make it very clear that it’s coming from me. Otherwise, you should assume it’s coming from my team. I'm looking forward to this new phase and the opportunity to pour my energy into both my art and my growing family. Thank you all for your support - I'm excited to share this journey with you in the months ahead, even if my direct involvement on social media is more limited.