Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis trained as a painter at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before transitioning to digital art in the late 1990s, adopting a minimalist style influenced by pop art, Sol LeWitt’s conceptual systems, and Josef Albers’s color theory. His work has been exhibited internationally at Bright Moments Gallery and has been featured at Sotheby’s, Phillips, and the European Cultural Center in Venice. He founded Davis Editions, a publisher of limited-edition art prints, and served as Art Blocks’s Chief Creative Officer from 2021-23. A longtime professor of art and design, he also authored two textbooks, ‘Foundations of Design’ and ‘Foundations of Color.’

Artworks

Culmination

Series of 100 unique digital animations, responsive aspect ratio, adaptive resolution

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Cuadro

Cuadro is a generative art collection of rectangular grids inspired the by architecture and color harmonies of South American textiles. The series was minted in person at Bright Moments Buenos Aires, where physical prints were available to collectors.

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Schema by DRIFT with Jeff Davis

Schema is a collaborative project inspired by schematic designs of the Dutch artist duo DRIFT's kinetic sculpture Meadow, where illuminated mechanical flowers dangle from the ceiling and respond to viewers as if they were the sun. Jeff Davis handled the color and form, while DRIFT—making their NFT debut—focused on the calm, clear animation. The series was released by Pace Verso and Art Blocks.Schema is a collaborative project inspired by schematic designs of the Dutch artist duo DRIFT's kinetic sculpture Meadow, where illuminated mechanical flowers dangle from the ceiling and respond to viewers as if they were the sun. Jeff Davis handled the color and form, while DRIFT—making their NFT debut—focused on the calm, clear animation. The series was released by Pace Verso and Art Blocks.

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Inflection

Inflection is a fully onchain generative art collection from Bright Moments Berlin featuring bright, slowly color-shifting gradients behind a screen of evenly spaced, slanted black rectangles.Inflection is a fully onchain generative art collection from Bright Moments Berlin featuring bright, slowly color-shifting gradients behind a screen of evenly spaced, slanted black rectangles.

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Formation

Formation is an abstract, geometric generative art collection exploring the first principles of line, form, and color that shaped Jeff Davis’s early artistic thinking during a formative period studying in London. The series was minted in person at Bright Moments London, where collectors received archival physical prints of their NFTs. Formation is an abstract, geometric generative art collection exploring the first principles of line, form, and color that shaped Jeff Davis’s early artistic thinking during a formative period studying in London. The series was minted in person at Bright Moments London, where collectors received archival physical prints of their NFTs.

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Transcendence

Transcendence is a small generative art collection gifted to collectors at Bright Moments Mexico City. It explores color as slowly animated gradients move from dark to light.Transcendence is a small generative art collection gifted to collectors at Bright Moments Mexico City. It explores color as slowly animated gradients move from dark to light.

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Rectangles

Rectangles (for Herbert) is a clean collection with a simple set of rules. It incorporates one of

Jeff Davis’s first algorithms, dating back to 2009, and was released as part of the Tribute to Herbert W. Franke, paying homage to the generative art pioneer. All mint proceeds were donated to Franke’s foundation.

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Rhythm

Rhythm is a generative art collection of repeating, slightly rotated rectangles. Their jaunty compositions naturally evoke music, whether the pieces directly resemble piano keys or merely capture the feeling of rhythm through placements that convey movement and speed.Rhythm is a generative art collection of repeating, slightly rotated rectangles. Their jaunty compositions naturally evoke music, whether the pieces directly resemble piano keys or merely capture the feeling of rhythm through placements that convey movement and speed.

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Construction Token

Construction Token is an Art Blocks Curated collection and the platform’s third release. It’s a minimalist, modern-looking series composed of a few layers of intersecting, evenly spaced, mostly monochromatic rectangles. Produced by a generator program written in Processing, it explores structure, repetition, and variation within a constrained set of visual elements. The collection shares similarities with Jeff Davis’s earlier Abstract Token series and his later Rectangles (for Herbert).Construction Token is an Art Blocks Curated collection and the platform’s third release. It’s a minimalist, modern-looking series composed of a few layers of intersecting, evenly spaced, mostly monochromatic rectangles. Produced by a generator program written in Processing, it explores structure, repetition, and variation within a constrained set of visual elements. The collection shares similarities with Jeff Davis’s earlier Abstract Token series and his later Rectangles (for Herbert).

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Portal

Portal is a small collection of squares conveying light and space through slowly shifting colors. The series was minted in person at Bright Moments Gallery in Venice, CA. Portal is a small collection of squares conveying light and space through slowly shifting colors. The series was minted in person at Bright Moments Gallery in Venice, CA.

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Neighborhood

Neighborhood is a generative art collection inspired by Jeff Davis’s time in Chicago, where he studied painting and discovered minimalism. Colored rectangles comprise simple building facades. imnotArt Chicago exhibited the collection at launch and sold a limited number of pieces containing a lightswitch feature enabling night mode. Half of all minting proceeds were donated to Habitat for Humanity.Neighborhood is a generative art collection inspired by Jeff Davis’s time in Chicago, where he studied painting and discovered minimalism. Colored rectangles comprise simple building facades. imnotArt Chicago exhibited the collection at launch and sold a limited number of pieces containing a lightswitch feature enabling night mode. Half of all minting proceeds were donated to Habitat for Humanity.

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Color Study

Color Study explores the interaction of four parent colors placed at the four corners of a grid through stepped gradients between them. At 2,000 outputs, it’s Jeff Davis’s largest collection.Color Study explores the interaction of four parent colors placed at the four corners of a grid through stepped gradients between them. At 2,000 outputs, it’s Jeff Davis’s largest collection.

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View Card

View Cards is a generative series based on View Program, a separate, programmable artwork depicting a minimalist building facade where viewers can choose window patterns and colors. Released in 2020 as Art Blocks's seventh collection, View Cards contains randomized scenes from that work.

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Variant Plan

Variant Plan is a generative art collection that applies the simple logic of Construction Token and Jeff Davis’s other rectangle-based works to the form of architectural blueprints. It was commissioned by Variant Fund, a crypto venture capital firm, and is Art Blocks's sixth-ever release.Variant Plan is a generative art collection that applies the simple logic of Construction Token and Jeff Davis’s other rectangle-based works to the form of architectural blueprints. It was commissioned by Variant Fund, a crypto venture capital firm, and is Art Blocks's sixth-ever release.

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The ABSTRACT Store V2

Special goodies for collectors who've earned $ABST.

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The ABSTRACT Store V1

Special goodies for collectors who've earned $ABST.

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