18-Year-Old Trans Artist Sells Life Story NFTs for $2.1 Million

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The 18-year-old crypto art surrealist FEWOCiOUS today auctioned off his art collection for a total of $2.1 million at Christie’s.

NFTs (or non-fungible tokens) are blockchain-based tokens that can be used to demonstrate ownership of digital items, such as images or video files, or physical assets.

The NFT, “Hello, i'm Victor (FEWOCiOUS) and This Is My Life,” consists of five digital artwork depicting FEWOCiOUS’ formative years as a young transgender artist from 14 to 18—a coming-of-age story presented in surrealist style. The NFTs also include previously unseen drawings.

THIS IS REAL FOOTAGE OF ME RIGHT NOW WATCHING LIVE BIDS IM GONNA FAINT pic.twitter.com/mT2w3CxD68

— FEWOCiOUS (@fewocious) June 30, 2021

FEWOCiOUS, who revealed his tough upbringing in an interview with Decrypt in January, turned to digital art as he wasn’t allowed to paint in his room.

There are also physical copies available of the NFTs sold today. Should buyers wish, FEWOCiOUS will personally deliver the physical copies “in a custom suitcase to each collector across the world, an ode to how he transported his earliest drawings and paintings, when leaving behind his past in pursuit of a brighter future.”

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