Andrea Bonaceto

Andrea Bonaceto, FRSA is an Italian artist and entrepreneur. He is widely known for his art practice exploring the intersection between visual art, poetry and technology. His work has been featured in mainstream media and exhibitions worldwide. Andrea is also one of the founders of London-based blockchain investment firm, Eterna Capital.
==Early Life and Career==
Andrea Bonaceto was born on 13, May 1989 in Pisa (Italy) and grew up in Viareggio (Italy). He graduated with a Laurea Magistrale in Economics at University of Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in 2013 and subsequently moved to London to study Finance. Andrea holds a MSc Finance from Imperial College London.
Andrea has been involved in the blockchain and NFT space since the early days. In 2018, together with 3 ex-Blackrock employees, he founded Eterna capital, an investment firm operating in the blockchain space . From 2021 onwards, Andrea formally established his art practice.
His most notable works are: 
==ARTificial Intelligence (2021)==
Andrea collaborated artistically with humanoid robot Sophia, developed by the Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. For this project, he created digital portraits of Sophia and her creators, which were then processed by Sophia's neural network to produce a unique output that evolved from Andrea’s original artworks.
Andrea then created a series of NFTs as video loops displaying the evolution of the work, starting with Andrea drawings, morphing into the robot interpretation, and then transitioning back to Andrea’s work. The cornerstone piece of the release “Sophia Instantiation” was auctioned on NFT platform Nifty Gateway for $688,888.
==The Moon Landing (2021)==
Andrea was commissioned by Corriere della Sera to interpret through an NFT the first page of the newspaper from 1969 announcing that “Man is on the moon”. The artwork is programmable and will transform to its final state once humans go back to the moon
==Exhibitions==
YEAR	
2023	Crypto Art: A New Possibility, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, CN
AB INFINITE 1, MEET Digital Culture Center, Milan, IT
Art In Space, Foundry, Dubai, UAE
2022	NFT.NYC Art Gallery, Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York City, NY
NFT.NYC2022 Community Artist Showcase, Big Kahuna, Times Square, New York City, NY
AB INFINITE 1, W1 Curates, Flannels, London, UK
Christie’s 20th-21st Century Evening Sale exhibition, Christie’s Headquarters, London, UK
Decentral Art Pavilion, Palazzo Giustianin Lonin, Venice, Italy
DART 2121 2nd Edition, Museo Della Permanente, Milan, Italy
Floating Pixels, Art Innovation Gallery, Miami, FL
Circle, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition)
2021	
DART 2121, Second edition, Museo Della Permanente, Milan, IT
Dreamverse, Dreamverse Gallery, New York City, NY 
Forced Freedom, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition) 
 
1969: The Moon Landing, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition) 
Circle, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition) 
2021: A space Odyssey, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition) 
Artificial Intelligence, Nifty Gateway (online exhibition)
==Awards and Honours==
* Forbes Under 30 Italy, Finance CategoryForbes 30 Under 30, Forbes, April 2019
* Talented Young Italians Award; issued by the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK · Nov 2021
* Premio Italia Giovane 2019; Italian Under 35 Award in the Fintech category
* Top 60 Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investors to follow: Issued by Startup Italia, Jun 2019
Category:1989 births
Category:People from Pisa
Category:Italian people
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:Italian artists