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FEWOCiOUS
American digital artist, painter, and sculptor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor Langlois (born January 1, 2003), known professionally as FEWOCiOUS, is an American digital artist, painter, and sculptor known for his NFT artwork.[1][2][3][4]
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Early life
Langlois grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] He began creating art at the age of 13.[5] He moved to Seattle, Washington in 2021.[1]
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In March 2020, FEWOCiOUS sold his first painting to a New York art collector.[6] FEWOCiOUS eventually gained a following after selling his artwork on the online platforms SuperRare and Nifty Gateway.[3]
FEWOCiOUS collaborated with his friends and fellow artists parrot_ism, odious, and Jonathan Wolfe on the collection Fabricated Fairytales, which was released in early 2021.[7] In 2021, FEWOCiOUS also collaborated with the Nike subsidiary RTFKT on an NFT sneaker collection titled “FEWO WORLD Open Edition,” which included a real pair of sneakers with the purchase of each unique NFT.[8] The collection of sneakers sold over $3.1 million in seven minutes.[9][10]
In June 2021, the New York branch of the auction house Christie's arranged an auction for FEWOCiOUS's work Hello, i'm Victor (FEWOCiOUS) and This Is My Life, which was sold for $2.16 million.[3][11][12] As a result of the auction, he was featured in a segment for the ABC News program Nightline.[13] At the time of the sale, FEWOCiOUS was the youngest artist to have a solo sale at Christie's.[11]
In April 2022, FEWOCiOUS sold his Paint Drop NFT collection through Nifty Gateway for $20 million.[14][15] The collection was part of his generative art project FewoWorld.[14]
In June 2022, FEWOCiOUS redesigned the logo and cover of Billboard magazine for its annual Pride Issue.[16][17][18] In the same month, FEWOCiOUS organized one of series of events called FewoWorld Paint Party in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood for the fourth annual NFT.NYC Week.[16]
The following month, FEWOCiOUS collaborated with Billboard again on an exclusive NFT drop, which consisted of a full issue of Billboard magazine as part of his FewoWorld project.[19]
FEWOCiOUS was one of the artists that collaborated with the David Bowie Estate on the multiple artist NFT collection Bowie on the Blockchain, which was released in September 2022.[20][21]
FEWOCiOUS sold the NFT piece Nice to meet you, I'm Mr. MiSUNDERSTOOD through the auction house Sothesby's for $2.8 million in October 2022.[15]
FEWOCiOUS had his second auction at Christie's in November 2022, during which he did a live painting on stage inside a clear acrylic box.[22][23]
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Personal life
Langlois is transgender.[1]
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