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VESA, the Neo-Renaissance Artist: Phygital Symbolism

VESA (Vesa Kivinen) is a Neo-Renaissance Phygital Symbolist whose 20+ year career fuses fine art, technology, and mythological storytelling. Recognized as an early innovator of crypto art, he combines body-painting, photography, digital layering, and blockchain to create immersive phygital experiences. His work is collected by pioneering voices in Web3 and exhibited globally — from the Integral Institute to Museum of the Future Dubai.

VESA’s large-scale projects, including cultural collaborations with the Dubai Government, art cars, and metaverse galleries, explore symbolism, sovereignty, and human potential. Celebrated as both a cultural provocateur and a visionary builder at the frontiers of art and technology, he represents a new generation of artists redefining what creativity can be in a hybrid physical-digital world.

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Joy
Miami II
Transporter
Rune
Miami
When I Was Lips
Cannes
Shake Sphere
Break free
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Transporter
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Miami III
Entrance
Enter The Forrest
Remembering
Yin
Cocooned
Breaking Pattern
Holding Pattern
Red Framed Sunset
Pyramid
Finland

ABSTRACTS I

VESA’s abstract creations merge paint, photography, and digital collaging into layered visual experiences that bridge the tangible and the virtual. Each work begins with the physical textures of paint and photography, then evolves through intricate digital composition into unique pieces that carry both depth and narrative.

These works are not confined to canvas or screen—they expand into phygital forms: museum-grade prints, large-scale installations, and applications on cars, chambers, and architectural spaces. In the digital realm, they live as NFTs, animated pieces, and immersive metaverse environments, transforming into multisensory journeys that can be collected, exhibited, and experienced worldwide.

Artevo Series

Mohenjo Daro
Beginning of a New Era
Purity
As Above, So Below
Elusive Obvious
The Flood
Escapist
Fractal
Garden Party
Flower of Life
Lioness
Kintsugi

ARTEVO SERIES

The Artevo series transforms the human body into a living canvas, blending bodypainting, photography, and digital collaging into striking narrative works. Each piece begins with hours of meticulous paint applied directly to the model, captured through photography, and then expanded digitally into layered compositions that fuse myth, archetype, and contemporary storytelling.

Crypto Art Since 2016

BitRam
Soldier of Fortune
Fork and Flip
The BR8VE
I Am Satoshi Nakamoto
A Moon To The Sky
Selling Banks Their Fat Asses Back
It Used To Be Wired
Block Justice
Silk Road
Refresh
Compound Defiance
The Split
Streoscopic
T(r)opical
RedEye
Compliance Is The New black
Pushback
Lakshmi (Resurrection)
Truth Or Dare - The Currency of Ganesh
Suns of Eternity

CRYPTO ART

Since 2016, VESA has pioneered a body of work at the intersection of art and the decentralisation movement, creating pieces that capture the spirit, philosophy, and disruptive energy of blockchain. These works combine digital collage, symbolic imagery, and narrative depth, exploring themes such as sovereignty, decentralization, and the cultural impact of Bitcoin and Web3.

Collectors of his work span crypto pioneers, cultural leaders Charles Hoskinson, Charlie Lee, Dr. John Demartini, Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, H.E. Amna Fikri, Mondoir, Tommi, Saeed Al Darmaki, Colborn, Tone Vays, Coach K, Willy Woo, among many others.

DUBAI ART CARS

ARTCAR.IO

ART CAR PROJECT

You can commission us to make your own car into art.

The Art Car project transforms cars into a rolling phygital art pieces—merging traditional craftsmanship with blockchain-driven innovation. Here's how it comes to life:

Mixed-Media Artwork on a Car
A striking custom design is applied directly onto the vehicle surface through a unique combination of high-quality printed wrap and hand-painted acrylic details, created live at Dubai’s Market Outside The Box event DIGITAL FINE ART & NFTs.
Fully Legal & Road-Ready
The car holds an official RTA license for road use in Dubai, ensuring it's not just art—it’s fully functional and street legal DIGITAL FINE ART & NFTs.
Collector Package—Bridging Physical and Digital
Acquiring the art car includes a rich blend of physical and digital assets:
- A signed digital artwork tied to the car, authenticated via blockchain.
- A framed acrylic-on-canvas painting in VESA’s signature style.
- Animated AI artwork—for digital displays, AR activations, or NFTs.
- A coveted lifetime membership (#1) in the Dubai Art Car Club, offering exclusive future access and perks.
- 3D model and gaming integration potential—enabling your piece to appear in virtual worlds or interactive platforms.
- Airdrop rights for future digital content or experiences.
- Art wrap replacement rights, ensuring longevity and preservation.
- Transferability, even to another vehicle, overseen by the artist.

Decicated page for the project

Mirrors Series

Voice
Caramel (2022)
Entity
Wow
Praying Mantis
Cloud 9
Yin
Joy
Ignition
Shake Sphere
Cosimo
Mecha
Kintsugi
Portal
Mandala
Folder
Lips

MIRRORS SERIES

The mirrors series is a merger of painting, photography, digital collaging and various surface printing as well as AR animation. The first applications of it were for the Dubai Art Car Project, and we are actively looking for new ways to apply it both in the physical and digital realms.

In Studio

VESA was in Abu Dhabi being interviewed in studio by Ken Rutkowski

Public Speaking from Las Vegas To Hong Kong.

World Blochain Summit Abu Dhabi
World Crypto Con Las Vegas
Tmrw Conference Belgarde
Future Innovation Summit
Biohacking Summit Helsinki
Metadecrypt at Museum of the Future
Theatre of Digital Art
WOW Summit
NFT Art Day Switzerland
CC Forum London
Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
Future Blockchain Summit
Outer Edge Riyadh
WOW Summit Dubai

Testimonials

“Vesa’s art is amongst the most integrally advanced in the history of Western abstraction – no small claim, but one backed up by the works themselves. Rather than abstraction as a fleeing from life, his works are a diving into the incarnate mystery of human being — direct celebrations of the fullness of Life.”

— Michael Schwartz, Professor of History and Philosophy of Art, Augusta State University, March 2014
“Kivinen’s work had no points of reference. Unlike most local artists, Kivinen wasn’t recycling successful foreign approaches and adapting them within a local context. He wasn’t replicating a preexisting genre or playing out well-known devices. Whether for better or for worse, Kivinen is – as childish as this may sound – an original.”

— Rory Winston, Cultural editor of the New York Resident August 2014
“When Finnish artist Vesa Kivinen captures your “portrait,” he doesn’t just hint at the contents of your soul—your deepest fears, desires, triumphs, and avenues of personal expression. Vesa brings them all to the surface, creating collage imagery that reveal more about his subjects than even the subjects themselves thought possible. While he is not the first to do this kind of work, he may very well be the best.”

— DL Cade, Editor in Chief of 500px, February 2016
“It is a pleasure to recognize and appreciate Vesa’s work before he becomes a global star.”

— John Anthony West, Emmy Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker / Author
“Vesa is credited for inventing an entirely new art form – Artevo is a combination of body painting, photography and image manipulation that allows to create works of incredible vibrancy and depth. I am a big fan of his Share series where extreme close-ups of single brushstrokes create a vortex-like effect with paints and textures melting into each other. His works are a symphony of emotions expressed through colour.”

— Natalia Rubinstein, Artist Champion at Rise Art
“These are beautiful images and nobody would dispute it.”

— Jeremy Paxman, Journalist, BBC World, 2013
“What occurs is a reinvention of cultural norms as we understand them. It is Postmodern in its very essence, but with an added element of natural rudimentary common in the Renaissance period, which counteracts futuristic notions. Great art usually involves the combination of beauty, imagination, and extraordinary skill, and artist Vesa Kivinen is no exception.”

— Lead Editor Aisha Farooq on Artevo / Veena Malik Project on DesiBlitz 8/2013
“Beautiful and haunting.”

— Dr. Gabor Maté, Author and columnist for Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, 2012
“Besides the great contemporary visionaries, Vesa is one of the few living artists who manages to sneak in through my visual faculties to stroke the soul I don’t even really believe I have. I was instantly smitten the first time I saw his work.”

— Dr. Toma Susi, Physicist, Vienna 2014
New List Item“Your works have the sensitivity of Leonardo’s drawings and the dreamscape of Chagall.”

— Antti Heikkilä, Doctor of Traumatology / Author
“Vesa is a unique artist with a high-frequency spiritual touch that is visible in all his creations, whether it’s paintings or videos, etc. There are so many layers and dimensions in his work. His art is absolutely amazing and intelligent in a divine way.”

— Anni Sennov – Spiritual Author, September 2014

PUBLIC SPEAKING

VESA’s transition into speaking emerged organically since 2014—offering audiences grounded insight from two decades of building. Represented by top Nordic speaking agencies, he brings contrsuctive perspectives shaped by lived experience, not just hype. From Vegas to Zurich, his talks spark cultural reflection and creative momentum.

VESA is represented by Speakers Forum, Scandinavia's biggest professional speaker agency, as well as MySpeaker Agency.

Top Web3 Artist 2022
Given by L'officiel Arabia
NFT Artist of the Year 2023
Given by AIBC Summit
Grand Prize Winner / Korea
All Awards

AWARDS

Notable Awards & Recognition

VESA's pioneering work in digital and phygital art has earned notable global recognition:

NFT Artist of the Year, AIBC Summit, Dubai — 13 March 2023
Web3 Artist Award, l’Officiel Arabia — October 2022
Grand Prize, World Artist Award, South Korea — 14 July 2022

The Senses Project
Season II

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SENSES SERIES II

The Senses series is a collision of fashion modeling, Instagram culture, and a deep artistic wellness practice.

In fashion, models as well as entrepreneurs are often pushed toward unhealthy lifestyles. The shoots and projects commodify them—they're there to sell the perfume, the car, the makeup, whatever. On Instagram, influencers trade on their beauty, sexuality, and following to sell products.

The Senses project flips this dynamic. It’s not about the product. It’s about the person—down to their human core. Their childhoods, their traumas, their dreams. The art comes later. The “selling” happens once the piece is complete.

The experience itself is a unique and transformational.

Dedicated page for the project

VESA+SUPERWORLD METAVERSE GALLERY

In partnership with SuperWorld, VESA launched a metaverse gallery set in Luxor, bringing together art, culture, and technology in one immersive digital space. Explore curated exhibits under the iconic Egyptian sky, blend physical heritage with virtual innovation, and step into our vision of art without boundaries at vesa.superworldapp.com.

WEBSITE

Year
05/05/2021