1) BEEPLE - Mike Winkelmann, who goes by artist name Beeple, tops the best-selling NFT artist list after an historic auction with Christie's auction house. With 1346 pieces sold, Beeple's pieces average $108,003.66 each. He also posts daily digital creations on his Instagram, where his "Everydays" series continues.
2) PAK- The anonymous Pak is one of the NFT space's biggest mysteries. Whether an individual or collective, Pak has produced digital work for two decades. With a whopping 7889 artworks sold, averaging $7,222.84 each, the artist is recognized by some of the biggest tech names in the world, most notably Elon Musk
3) XCOPY-London-based digital artist and crypto enthusiast Xcopy has sold 1,914 NFT artworks. Averaging $7,222.84 per piece, XCopy's highest recorded sale was for "Some A**hole” at $5,119,491.00. The piece features a scribbled portrait of the title character, wearing a suit and tie and sporting eyes straight out of a nightmare, clawed at the sockets.
4) HACKATAO- Hackatao make the top-selling chart with a total of 2,253 artworks sold at an average of $13,984.38 a piece. Named "hack" after the pleasure of going under the skin and discovering what's inside, and "Tao," for Ying and Yang, Hackatao explores issues of society, environment, humanity and crypto.
5) FEWOCIOUS- Teen artist Fewocious is leading an NFT Renaissance. The 18-year-old is a pop surrealist digital artist who has taken the NFT and crypto world by storm. With more than 100,000 followers across Instagram and Twitter, the young artist has sold a total of 3,189 NFT pieces, averaging $8,426.94 each. Each piece is designed differently, with both pops of colors and monochromatic segments, and the created flowers and clouds bring to mind a fourth-grade diorama, made with a shoebox and plenty of shiny wax paper. The piece comes along with a 30x30 inch canvas, oil paint and gloss varnish. Currently, Fewocious is working on a clothing drop and a "few other things.
6) TREVOR JONES-Canada-born, Scotland-based artist Trevor Jones is "absolutely fascinated" with the art and tech connection. The visual artist started working on canvas before transitioning to QR codes and augmented reality. After buying his first Bitcoin in 2017. He sold a total of 5,286 artworks averaging $4,035.58 each, Jones has collaborated with some of the biggest names in NFT.Jones is currently working on a six-month project of large-scale paintings and NFTs scheduled to drop in August and September, and is thus not producing anything in the moment. His previous collection "Bitcoin Angel" is available on the secondary market.
7) MAD DOG JONES- The Canadian-born artist who goes by the name Mad Dog Jones is dynamic, adoptive and surreal. Combining music and art, Mad Dog Jones has sold 1,590 NFT artworks, averaging $11,634.50 apiece.
Jones' highest selling piece, "Replicator," is a 50-second loop of a drawn scene of an office copier, located somewhere in a big city.
8) SLIMESUNDAY- Mike Parisella, who goes by his artist name SlimeSunday, is a digital collage artist based out of Boston, MA. Constantly pushing the boundaries of what is accepted in mainstream media, SlimeSunday's exploration of bizarre and erotic topics has earned him more than 500,000 followers on Instagram. To date, he's sold a total of 6,790 NFT artworks.
9) SSX3LAU -DJ and art director duo SSX3LAU hits the top-selling NFT charts as its own independent creator. The long-time partnership between 3LAU and SlimeSunday has yielded 5,740 artworks, averaging $1,428.48 each. The duo's highest-grossing piece, "Gunky's Uprising," is part of their latest "Iridescent" drop. It sold for $1,333,333.33. The three-minute video starts with black and white images of a seemingly mountainous landscape. As the beat drops, pops of neon color take over the screen in every color of the rainbow, contrasting with the black background.
10) COLDIE- A mix between biting commentary and opening the internet for the very first time, Coldie’s work somehow manages to draw viewers in and frighten the masses with his work. Just open his website for proof. Selling 242 pieces for an average of $31,533.14, the artist’s body of work includes large landscapes, figures made of magazine cutouts, and plenty of focus on famous eyes.
His most famous work is titled “Almost There,” and it garnered $532,372.50 when it went up for auction in August 2021. Featuring a shadowy figure slowly hesitating down a glowing path into a barren landscape, filled with artistic nods and references, including a diagram of a human brain, various skyscrapers below the figure’s feet, and a larger-than-life moon, staring overhead.
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