# Artist Spotlight (19th Edition)

By [MILK](https://paragraph.com/@satoshimilk) · 2022-12-29

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Welcome to our 19th edition of the Artist Spotlight Series, where we highlight artists from different backgrounds, mediums, and blockchains.

This edition’s featured artists include:

*   **William Mapan** (Artist and Coder)
    
*   **Detegus** (Digital Artist)
    
*   **ThankYouX** (Contemporary Artist)
    
*   **Joey Mono** (Multidisciplinary Artist)
    
*   **Emily Xie** (Generative Artist and Engineer)
    

Fontaine de Jouvence by William Mapan
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[_@williamapan_](https://twitter.com/williamapan)

William Mapan is an artist and creative coder based in Paris, France, exploring various concepts conveyed through his abstract generative works using pigment, light, and texture.

**Fontaine de Jouvence** explores gesture drawing through code—an artistic practice that captures movement and flow.

Blue Skies Bring Tears by Detegus
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[_@\_detegus_](https://twitter.com/_detegus)

Detegus is a digital artist and painter creating abstract conceptual works that range from layered minimalistic forms with texture to traditional expressive style paintings.

**Blue Skies Bring Tears** is an abstract visual experimentation exploring the relationship between music and emotions.

STATE OF THE ART by ThankYouX
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[_@ThankYouX_](https://twitter.com/ThankYouX)

ThankYouX is a contemporary artist with a background in street art and modern abstract design, with works inspired by the pop tropes and bright colors of the NYC graffiti scene.

**STATE OF THE ART #1371** is a part of his [STATE OF THE ART](https://opensea.io/collection/state-of-the-art-by-thankyoux) series—reimagining blockchain technology as a medium rather than a tool for distribution.

The collection consists of four large-scale paintings broken up into 400 tiles each, creating 1600 unique digital artworks paired with their physical counterpart.

Le Grande Voyage by Joey Mono
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[_@joey\_mono_](https://twitter.com/joey_mono)

Joey Mono is a multidisciplinary artist based in Indonesia who creates abstract conceptual works using expressive brush strokes and watercolor palettes digitally.

**Le Grande Voyage #5** is part of Joey’s [Le Grande Voyage](https://foundation.app/collection/lgvyg) series, inspired by a film that represents the relationship between son and father—and also a dedication to his late father, who passed away.

Off Script by Emily Xie
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[_@emilyxxie_](https://twitter.com/emilyxxie)

Emily Xie is a New York-based generative artist and engineer who works with algorithms to create lifelike textures, patterns, and forms encoded with elements of her own culture and femininity.

**Off Script #17** is part of Emily’s [Off Script](https://opensea.io/collection/off-script-by-emily-xie) series—exploring sensoriality through the subject of collage and emphasizing medium and material through distilled expressions of shape, color, and composition.

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*Originally published on [MILK](https://paragraph.com/@satoshimilk/artist-spotlight-19th-edition)*