Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)
2022
Noteworthy Code-Based Work

Like the previous year, 2022 saw a flourish of expression and activity, leaving it best to the filters of time to clarify. In the meantime, certain projects have stood out in the short-term and many others have not been mentioned here—yet. Privacy Collection by Operator 100 Sunsets by Zach Lieberman FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT by Maya Man Upward Spiral by Marcel Schwittlick Window by Jan Robert Leegte Horizon(tes) by Iskra Velitchkova and Zach Lieberman Growth v02 by Robert Hodgin Seed Phrase by Simon Denny entretiempos and el inefable momento by Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez Toccata by Andreas Rau and Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez September by Tyler Boswell Device 1 and Towers by Andreas Gysin Turner Light by Aluan Wang Coronado by Jeres Fragments of a Wave by Ryan Bell Caminos by Juan Rodríguez García char by patakk
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Aluan Wang, Andreas Gysin, Andreas Rau, Iskra Velitchkova, Jan Robert Leegte, jeres, Juan Rodríguez García, Marcel Schwittlick, Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez, Maya Man, patakk, Robert Hodgin, Ryan Bell, Simon Denny, Tyler Boswell, William Turner, Zach Lieberman
Movements
Ethereum Art, long-form generative art, NFT Art, Tezos Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- Ethereum Art, generative art, NFT Art, Tezos Art
- Technologies
- code-based art, long-form generative art, seed phrase
- People
- Aluan Wang, Andreas Gysin, Andreas Rau, Iskra Velitchkova, Jan Robert Leegte, jeres, Juan Rodríguez García, Marcel Schwittlick, Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez, Maya Man, patakk, Robert Hodgin, Ryan Bell, Simon Denny, Tyler Boswell, William Turner, Zach Lieberman
- Works
- 100 Sunsets, Caminos, char, Coronado, Device 1, el inefable momento, entretiempos, FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT, Fragments of a Wave, Growth v02, Horizon(tes), Privacy Collection, September, Toccata, Towers, Turner Light, Upward Spiral, Window
- Organisations
- Art Blocks, Bright Moments, fx(hash), Operator
Echoes across time
- 2002 · Golan Levin and Casey Reas, The Art of Code at Bitforms, New York
- 2001 · Inaugural Exhibition at bitforms: Casey Reas’s first commercial gallery showing
- 1984 · Divisibility II + III (1984-1986)
Le Random editorials
- Juan Rodríguez García on Inhabiting the Moment, Sofia Garcia & Conrad House, August 25, 2025
- Maya Man on Generative Meaning, Peter Bauman, September 13, 2023
- Simon Denny on Society, Technology and Art, Peter Bauman, September 17, 2024
- The Zach Lieberman Commission, Peter Bauman, August 30, 2023
Le Random podcast
- Maya Man & Ann Hirsch—Ironic Sincerity and Online Gender Performativity Extremes with Peter Bauman — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Nov 2025, 48 min). Featuring Maya Man. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 10—On-Chain Era (2020s) with Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Itzel Yard & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — listen with transcript on Le Random (02 Sep 2024, 63 min). Chapter 10’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify