I create because the world deserves more beauty, more story, and more proof that where you come from doesn’t limit what you can make.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
My favorite art is soul-driven inspiration blended with AI technologies. I work in crystal sculpture, hand-beaded art pens, and sonic curation through my global podcast Banging Techno Sets — pairing materials as old as the earth with the most advanced creative tools of our time. Every piece begins with instinct and is elevated through innovation. I’m building a body of work that bridges craft and code, spirit and system — and a brand designed to scale into a global creative empire.
Where do you find inspiration?Sound, mostly. I run a global underground podcast called Banging Techno Sets, and every week DJs from a different corner of the world send me their energy. That rhythm ends up in my hands, in the way beads stack, in how a crystal gets cut, in the patterns I choose. I’m inspired by the people who keep creating in places no one is watching, by late nights, by anyone who’s ever been told their vision was too strange. Their stories live in every piece I make.
What would you do with $25,000?Build a real studio. Right now I’m creating crystal sculptures, beaded pens, and producing Banging Techno Sets from a space that can’t keep up with the vision. $25,000 means proper lapidary tools for the crystal work, a treated sound setup so every podcast episode hits the way the DJs intended, and a serious computer to edit visuals, audio, the whole pipeline. One space where the art and the sound finally live under the same roof, built to scale.
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