Rutger van der Tas

ZOMBIE DISTORTION is an AI-assisted GIF by Rutger that critiques societal apathy by depicting a distorted self-portrait symbolizing collective indifference toward the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

SPEECH is an introspective work in which Rutger visualizes the tension between inner chaos and outer stillness, channeling the struggle to communicate and connect in a hyper-connected world.

CUBE is a multichain digital artwork from Rutger’s Artificial Intimacy series, exploring evolving human connection through abstract virtual bodies intertwined in a shared digital space.

FREE is a mixed-media artwork contrasting the symbolic beauty of a goldfinch with the cold gaze of a surveillance camera—questioning autonomy in a watched world. Created on a panel from the artist’s 2015 Contractions series, it explores themes of exposure, anonymity, and transformation through personal and social lenses.

MY 2 SATOSHIS is a dual-layered artwork consisting of a physical painting and a corresponding NFT, intended to be owned together; the piece features a portrait of Satoshi Nakamoto as its final visual form, painted on a wooden panel that also carries a record of its previous iterations on the reverse—emphasizing transformation, continuity and the interplay between digital and tangible art.

SET is a dynamic, multilayered artwork by Rutger van der Tas that visualizes the shifting global financial landscape by tracking Bitcoin’s rise and the U.S. dollar’s decline over 46 years, evolving in real time with seasonal, temporal, and geographic changes.