Andrea Bonaceto

Andrea Bonaceto is an artist, technologist and founder partner at Eterna Capital, an investment management firm focused on blockchain technology. As an artist, Andrea recently collaborated with Sophia the Robot creating digital artwork sold as NFTs.

As an artist, Italian born Andrea Bonaceto is well-known for creating colourful portraits of well-known people. He is also a fellow at the Royal Society of Art in the UK of @thersaorg Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) @niftygateway, @asyncart.

Andrea Bonaceto recently collaborated with Sophia the robot creating NFTs artwork. And as with most of Bonaceto’s work, Sophia’s art is a self-portrait that combines the former’s art history and previous works as well as the robot’s own physical paintings and drawings on multiple surfaces that have been processed by its creator David Hanson.

Bonaceto is also an investor through Eterna Capital, an investment management firm focused on blockchain technology. He launched Eterna Capital with 3 ex-BlackRock employees in 2018. Eterna Capital has established itself as a leading firm with a successful track record and institutional grade solutions.

Andrea Bonaceto’s vision on NFTs, the collaboration with Sophia the Robot and digital artwork:

“Art is a very subjective concept, right? I know that there is the metaphysical element of life, of what is the meaning of life? The concept of death… is probably the main inspiration whenever I do something. And someone could argue, an AI does not have that,” he said.

“NFTs will revolutionize many industries, especially the creative industry/economy. We are at the cusp of a paradigm shift.”

About the collaboration with Sophia the Robot: “Her intelligence is a collective of algorithms and humans working together like a hive. For this show, Sophia created the art entirely using neural networks and symbolic AI, responding to her perception of my work, as well as to data from her ‘life’ experiences, under guidance from the Sophia team’s designers and programmers.”