FEWOCiOUS exudes authenticity, passion for creation, and a love for art. He is an 18 year old transgender artist who is an icon in the digital art NFT space, with his most recent collection - Hello, i'm Victor (FEWOCiOUS) and This Is My Life - having been featured at Christie's Auction House.

Origin Stories welcomes FEWOCiOUS to discuss:

00:00 - Introduction

01:31 - What is your origin story?

08:08 - What were your dreams growing up?

13:06 - How a challenging family environment became inspiration

16:34 - Confidence, influences, and icons

19:45 - Getting a bank account at 14 to begin the journey

24:29 - Re-investing in himself, production, and supplies

30:05 - Convincing his family to let him paint

35:39 - Researching NFTs and applying to SuperRare

39:40 - Shayne sending ETH for first gas fees

40:51 - What artworks do you tokenize first?

47:34 - His first art drop on NiftyGateway

50:39 - The infamous "birthday drop" on 1/1/2021

57:22 - Two Feet reaching out to collaborate

1:01:55 - A new medium and the future of art

1:04:16 - Fashion, shoes, and the drop with RTFKT Studios

1:08:00 - The collab drop with Parrott_ism, Jonathan Wolfe, and Odious

1:14:01 - Not wanting to do it alone

1:16:34 - Key advice from ThankYouX and finding management

1:19:36 - How Christie's happened

1:25:49 - Handling doubts while working on the art

1:30:27 - The Lightning Round

1:36:18 - What's next?

Episode mentions: Kanye West, Bobby Hundreds, Shayne Coplan, SuperRare, Coldie, Hackatao, XCOPY, Pranksy, Sarah Zucker, Matt Kane, Zack, Pomp, Nifty Gateway, Ashley R, Somnium, RTFKT, Two Feet, Tommy Kimmelman, Parrott_ism, Jonathan Wolfe, Odious, ThankYouX, Andrew Gertler, Christie's, Noah Davis, Chella Man, Lauren, Cory Van Lew, Erin Beesley, Lucas Aguirre

FEWOCiOUS

Twitter: /fewocious

Instagram: /fewocious

Website: fewocious.com