CURATED: JUSTIN AVERSANO

Justin Aversano is a Co-Founder and CEO of Quantum Art, a platform focused on curating digital culture through NFTs. Before Quantum, Aversano launched Twin Flames, a photographic collection of 100 sets of twins. He is also the co-founder and creative director of SaveArtSpace, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing community art to public spaces.

A humanist and a social entrepreneur, Aversano connects his art with the world around him through capturing moments, faces, and communities that surround him, bringing them together through the lens of his camera. He is currently based in Los Angeles.


In a first for a major auction house, Bahareh & Farzaneh from TWIN FLAMES by Justin Aversano was the first non-fungible token (NFT) lot to be offered in a Photographs auction in October 2021–

TWIN FLAMES is a visual elegy to the twin that the artist never knew. The images that comprise TWIN FLAMES were originally shot in three film formats–Polaroid, 120mm, and 4x5–and over the course of fourteen months beginning in May of 2017.

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For SMOKE AND MIRRORS, Justin Aversano created a tarot deck consisting of portraits of people in and of his life: among others, family members such as his dad and sister, artists such as Fewocious and Kris Graves, musicians such as Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot, and Web3 builders such as GMoney and the twins Winkelvoss and Cock Foster. 
The 78 prints are silkscreened on papyrus, an extremely precious writing ground in ancient Egypt, which is a reference to the time when tarot was created. The number 78 derives from the number of playing cards in a tarot deck, a spiritual guide, means of self-reflection, and tool of divination. The American artist confronts the fear of death and celebrates the joy of life by portraying the heroes and healers surrounding him. 
SMOKE AND MIRRORS – PHYSICAL TAROT SCROLLS – 2/3 were presented at EXPANDED.ART in Aversano’s first international solo exhibition, RAUCH UND SPIEGEL, on the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023.

JUSTIN AVERSANO | SMOKE AND MIRRORS – PHYSICAL TAROT SCROLLS – 2/3

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Justin Aversano has a deep, almost spiritual connection to art. While he has always been creative and has started taking images at an early age, Aversano found comfort in painting and making collages after his mother's passing. Since then, he has been working on projects not only for art's sake but to heal from past trauma. 

With his projects TWIN FLAMES and SMOKE AND MIRRORS, Aversano reflects on his individual path while creating deeply emotional art. He connects his art with the world around him by capturing moments, faces, and communities that surround him, bringing them together through the lens of his camera. He has become the most successful photographer to cross over from analogue to the NFT realm. That Aversano sold TWIN FLAMES #83 for the record amount of 1.1 million USD at Christie's has become almost common knowledge.

In conversation with Anika Meier, Justin Aversano discusses his artistic journey, the role of his family, and the process of healing.  

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JUSTIN AVERSANO: HEALING THROUGH ART

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On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023, EXPANDED.ART is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Europe of Justin Aversano, the leading artist innovatively merging photography and NFTs. 

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