Itzel Yard
b. 1990.
also known as Ix Shells, IX Shells
IX Shells (Itzel Yard) is a Panamanian-based artist who took to YouTube to learn coding and has subsequently become one of the world’s most recognizable generative artists. Her projects include Dreaming at Dusk (2021), a collaboration with the Tor Project which was purchased for 500 ETH (over $2 million) in Mway 2021, making her the top selling female NFT artist in the world. In the same year, Yard was included in Fortune’s NFTy 50. Like icons of the mid-century generative art such as Vera Molnar and Lillian Schwartz, Yard has set a precedent for women and girls interested in a future in Computer Science, making the artist a pioneer of her time, pushing the boundaries of creative coding.
From When IX Shells Met Fingacode, June 2023
