Art History BA Grad Acacia Mei Makes Waves in the London Art World
Acacia Mei, University at Albany Art History BA ’17, recently took a two week hiatus from running their London based Fin-tech startup to spearhead some art world and blockchain alchemy. On September 17, 2021 at the start of London Fashion Week, the NFT Brave New World (by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones feat. Kai-Isaiah Jamal) made history when a still from the moving image was featured in print publication on the cover of the Evening Standard Magazine. Up until now there has never been an NFT showing the black, non-binary, politicized body on the cover of a printed magazine.
This work marks an extraordinary collaboration across artists and industries and was presented for auction on September 24, 2021 on the NFT marketplace Foundation.app in association with Phillips and the Annka Kultys Gallery. Acacia minted the NFT on behalf of the artists, along with initiating and securing the PR association between Phillips and ES Magazine, the Annka Kultys Gallery, and Foundation.app.
Podcast for which Acacia was Interviewed