Author: Fer

  • NFTNYC 2024

    NFTNYC 2024

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    The first NFTNYC I attended was by invitation from my onboarding collector. By the following year, I applied to be a speaker and got on a panel to talk about the shift from traditional art to web3. Fast forward a year, and I was doing a solo presentation on how blockchain can help preserve art…

  • NFT Yearbook: A Snapshot of Web3

    NFT Yearbook: A Snapshot of Web3

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    “The NFT Yearbook is a first-of-its-kind 3D digital readable and 420-page, 6.9lbs coffee table book that features 550+ of web3’s top contributors” Over a year ago, I was interviewed to be featured in the NFT Yearbook, and I recently received a picture of a printed book with my interview! I am proud to share a…

  • Interview with Nik Kalyani

    Interview with Nik Kalyani

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    I asked my fellow collector and dear friend Nik for his opinion on how to approach an NFT collector, and his reply was so thorough I thought it deserved a post with it in full. If you approach a Collector with these four foundational guidelines, you can’t go wrong: I will start by telling you…

  • Besouro de Fogo

    Besouro de Fogo

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    Archive: August 30, 2021 Reforestation of the Mata Atlantica It was September 2019 when I was launching a new series – Saudade Brazil – and I heard about the awful fires burning down the Amazon Forest in my home country. I immediately thought I should use part of the proceeds of my collection to help a reforestation…

  • Proud American

    Proud American

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    Archive: August 6, 2021 Have you heard about my Citizenship? Yes! I passed the test last month, and I am so happy to say this is my very first 4th of July as an American Citizen. I never thought a piece of paper could mean so much emotionally. Ever since I became a citizen, I…

  • PSOAE 2021

    PSOAE 2021

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    Archive: May 27, 2021 When: May 28th to June 12th (10am to 5pm)Where: Marion Square, Charleston, SC. This is my debut year!!! Well… it was supposed to be last year, but we got canceled, so this is my actual first year doing PSOAE. You can find me near the corner of Calhoon and Meeting Street.…

  • The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents

    The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents

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    Archive: February 19, 2021 The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents Like A Girl: Dare To Dream by Fer Caggiano Charleston, SC –  The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents Like A Girl: Dare To Dream, a new exhibition by artist Fer Caggiano, on view at City Gallery from March 11 through…

  • Why this feminist painting has become the talk of the town.

    Why this feminist painting has become the talk of the town.

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    Archive: February 22, 2020 Originally titled “I Don’t Give a F*ck”, this feminist art piece was selected for the juried show at the City Gallery in Charleston during the Spoleto Festival 2019. I consider it my Mona Lisa! After the speech I gave (watch the video below), a couple of people approached me to say…

  • TEDx White Point Gardens Women

    TEDx White Point Gardens Women

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    Archive: November 8, 2019 BOLD + BRILLIANT I am so proud to have been select to be the artist in residence at this amazing TEDx event! My art will be the stage backdrop and I will have a table to share my work with you all. Tickets have just gone out for sale and it…

  • 9 Muses Exhibit

    9 Muses Exhibit

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    Archive: October 21, 2019 Not every day does an artist like me get to be curated into a museum show. I don’t go out applying for all that many competitions, but I was actually approached by the curator after she saw my Instagram account, so I applied. The show is based on art inspired by the 9…