Sarah Meyohas with her piece Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams (2025), for Desert X in the Coachella Valley, California. Photo by Josh Rose courtesy of Sarah Meyohas and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.
Who is Sarah Meyohas?
Sarah Meyohas: Pioneering Digital Artist Evolves Beyond NFTs
Sarah Meyohas, a 34-year-old artist with degrees from both Yale School of Art and Wharton, has consistently pushed the boundaries of digital art since launching BitchCoin a decade ago. This cryptocurrency art project is now widely recognized as an early precursor to the NFT movement that would later transform the digital art landscape.
Meyohas’ innovative approach earned her work a place in the Centre Pompidou’s permanent collection in 2023, cementing her status as a significant figure in contemporary digital art. Her technological vision was prominently displayed in her 2017 “Cloud of Petals” project at Red Bull Arts in New York, where she combined artificial intelligence with 100,000 individually photographed rose petals collected at Bell Labs. This massive dataset formed the foundation for her GAN-generated virtual reality film featuring an endless swirl of digitally created petals.
Building on this foundation, her recent “Infinite Petals” NFT collection showcases her continued exploration of technology and natural beauty. The project features mathematically-generated patterns derived from her original petal dataset, creating what she describes as “an insane stop motion animation” comprising 2.88 million unique petal images. The collection includes individual petals available for 0.05 ETH ($83), curated 20×20 grids sold with physical prints, and a centerpiece 13-minute video available by inquiry.
Sarah Meyohas, a 34-year-old artist with degrees from both Yale School of Art and Wharton, has consistently pushed the boundaries of digital art since launching BitchCoin a decade ago. This cryptocurrency art project is now widely recognized as an early precursor to the NFT movement that would later transform the digital art landscape.
Meyohas’ innovative approach earned her work a place in the Centre Pompidou’s permanent collection in 2023, cementing her status as a significant figure in contemporary digital art. Her technological vision was prominently displayed in her 2017 “Cloud of Petals” project at Red Bull Arts in New York, where she combined artificial intelligence with 100,000 individually photographed rose petals collected at Bell Labs. This massive dataset formed the foundation for her GAN-generated virtual reality film featuring an endless swirl of digitally created petals.
Building on this foundation, her recent “Infinite Petals” NFT collection showcases her continued exploration of technology and natural beauty. The project features mathematically-generated patterns derived from her original petal dataset, creating what she describes as “an insane stop motion animation” comprising 2.88 million unique petal images. The collection includes individual petals available for 0.05 ETH ($83), curated 20×20 grids sold with physical prints, and a centerpiece 13-minute video available by inquiry.
Sarah Meyohas with her piece Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams (2025), for Desert X in the Coachella Valley, California. Photo by Josh Rose courtesy of Sarah Meyohas and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York.
Though NFT market prices have cooled significantly since BitchCoin’s peak 2021 OpenSea sale for 6.15 ETH ($20,114), Meyohas remains philosophical about the evolution: “NFTs are closer to reality now. Now, it’s just a method of distributing work digitally.”
As one of the few prominent female artists in the NFT space, Meyohas is particularly motivated to see her digital work succeed in a landscape dominated by male artists. “The biggest artists in the NFT space, sales-wise, they’re all men. There’s not one woman,” she notes.
Beyond her digital endeavors, Meyohas continues to expand her artistic vision. Her latest installation for Desert X, “Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams,” uses precisely calculated reflectors to bend sunlight into legible messages and images on curved walls—proving that her art constantly evolves while maintaining its technological edge and conceptual depth.
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