Mike Winkelmann a famous known name is Beeple was born in 1981 in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. His father was an electrical engineer and mother was a worker at a local senior centre. His brother was a former electrical engineer for Boeing. Beeple has 1.9 million followers in Instagram. He posted his everyday movement in 3D art work (NFT) since last 13 years without fail a single day.
Beeple, crypto art sells for $69.3 million
39 years old Mike Winkelmann Aka Beeple becomes a billionaires from his one (NFT) or crypto-art sale. A artiest created a collage of 5000 images of his own life over the period of many days- represent a type of modern day digital art called Non-fungible Token or NFT, which is built on the blockchain framework. In the recent days after launch it even can`t cross the $15 millions three hours of astounding sale he tweeted and urge the people to take an interest in bidding for his work. How ever the few hours left to finish the action witnessed a rare phenomenon skyrocket price jump to the final amount of $69.3 million dollar. After this he shared his shocked filling image in his twitter account.
Beeple Education and Career
He completing his graduation from Purdue with a degree in Computer Science in 2003. After that he dedicated his time to digital art. Beeple is a well-known graphic designer whose digital artworks comprise short films, Creative Commons VJ loops, every day and VR/AR work. His art work feature in concerts visual of celebrities like Justin Bieber, One Direction, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Zedd, deadmau5, and many more.
Most of his artworks depict bizarre, ridiculous and often grotesque imagery from pop culture, technology, and post-apocalyptic terror — often brought together in absurd depictions of iconic personalities like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kim Jung Un, Jeff Bezos, and many others.
In an interview Beeple said, “I would say the only commitment is to making a picture. The Everyday project is making one picture from start to finish and posting it somewhere on the internet each day before midnight. That’s the only ritual I adhere to. Beyond that, where I do them, when I do them, how long I have to do them, and who’s around me when I’m doing them is all completely dictated by what’s going on that day.”
Beeple Family & Net worth
Beeple enjoyed his marriage life with wife Jen and 2 kids. His current net worth is approx $50 million. Beeple has a very large fan base in social media platform which help his NFT sale to boost on the highest price.