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Tommy Hollenstein
Artist
Tommy Hollenstein is an artist who creates digital and physical NFT art pieces. He collaborates with celebrities on NFT initiatives and donates approximately 10 percent of his art sales to charitable causes.
1Interview
2022First on the show
Mar 2022Latest appearance
16 minOn camera
15:37
Latest interview · Mar 9, 2022Artist Tommy Hollenstein on his charity NFT dropWatch the episode →
In their own words
“The artwork itself is a 100 physical piece that I'm creating with the tires of my chair. The total size of the piece is 20 feet by 400 feet, longer than a football field.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Tommy Hollenstein creates art using his wheelchair tires as paintbrushes after becoming a quadriplegic from a bicycle accident 37 years ago.
- The NFT project features a 20-by-400-foot physical painting divided into 1,000 boards that will be cut into 10,000 separate NFT pieces.
- The artwork incorporates collaborations from celebrities including Ringo Starr, Slash, James Franco, and musicians from Incubus and The Pixies.
- Purchasing an NFT grants buyers a ticket to meet Tommy in person and receive the corresponding physical art piece.
- Approximately 10 percent of proceeds from the art sales are donated to charitable causes, with the presale opening March 10th.