Michael Joseph Winkelmann, known professionally as
Beeple, is an American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator. He is known for using various mediums in creating comical, phantasmagoric works that make political and social commentary while using pop culture figures as references. British auction house Christie's has called him "A visionary digital artist at the forefront of NFTs". Beeple was first introduced to NFTs in October 2020 and credits Pak for providing his first "primer" on selling NFTs. The NFT associated with
Everydays: the First 5000 Days, a collage of images from his "Everydays" series, sold for $69,400,000 on March 12, 2021. It is the first purely non-fungible token to be sold by Christie's. The auction house had previously sold
Block 21, an NFT with accompanying physical painting for approximately $130,000 in October 2020.