Skygolpe

Skygolpe (born 1986) is an Italian visual artist whose practice spans digital art, painting, photography and installation. He is noted for faceless portraiture and for works that bridge physical and digital media. In July 2022, Christie's sold an NFT certificate linked to his painting PX4826E; Italian press described it as the auction house's first sale of an NFT of a physical artwork. He has since achieved an auction record at Christie's Hong Kong.

Career Skygolpe gained broader media attention in Italy in 2021, when Sette (Corriere della Sera) profiled his work and approach to crypto art.

In July 2022, Christie's sold the NFT certificate representing the ownership of his painting PX4826E for US$69,300, a sale widely covered by the Italian press.

In May–June 2025, he realized the public art project BLACKOUT in Milan, a series of large-format interventions across the city that combined enigmatic textual slogans with AI-generated imagery, prompting public debate on identity and technology. The artist discussed his practice and themes in a 2025 interview with Sky TG24.

Work and themes Commentators have linked Skygolpe’s practice to a sustained inquiry into identity and the interaction between physical and digital media. Vanity Fair Italia highlighted his faceless portraiture and hybrid method mixing paint, photography and digital processes, 2023–2024: Third Dimension, Foundry, Dubai (solo).