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Sam Spratt
Born (1988-08-30) August 30, 1988 (age 37)
Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
EducationSavannah College of Art and Design (BFA, 2010)
OccupationsDigital artist, illustrator
Known forLuci series, album cover art for Logic and Kid Cudi
Websitesamspratt.com

Sam Spratt (born August 30, 1988) is an American digital artist and illustrator based in New York City.

Trained in classical oil painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design, he translates traditional painting techniques into digital media. Spratt has created album artwork for musicians including Logic, Kid Cudi, Childish Gambino, and Janelle Monáe, and has worked commercially for clients including Marvel, Netflix, and Rockstar Games.[1] He is known for his ongoing series of digital paintings Luci, which has been exhibited during the 60th Venice Biennale and at the Toledo Museum of Art, and auctioned at Christie's.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Spratt was born in Eugene, Oregon.[5] He enrolled at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), where he studied oil painting rooted in Renaissance and Baroque techniques, and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration.[6][1]

Career

Commercial illustration

After graduating from SCAD, Spratt established a career in commercial illustration.[5] He began as Gawker Media's first staffed illustrator, producing editorial illustrations.[1][7] His client list grew to include Marvel, Netflix, Rockstar Games (contributing to Red Dead Redemption 2), National Geographic, and Universal Music Group, among others.[1][8] His editorial work has appeared in publications including Rolling Stone, Variety, Gizmodo, and Der Spiegel.[1][9]

Album cover art

Spratt is recognized for his contributions to hip-hop visual culture through album and mixtape artwork. His longest-running collaboration has been with rapper Logic, for whom he created the cover art for Under Pressure (2014), The Incredible True Story (2015), Bobby Tarantino (2016), Everybody (2017), Bobby Tarantino II (2018), No Pressure (2020), and Bobby Tarantino III (2021).[5][10][11] The Under Pressure cover was a detailed digital reproduction of the basement where Logic had lived and recorded early in his career.[5] The Everybody cover referenced Paolo Veronese's The Wedding at Cana.[5]

Spratt also painted the cover for Childish Gambino's 2012 mixtape Royalty,[12] Janelle Monáe's The Electric Lady (2013),[13] 070 Shake's Modus Vivendi (2020), and Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon III: The Chosen (2020).[10]

An NME review described Spratt's cover art for Man on the Moon III as reflecting the record's sonic palette.[14]

Luci series (2021–present)

In October 2021, Spratt debuted Luci (pronounced "Lucy"), a series of digital paintings released as non-fungible tokens. Each painting is accompanied by a written psalm, and the works are released episodically as chapters of an evolving narrative.[3][1] The seventh work in the series, VII. Wormfood, was sold at Christie's in June 2022 as part of the "Cartography of the Mind" benefit auction for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).[3] The sale was covered by The Wall Street Journal, which reported it as part of a broader test of the NFT art market following the cryptocurrency downturn.[15] LA Weekly also covered the auction.[16]

The Monument Game and Venice exhibition

In August 2023, Spratt launched The Monument Game, an interactive artwork built around the ninth painting in the Luci series. Collectors could purchase one of 256 editions which allowed them to leave written observations directly on the digital painting.[17]

The artwork received its first physical exhibition in Venice during the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024, presented by 1OF1 Collection at the Docks Cantiere Pietro Cucchini.[2] ARTnews described the show as a test of whether art world gatekeepers would take blockchain-based art seriously.[2] The Italian art publication Artribune reviewed the exhibition, analyzing its intersection of digital painting and physical exhibition practice.[18] Cool Hunting highlighted it as a significant milestone for digital art at the Biennale.[19] Art critic Giulia Civardi reviewed the show for art-frame, and Outland noted the exhibition as "gorgeous" in its Venice Biennale coverage.[20][21] The local Venetian press publication Venezia News also covered the exhibition.[22]

The Masquerade (2025)

In early 2025, the tenth Luci painting, X. Masquerade, was acquired by the collector group Kanbas for $3 million, reported by CoinDesk as the largest sale for a one-of-one digital artwork in three years.[23][24] The accompanying Masks of Luci — 613 unique digital works — were included in the Toledo Museum of Art's Infinite Images exhibition.[4][25] To produce the Masks, Spratt developed a custom generative engine trained on his own archive of brushstrokes.[26]

Artistic approach

Spratt's technique is rooted in classical oil painting, translated to digital tools.[1] ARTnews noted that while Spratt describes his art-historical references as Renaissance and Baroque, the aesthetics draw from commercial illustration and concept art.[2] Artribune characterized the Luci series as having a "Baroque taste" rendered through a "nearly fantasy" iconography.[18]

Exhibitions

  • Sam Spratt: The Monument Game, Docks Cantiere Pietro Cucchini, Venice, Italy (April–June 2024), presented by 1OF1 Collection during the 60th Venice Biennale[2][27]
  • Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio (July–November 2025)[4][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Sam Spratt". Christie's. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e Escalante-De Mattei, Shanti (April 17, 2024). "In Venice, 1OF1 and Collector Ryan Zurrer Introduce Web3 Phenom Sam Spratt to the Art World". ARTnews.
  3. ^ a b c Dafoe, Taylor (June 29, 2022). "An NFT Sale at Christie's Brought in $1.6 Million". Artnet News.
  4. ^ a b c "Sam Spratt". Toledo Museum of Art.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Illustrator Sam Spratt Breaks DOwn Every Logic Album Cover and His Creative Process". DJBooth. March 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Meet Sam Spratt: New York-based freelance illustrator, SCAD alum". Savannah College of Art and Design. December 19, 2012.
  7. ^ "Digital Illustrations by Sam Spratt". InspirationGrid. October 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "Sam Pratt for National Geographic Channel". Illustration Age. November 6, 2013.
  9. ^ Spielberg, Greg (January 25, 2011). "How Sam Spratt is finding a niche for illustrations in the text-heavy world of digital journalism". NiemanLab.
  10. ^ a b Cowen, Trace William (December 11, 2020). "The Story Behind Kid Cudi's 'Man on the Moon III' Cover Art". Complex.
  11. ^ Rose, Jordan (July 30, 2021). "Logic Returns With New Project 'Bobby Tarantino III'". Complex.
  12. ^ Evans, Bradford (September 26, 2012). "Check out Sam Spratt's art inspired by Donald Glover's mixtape 'Royalty'". Vulture.
  13. ^ "Take Cover: Janelle Monáe's The Electric Lady". Pitchfork. September 9, 2013.
  14. ^ Holmes, Charles (December 23, 2020). "Kid Cudi – 'Man on the Moon III: The Chosen' review". NME.
  15. ^ Crow, Kelly (June 28, 2022). "NFT Artists Get First Major Test Since Crypto's Collapse". The Wall Street Journal.
  16. ^ Devine, Jimi (June 30, 2022). "Christies Hosts NFT Psychedelic Charity Auction for MAPS". LA Weekly.
  17. ^ Lie, Michael (August 24, 2023). "Unveiling Sam Spratt's 1,117-ETH "The Monument Game"". Artazine. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023.
  18. ^ a b Cocciolillo, Laura (June 15, 2024). "Ritorno dal virtuale al reale. La mostra di Sam Spratt a Venezia". Artribune (in Italian).
  19. ^ Zuri, Afrodet (May 1, 2024). "Global Dialogues at the 60th Venice Biennale". Cool Hunting.
  20. ^ Civardi, Giulia (May 10, 2024). "Stories of ruptures and rebirths. Sam Spratt's "The Monument Game" in Venice". art-frame.
  21. ^ Chan, Mitchell F. (May 3, 2024). "Dressing for Venice". Outland. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025.
  22. ^ "Sam Spratt: The Monument Game". Venezia News. May 2, 2024.
  23. ^ Knight, Oliver (February 18, 2025). "NFT Collector Buys Digital Art for $3M, Largest Sale in 3 Years". CoinDesk.
  24. ^ Fadilpašić, Sead (February 18, 2025). "NFT Sells for $3 Million, Signaling a Potential NFT Sector Revival". CryptoNews.
  25. ^ a b Dupont, David (July 13, 2025). "Toledo Museum's 'Infinite Images' cracks the code of future art". BG Independent Media.
  26. ^ "The Masks of Luci". Toledo Museum of Art — Infinite Images.
  27. ^ Boucher, Brian (November 21, 2024). "How artists are leveraging emerging technologies to realize their wildest dreams". Art Basel.


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