Career Timeline
Originally from Canada, I set out in 1996 with a backpack and an appetite for adventure. Three years and four continents later I found myself in Scotland, fell in love with it, and decided to stay.
NFT Highlights
2023
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The Oath
Alpha
Talos
Mission to the Heavens
Castle Party
2023 - The second Castle Party was held at Château de Vallery, France and raised a record-breaking £114,000 for Maggie's cancer charity.
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CastleParty_Day-1_143-1024x647.jpg)
NFT Highlights
2022
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The Ascended Angel
Peter Schiff Wrestling with the Angel
The Fallen Angel
#FreeAlexey (collaboration with Violet Jones)
Castle Party
2022 - Stirling Castle was the host venue for the inaugural annual Castle Party for Bitcoin Angels.
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Trevor-Jones-Celebration-party-001-scaled.jpg)
MAN VS MACHINE
2021 - Collaboration with Ice Cube
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-Ice-Cube-1024x1024.jpg)
The Angel's Share
2021 - NFT and cask of 1991 Macallan’s whisky shattered the previous world record for most expensive cask, selling for $2.3M
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-The-Angels-Share-1024x1024.jpg)
Bitcoin Angel
2021 - Record breaking drop for open edition sales on Nifty Gateway
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-bitcoin-angel-767x1024.jpg)
NFT Highlights
2020
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-34-300x300.jpeg)
Bitcoin Bull
Jose Delbo Collab
EthBoy with Alotta Money
Collision with Pak
Private View in Cryptovoxels
2020 - Working with KnownOrigin, organised the first ever private view NFT exhibition in the Metaverse
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2020-KnownOrigin-1024x756.jpg)
Crypto Cubism
2020 - Solo exhibition at Edinburgh University cancelled due to Covid-19 (giving more time to explore the world of NFTs)
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2020-Crypto-Cubism-show-cancelled-820x1024.jpg)
EthGirl
2019 - Genesis NFT dropped: A collab with Alotta Money
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2019-EthGirl-805x1024.jpg)
Coindesk Most Influential
2019 - Series of portraits
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2019-Coindesk-850x1024.jpg)
Crypto Conferences
2019 - Exhibited crypto-themed artwork
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2019-Bitcoin-Conference-2-1024x624.jpg)
CoinFest UK, Manchester
Bitcoin Conference, San Francisco
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 - Highjacked!
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2018-Hijacked-NSPG-1024x595.jpg)
CryptoDisruption
2018 - Solo Exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2018-CryptoDisruption.jpg)
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
REKT
2018 - Got REKT and decided to focus on painting instead of trading
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2018-REKT.jpg)
Cryptocurrency
2017 - First purchase of Bitcoin and delving (ineptly) into crypto trading
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bitcoin-4294492_1280-300x300.png)
Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
2017 - Invited to exhibit Augmented Reality paintings
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2017-Scottish-Parliament.jpg)
Doctor Jordan Peterson, Toronto
2017 - Portrait sitting
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2017-Jordan-Peterson-1024x854.jpg)
Would I Lie to You? The Art of Politics and Propaganda
2016 - Solo Exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2016-would-I-lie-to-you.jpg)
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
#EdinburghHacked
2015 - Solo exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015-edinburghhacked-768x870.jpg)
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 - Highjacked!
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015-Hijacked-NGS-1024x589.jpg)
Leap of faith!
2015 - Stepped down from Art in Healthcare and teaching to focus on art career
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015-leap-of-faith.jpg)
CreativTek Ltd
2015 - Established with David Oxley to provide AR services to artists
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015-creativtek-logo.jpg)
World Mobile Congress, Barcelona
2015 - Attended by invitation to meet the team at AR company Metaio
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2015-Mobile_World_Congress-1024x683.jpg)
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2014 - Hijacked the RSA 188th annual open exhibition!
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2014-RSA.jpg)
Augmented Reality Art (ed. Vladimir Geroimenko)
2014 - Mentioned in the first academic book about AR art
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2014-AR-in-art.jpg)
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
2013 - Display of AR paintings at prestigious Edinburgh concert hall
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2013-Usher-Hall.jpg)
Augmented Reality
2013 - First experiments in combining AR with traditional oil painting
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2013-AR-988x1024.jpg)
QR code paintings
2012 - First explorations of the potential of QR codes in art
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2012-QR-codes.jpg)
The Poem of Ecstasy
2011 - Solo Exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2011-Poem-of-Ecstasy-scaled.jpg)
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Trees for Life
2011 - Organised charity exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2011-Trees-for-life-1024x1013.jpg)
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
Synaesthesia
2010 - First commercial gallery solo exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2010-1st-solo-show-Swim-Until-You-Cant-See-Land-1-1024x1024.jpg)
Union Gallery, Edinburgh
Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2009 - Hired as tutor (LSA art technician from 2003 - 2008)
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Edinburgh and Truro
2009 - Mixed Exhibitions
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‘New Graduates’, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
'20-Year Anniversary', Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
'The Edinburgh School of Painting', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, UK
'Expedition’, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Festival Show’, UNIONgallery, Edinburgh
Art in Healthcare, Edinburgh
2008 - Hired as Director of Scottish charity
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2008-AiH-Director-1024x819.jpg)
Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art
2003 to 2008 - MA (Hons) Fine Art (with distinction)
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2003-2008-graduation.jpg)
Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show
Edinburgh and London
2008 - Mixed exhibitions
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/final-300x225.jpg)
Chessel Gallery, Edinburgh
Prince’s Drawing Academy, London
Matthew Gallery, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
2007 - Charity fundraiser solo exhibition
![](https://www.trevorjonesart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/71a-768x639.jpg)
Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2002 to 2003 - Foundation year
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