Artist
LOGIK (Julian Gilliam) is an artist who works across mediums, from paint and photography to animation and digital media. He’s been an art and creative director at several different organizations, including Google, and Leo Burnett, where he founded and led the subsidiary agency Naomi. He is currently the CEO of Whrever, a super-app he co-founded that seamlessly integrates shopping, entertainment, and community.
A culture connoisseur and “NFT maximalist”, LOGIK uses blockchains to bring marginalized creatives into the space and build a vibrant community around his artistic vision. He also co-founded Chiba Center, a non-profit online Japanese language school for the global Black and brown community, funded with crypto earnings from his NFT sales.
LOGIK has been a featured speaker at Consensus (2023 and 2024), Veecon (2022), and host of Coindesk TV (2024). He lives in California and is a St. Louis native.
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