The Art of Avery Lake
Art that asks what stays human when machines can make anything
The studio of Avery Lake, a Swiss-Canadian conceptual artist and ethicist based in Abbotsford, BC: signed limited editions, open-edition prints, and free interactive works you can try before you buy.
Plenty of art about AI. Very little you could defend.
Work made with or about artificial intelligence is everywhere, and most of it is impossible to tell apart. Buyers and curators are left guessing whether there is an idea behind the image, who actually made it, and whether the provenance will survive a second look. Getting that wrong costs money, and it costs credibility.
What you can acquire
Originals and limited editions
One-of-a-kind and small-edition works, individually signed, with certificate and/or blockchain provenance. From 250 to 16,000 CAD.
Open-edition prints and records
Posters and vinyl made for wider circulation, mostly 35.50 to 125 CAD, with some works free to download.
Digital works, commissions, exhibitions
Free browser works, commissioned archival prints from 250 to 1,500 CAD, and projects for festivals, galleries and institutions.
Argued, signed, on the record
Backing work about AI means betting it will still make sense later, and that is a fair thing to hesitate over. Each piece here begins from a published position, "The Age of Beauty", and is made by an artist who spent more than a decade researching human enhancement and AI ethics. Selected works are released in strictly limited numbers, individually signed, and verified via blockchain provenance and/or a signed certificate of authenticity. The exhibition and press record is published in full on the CV page.
How it works
Online gallery
The shop and collections: originals, editions, prints and records, priced in Canadian dollars.
Selected works
Signed originals and limited editions, from 250 to 16,000 CAD, with provenance and certificates.
Print shop (open editions)
Posters and vinyl made for wider circulation, mostly 35.50 to 125 CAD, plus free downloads.
The Age of Beauty: a manifesto
Seven principles setting out what the studio thinks remains human in the Intelligence Age.
About Avery Lake
The artist's background in bioethics, theology and philosophy, and how the practice began.
CV and exhibitions
Full public record of exhibitions, press, collections, education and awards.
Studio news
New releases, exhibition announcements and notes on individual works.
The Digital Audit
A free interactive web work: protocols that test the human condition in your browser.
Atelier K
Make an abstract work from your own choices, free to download or commissioned as a print.
The Human Signal (Substack)
Essays on art, ethics and intention in the Intelligence Age, published by the artist.
Subscribe to The Human Signal
ENS profile · averylakeofficial.eth
Start with a question
You own or present a work with a clear idea behind it, documented provenance and a public exhibition record: something you can explain to anyone who asks, and that still reads well in ten years.