b. 1987 Virginia Beach, United States Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

S. Ryan O’Connor (Jiwa) is an artist working with code, living in Berlin. He explores process, progress and the self with algorithms that often bridge into the physical. He has been exhibited internationally, most recently at Art Blocks Gallery in Marfa, OBEY Art Space, NOTAGALLERY, Found in Wedding, and Bright Moments gallery in Berlin, NEORT Tokyo, Times Square NYC, & House of Wisdom, UAE. He has a B.S. in Information Systems from George Mason University and was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence with Art Blocks & OpenSea (2025). He has spoken most recently at Perrotin Gallery, Paris, Digital Art Mile, Basel, Switzerland, Sothebys HQ, NYC, & Marfa, Texas. He has collaborated with contemporary artist Bernar Venet on works shown internationally in NYC, London, Paris, China, & released with Sothebys.