"Mission Monday: Ben Meadows"
The Arizona Insider
Press
A profile by Alison Bailin Batz, tied to my board service at Axiom Community of Recovery. Read the article
Speaking & side work
A short list of talks and press, and a note on the art and technology work I do outside of my day job. The full record of both lives on my personal site.
Speaking & press
Introduction to AI Art, a five-part series
InPeak
Live webinar series, February to April 2023
Featured speaker for a five-session introduction to AI tools for artists.
Intro to Blockchain, NFTs & Web3
Club FOMO, Phoenix
In-person event
Presented at the inaugural Crypto Curious: First Friday event in Phoenix.
IT Hardware & Systems / Network Security
PHCC Construction Contractors' Alliance, national meeting, Madison, Wisconsin
Featured speaker, 90 minutes
I covered what I had learned running the technology department at Gibson Plumbing.
I have also spoken on a number of podcasts, X Spaces, panels, and livestreams about blockchain, on-chain art, and AI tools. Full speaking list on thebenmeadows.com.
Art & technology
Outside of work I have been an artist since 2016 and a technical advisor on blockchain projects since 2014. I have minted 138 pieces, and my work has been exhibited in Scottsdale, Barcelona, Milan, Florence, Ghent, Bali, Amsterdam, Paris, Las Vegas, and Lisbon between 2023 and 2026. One piece is in the Museum of Crypto Art's Fundraiser Collection.
In October 2023 I created an SVGZ compression method for putting vector art on Bitcoin.