Draft:Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile

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Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile is a Spanish-American entrepreneur, investor, art collector and patron of the arts, known for his digital art collection and contributions to contemporary digital art and culture.

His personal collection includes works from eminent digital artists such as Beeple, Refik Anadol, Pak, Andres Reisinger, and Quayola, among others. He is also the founder of Aorist, a cultural institution that supports digital artists in creating large-scale, physical artworks at public institutions around the globe.

Early life & education
Rodriguez-Fraile grew up between Madrid, Spain, and Miami, Florida, USA. He attended Columbia College in New York City, graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Economics. He returned to study at Columbia Business School and graduated in 2015 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Career
In 2017, Rodriguez-Fraile, an early investor and consultant in the blockchain and DeFI sector, entered the landscape of digital assets within virtual lands. His investment in the blockchain and DeFI sector was part of the network of creators, collectors, developers, marketplaces and institutions that functioned for digital art and artists ahead of the crypto and NFT boom of 2020-2021.

Aorist
In 2021, Rodriguez-Fraile founded Aorist, a cultural institution dedicated to digitally-native artists working to extend their work into traditional mediums.

Aorist initiatives include the commission and exhibition of Refik Anadol’s first public project at Miami Art Week 2021, Machine Hallucinations: Coral; Studio Drift’s indoor drone show during the Venice Biennale 2022 (Social Sacrifice); and Random International’s immersive installation Living Room at Miami Art Week 2022.

RF.C Art Collection
Rodríguez-Fraile has been an art collector and curator of digital artists such as Beeple, Refik Anadol, PAK, Andres Reisinger, and Quayola since 2017 through organizing exhibitions, donating and loaning works to relevant institutions, and commissioning artist projects.

Relevant exhibitions include the presentation of Refik Anadol’s Unsupervised – Machine Hallucinations – MoMA at MoMA in 2023 and subsequent donation to its permanent collection;       the international touring of Beeple’s Human One at Castello di Rivoli in Italy, M+ in Hong Kong, and Crystal Bridges Museum in the US; and the showcase of works by Refik Anadol, Beeple, and Andrés Reisinger at the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. During Miami Art Week 2023, Rodríguez-Fraile contributed to the first-ever physical installation of Andrés Reisinger’s latest series, Take Over, at Design District Miami.

Rodriguez-Fraile has also collaborated with different arts institutions such as Adam Lindemann’s gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, and the Moco Museum to curate exhibitions featuring works from his personal collection.

Notable acquisitions through his personal collection include:


 * Trevor Jones, Bitcoin Bull, the first digital art acquisition that gathered global attention.


 * Beeple, Crossroads. Acquisition and sale in 2021 of the first work that Beeple minted; the first million-dollar sale of a tokenized digital work.


 * Beeple, HUMAN ONE. Co-acquisition along with collector Ryan Zurrer and others of the artist’s first major work with a sculptural and NFT component, “the first portrait of a human born in the metaverse.”


 * Dmitri Cherniak, Self Portrait #1. Record-breaking sale at Sotheby’s first metaverse auction for $2.68 million.


 * Acquisition of important works by Pak (The Cube, Fade) and Andrés Reisinger (Arcadia) by Sotheby’s and Christie’s.