Simon Denny: the artist explaining blockchain with Pokmon

His ‘fan art’ exhibition tells the story of blockchain visionaries, bitcoin and the future of cryptocurrency through the mediums of cartoons and board games
New Zealand artist Simon Denny doesn’t look like a stereotypical bohemian artist. Donning a navy blue T-shirt with matching track pants and jacket with clean sneakers, he could easily be mistaken for a corporate banker on his day off.
Even in the way he talks about money – he throws around business jargon like ‘global governance’, ‘distributed ledger’ and ‘blockchain’ – Denny could easily pass as a startup founder or business analyst, even a finance reporter. But the truth is, he is a technology finance groupie, and what he really makes is fan art.
‘I make fan art. I’m like a geeky fan,’ says the 32-year-old, over a cappuccino on the 24th floor PanoramaCaf in his adopted home of Berlin.

This post was published at The Guardian on Friday 26 August 2016 17.11 BST.