While crypto art might be a new niche for 2019, blockchain-based artwork first emerged in the art world four years ago, in the form of Sarah Meyohas’s “Bitchcoin” (2015). The project was said to be a natural manifestation of the New York-based artist’s central interests, which she characterized as “how you create value, what value is, and what value means,” along with how value could be represented.
Source: Blockchain Technology Has Inspired An Entire Crypto-Themed Artwork Movement