Vol. 9 · 2026

ART: it is argument

International publication on digital creation with artificial intelligence

creAtIva Vol. 9 brings together more than 64 AI artists and creators, along with professionals from the field, who explore the concept of art within the new current of digital art — turning this book into a historical record of 21st-century art.

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Edition details

Volume: Vol. 9 — 2026
Theme: AI as autonomous artistic language
Profiles: 64+ artists and creators
Sections: 5
Languages: English · Spanish
Extras: Augmented reality · Audio curatorial texts

Inside the book

01Selected artists
02Community artists
03Reports
04Articles
05Director's recommendations

Selection

A professional jury selected 25 artists, and 5 more were chosen through public voting. Following an international open call that received 88 projects, these 30 voices form the core of the volume.

Communities

Thanks to the collaboration of three of the world's leading AI communities — AI/CC, IIIIL and FRMWRK — new narratives are introduced through the work of 22 AI artists, resulting from an internal call, with design and layout by Sebastián Puiggrós.

Reports

Feature reports dedicated to BIONIC Awards, ETERNA AI Agency designed by Nina Khaldi, FUTURA AI Academy designed by Ilaria Merola, and AI Hokusai designed by Mikhail Ugolnikov.

Articles

Professionals such as Marta Velázquez, Janire Goikoetxea, Barbara Croatto, and Andrea Busquets / Pablo Reyes “ARTEFACTO” contribute new perspectives and reflections on the present moment across three articles.

Director's recommendations

Professional trajectories and the people behind AI: Franc Aleu, Marina Núñez, Isabel Martínez, Rose TimesLess / House of Rose, Dustin Hollywood, Diana Mota, Noway Recordings, Paty Cid and Barbara Croatto.

Augmented reality

Scan an image of each artist to view it in augmented reality using ARTIVIVE, the world's leading app for this technology.

Storytelling with a voice

Scan the QR code beside each artist's curatorial text to listen to it, narrated aloud.

“We are not looking for a specific style. We are looking for creativity and conscious art.”

Companion edition

Discover the Pocket edition

With the publication of Vol. 6 in May 2025, and after reviewing the remaining proposals, it became clear that many of them stood out for their quality, originality and conceptual depth — works that, although not included in the main edition, still deserved to be seen.

creAtIva Pocket was born as a special 6 × 9 inch edition that brings together all the AI artists from each open call. It is not a reduced version, but a complementary gallery of ideas that expands the narrative through new approaches.

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The open call invited visual artists and creators from any country to explore the foundations of AI-generated art in the contemporary context. If the history of art has been shaped through movements, ruptures and manifestos, this is the moment to define what AI contributes as an autonomous artistic language.

All aesthetics and visual languages generated through generative AI tools were accepted, provided the work was developed from a clear artistic intention and demonstrated formal coherence, conceptual solidity and a recognizable personal voice.

A publishing project that broadens the horizons of digital art and establishes creAtIva as an international leader in AI-driven creation. A book for those who dream, create and envision the art of the present and the future — for those who believe that AI does not replace art: it transforms it.