Basic Info
Name: Yoshiyuki Abe
Date of Birth: June 21, 1947
Date of Death: October 23, 2024
Country of Origin: JP
Website: http://www.pli.jp/
Description
Yoshiyuki Abe (1947 – 2024) used geometric objects and stochastic processes to create his often colorful and chaotic “algorithmic visual art”. He earned his B.E. in Photographic Engineering at Chiba University in Japan, then his M.A.Sc., before beginning freelance work as a director and sound recording engineer on films. In the early ’90s, he began producing inkjet prints in series, which ranged in character from black and white images to kaleidoscopic color productions generated by ray tracing light sources.
Abe exhibited his work at numerous international electronic arts exhibitions over the past 50 years, and also wrote extensively on digital art and technology. He is recognized as one of the best informed artist-authors of algorithmic and electronic arts in Japan.
“For artists who want to create mathematical art through algorithm-driven parameter control, the essential element for success is artistic serendipity. This is the interesting fact of art in the perfect mathematical space.”
– Yoshiyuki Abe artist’s statement for Geometrica Series
