Vera Molnar (1924-2023), also known by her maiden name, written Gács Vera a.k.a GV, was a Hungarian-born artist born in Budapest in 1924. She is considered a pioneer of digital and algorithmic art who many have designated as the first female digital artist. Steeped in a pictorial legacy characteristic of Eastern Europe, she moved to […]
Victor Acevedo is a “desktop computer art pioneer” (ADA) inspired by a range of influences from M.C. Escher and Salvador Dali to R. Buckminster Fuller. Acevedo’s early works, in the late 1970s and early ’80s, were more traditional paintings and drawings, but in 1985 he adopted computer graphics as his primary medium. His first important computer graphic print […]
Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-born abstract painter, widely viewed as one of the leading figures in the Op art movement. His geometric works incorporate optical effects and technical precision to express his love of graphic statements: as he writes, “A contemporary painter can no longer be content with painting pretty little pictures. He must beautify […]
William Fetter was a graphic designer and artist recognized for being a pioneer in the field of computer graphics. Fetter’s well-known 1964 “First Man” or “Boeing Man”, a short animation of a pilot, meant to be used in films, was the earliest example of a human figure generated by computer. He is widely credited with […]
Biography and photo provided by the artist: I’m a seasoned creative technologist with a passion for pushing the boundaries of digital art and design. My journey began as a pioneer in computer art and graphics at Michigan State University. I later taught at The Ohio State University and Northern Illinois University, where I established the […]
Yoshiyuki Abe uses 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 […]
Zach Lieberman’s oeuvre is largely based on “augmenting the body’s ability to communicate” (Systemis). He holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Hunter College and both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design, where he now teaches graphics programming classes. Lieberman has exhibited his work and held residencies around the […]
Born in 1920 in Louny, a town in Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic, Zdeněk Sýkora is internationally recognized as a prominent experimental painter and artist. He began painting in 1940, studying art education and geometry at Charles University in Prague from 1945-47. His initial works, mainly landscapes, depicted the area around his hometown of Louny, especially […]