00.03 Artist References
Below are artists who have made work involving computers, code, technology, generative art, new media, algorithms, and an entire cosmic bucket full of nearly innumerable genres, techniques, types of creative output. Peruse the list, go down glow in the dark rabbit holes, pick artists at random, take notes, save images, be inspired. It is important to not work in a “studio silo” without knowing what others are doing in the field.
If you come across artists not on the list that you think should be, let me know an I will add them.
Reference Artists
- Adam Cole
- Akiko Yamashita
- Alessandro Perini
- Amigo and Amigo
- Amy Goodchild
- Anders Lind
- Anne Mariemaes
- anne-f jacques
- Anthony Warnick
- Antti Puumalainen
- Arttu Koskela - Shaderism
- Audio Pixel
- Behnaz Farahi
- Ben Kinsley
- Bernhard Leitner
- Bill Fontana
- Bob Drake
- Bob Drake
- Brian Mackern
- Bruce Holmer
- Camille Norment
- Camille Roux
- Carla Gannis
- Chen Wang
- Chris Barber
- Christian Marclay
- Christine Sun Kim
- Clara Fernandez-Vara
- Connie Beckley
- Corey Arcangel
- Craig Colorusso
- Daniel Lefcourt
- Daniel Sciffman
- Daniel Simu
- Darien Brito
- Darsha Hewitt
- Devicist
- Diana Deutsch
- Diana Dias
- Don Ritter
- Elise Migraine
- Engineered Artworks
- Filip Olszeweski
- Florian Hecker
- Golan Levin
- greweb
- Griffin Smith
- Haroon Mirza
- Heeey
- Hepp Maccoy
- Jacob Tonski
- Janet Cardiff & George Miller
- Jasna Dimitrovska
- Jem Finer
- Jenny Kowalski
- Jess Hewitt
- Jorge Ledezma
- Julia Heyward
- Kat Burdine
- Kevin Beasley
- Kichul Kim
- Knut Hybinette
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Liebl & Schmid-Pfähler
- Lisa Jevbratt
- Lisa Malone
- Loren Olsen
- Louis McCallum
- Luis E. Fraguada
- Luke Dubois
- Maggi Payne
- Marc de Pape
- Martine Syms
- Melissa Wiederrecht
- Mendi + Keith Obadike
- Mike Rijnierse
- mo H. zareei
- Monica Cook
- Morehshin Allahyari
- Nathalie Miebach
- Neel Shivdasani
- Neil Mendoza
- Nelo Akamatsu
- Nick Montfort
- Nick Verstand
- Nicolas Barradeau
- Niklas Roy
- Nonotak Studio
- Olia Lialina
- Paolo Curtoni
- Peter Pasma
- Pheonix Perry
- Project Eva
- Przemyslaw Jasielski
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
- Ralf Baecker
- Raúl Romero
- Rebecca Fiebrink
- Robin Minard
- Roni Bandini
- Roni Kaufman
- Roopa Vasudevan
- Ryoji Ikeda
- Sabrina Raaf
- Samson Young
- Sara Ludy
- Sarah Paul
- Saurabh Datta
- Scale
- Shu Lea Cheang
- Siebren Versteeg
- SpY
- Stranger than Q
- Susan Philipz
- Tarek Atoui
- Tega Brain
- Thessia Machado
- Thibault Brevet
- Tim Murray-Browne
- Tobias Bradford
- trafik
- Tundra
- Verena Friedrich
- Veronika Szkudlarek
- Violet Maimbourg
- VTProDesign
- Weidi Zhang
- Wimer Hazenberg - Monokai
- Yoko Sen
- Zimoun
Additional Artist Lists from other Artists
New Media Artists, Activists, Games, Visuals
This list was originally compiled by Golan Levin and is used with permission. I first saw the list on Tega Brain’s Creative Coding 2018 course website . The list was modified from the original by removing links that have unfortunately died.
- Addie Wagenknecht , cyberfeminist, tactical new-media artist
- Allison Parrish , innovator in generative poetry and Twitter bots
- Amor Muñoz media activist
- Amy Franceschini , civic futures hacker/designer
- Andrea Crespo , installation artist
- Andrea Polli , sound/interative media artist
- Anne Morgan Spalter , writer and algorithmic image artist
- Angela Washko , experimental game artist/designer/activist
- Brooke Singer , multidisciplinary artist, and co-founder of the Preemptive Media group
- Camille Utterback , interactive artworks and permanent public installations
- Caroline Record , sound + new media installation/performance artist
- Caroline Sinders , UX/UI artist-researcher concerned with design for consent
- Chloe Varelidi , indie game designer/developer
- Chris Sugrue , artist of poetic interactive new-media installations
- Claudia Hart , computational fine artist, developer of interactive imagery
- Emily Gobeille , creator of high-end interactive installations for children
- Eva Mattes , net art and pranktivist
- Eva Schindling , installations, sculpture and performance
- Geraldine Juarez , artist/activist/critic
- Heather Kelley , indie game developer and educator
- Kate Armstrong , writer/artist/curator
- Kate Hollenbach , designer/developer at Oblong
- Katherine Bennett , educator and new media artist
- Lauren McCarthy , new media artist and creator/lead-developer of p5.js!
- Lia , poetic generative artist and audiovisual app developer
- Lillian Schwartz , among the first computer artists, active since mid-1960s
- Lorna Barnshaw , virtual/glitch sculptor
- Lynn Hershman-Leeson , pioneer of interactive narrative art, active since mid-1970s
- Marina Zurkow , experimental artist and developer of interactive cartoons
- Mary Flanagan , leading indie/experimental game developer
- Mimi Son , creator of interactive artworks with novel displays
- Molly Wright Steenson , historian of new media arts and design
- Molmol Kuo , artist-designer of images, kinetics and interactive sculptures
- Nova Jiang , interactive sculpture and installation
- Olia Lialina , net art pioneer
- Petra Cortright , net artist
- Phoenix Perry , indie game developer and educator
- Roz Dimon , digital image artist
- Sara Ludy , net artist
- Sputniko! , performative technologist/futurist
- Sylvia Grace Borda , net artist and researcher
- Tabita Rezaire , net artist, anti-colonialist
- Tara Sinn , experimental browser artist
- Tega Brain , critical new media artist/provocateur
- Teri Rueb , new-media sound artist
- Tina Frank , interactive graphic designer
- Toni Dove , pioneer of interactive cinema
- Vera Molnar , among the first computer artists, active since mid-1960s
- Vera-Maria Glahn , designer of high-end computational new media films and installations
- Xárene Eskandar , writer, researcher, VJ/motiongraphic artist-developer
- Yael Braha , large-scale dynamic display designer
- Yael Kanarek , new media fine artist
Physical-Digital Design, Architecture, Fabrication, Wearables
This list was originally compiled by Golan Levin and is used with permission.
- Amanda Ghassei , innovative creator of tangible/computational media
- Anouk Wipprecht , computational/speculative coutour designer
- Ayah Bdeir , designer/entrepreneur, creator of LittleBits
- Becky Stern , developer of experimental wearable projects at Adafruit
- Caitlin Morris , expert in computational generative architectural form
- Darsha Hewitt , electromechanics hacker, sound/installation artist
- Hannah Perner-Wilson , high/low tech wearables and textiles hacker
- Janet Echelman , creator of large-scale, temporary public architecture-scale sculptures
- Jen Lewin , large-scale audiovisual installation, often with light
- Jenny Sabin , architect using computational techniques to create experimental form
- Jessica Rosenkrantz , leading creator of generative product designs inspired by nature
- Kaho Abe , experimental game/interface developer
- Kate Hartman , designer of computational wearables
- Keri Elmsly , production director of new-media performances and installations
- Lea Albaugh , augmented fashion designer and game developer
- Leah Buechley , researcher of high/low tech hybrids, innovator in maker culture
- Madeline Gannon , designer of interactive tools for digital fabrication
- Maria Scileppi , artist-developer working in social media
- Mary Huang & Jenna Fizel , generative, digitally fabricated coutoure
- Meejin Yoon , large-scale interactive architecture projects
- Micah Elizabeth Scott , brilliant circuit hacker and artist-engineer
- Mouna Andraos & Melissa Mongiat , playful interactive public sculpture
- Nataly Gattegno , co-director of Future Cities Lab, experimental architecture studio
- Neri Oxman , leading research into generative digital fabrication
- Rachel Wingfield , large-scale interactive architectures
- Sara Hendren , design for differently abled people
- Sophie Kahn , 3D scanning based glitch sculpture
- Ziv Schneider , political activism using 3D scanning
Data Arts, Activism and Visualization
This list was adapted by Tega Brain from one originally drafted by M. Stefaner.
- Adrien Segal , Data sculptor, visualization product designer
- Amanda Cox , Graphics editor at the New York Times
- Alexis Lloyd , Creative Director of the R&D Lab at The New York Times
- Angela Morelli , Freelance designer
- Anita Lillie (@ anitalillie ), Data visualizer at LinkedIn (InMaps for instance)
- Anna Powell-Smith (@ darkgreener ), Web developer who “tells stories with data”
- Caroline Gottilard , Partner at Dataveyes
- Catherine Plaisant , Associate Director of Research at HCIL, University of Maryland.
- Fernanda B. Viégas , Co-Director of “Big Picture” data visualization group, Google
- Harlo Holmes , digital rights activist/artist
- Heather Dewey-Hagborg , bio-artist/activist
- Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning), Maps, jokes, activism and hacking
- Jen Christiansen , Director of information graphics at Scientific American
- Jenny Odell , digital imagery artist-researcher
- Julie Steele , Author and editor for O’Reilly Media
- Kat Downs (@ katdowns ), Interactive project editor at Washington Post
- Kate Crawford , principal researcher, Microsoft Research
- Katy Börner , Prof. Indiana University, curator of Places & Spaces exhibit, scimaps.org
- Kim Rees (@ krees ), Partner at Periscopic
- Laura Kurgan , Director of the Spatial Information Design Lab, Columbia U.
- Lisa Jevbratt , Professor, UC Santa Barbara
- Lisa Strausfeld , Head of data visualization, Bloomberg
- Lynn Cherny , Data analyst and design consultant
- Mar Santamaria , School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB)
- Maral Pourkazemi , Independent designer, Visualized.IO co-founder
- Mini Kim , Design Lead, Innovation Unit, UNICEF
- Miriah Meyer , Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah
- Nathalie Miebach , artist working sculpturally with data
- Naomi B. Robbins (@ nbrgraphs ), Principal at NBR; author
- Rachel Binx , NASA JPL visualization; Ex-Stamen; Co-Founder, Meshu
- Sarah Slobin , Graphics editor at the Wall Street Journal
- Sarah Williams , Civic Data Design Lab
- Sheelagh Carpendale , Professor of CS at the University of Calgary
- Stefanie Posavec (@ stefpos ), Freelance designer
- Tamara Munzner , Professor of CS, University of British Columbia
Yet More
This list is from Tega Brain’s Creative Coding 2018 course website and was, “… kindly contributed by R. Lozano-Hemmer. He especially identifies influential pioneers in new media arts and criticism.”
- Adriana Salazar
- Ami Yoshida
- Barbara J. London
- Beryl Graham
- Beryl Korot
- Candice Breitz
- Carolina Cruz-Neira
- Catherine Richards
- Char Davies
- Christa Sommerer
- Christiane Paul
- Diana McCarty
- Emily Zimmerman
- Erin Manning
- Fiona Raby
- France Cadet
- Gabriella Coleman
- Isin Onol
- Jane Prophet
- Janet Cardiff
- Jasia Reichardt
- Joan Jonas
- Josephine Bosma
- Julianne Pierce
- Karla Jasso
- Kathleen Forde
- Kim Brickley
- Maholo Uchida
- Marcela Armas Lozano
- Margarete Jahrmann
- Mariana Rondon
- Marta Minujin
- Minerva Cuevas
- Monica Bello
- Monica Narula
- Monika Fleischmann
- Morehshin Allahyari
- Nell Tenhaaf
- Pipilotti Rist
- Rocio Boliver
- Sally Jane Norman
- Sandy Stone
- Sarah Cook
- Shilpa Gupta
- Skawennati Fragnito
- Steina Vasulka
- Tania Aedo Arankowsky
- Tania Candiani
- Valie Export
- Varvara Guljajeva
- Ximena Cuevas
- Yae Akaiwa
- Yukiko Shikata
Some men in media arts
This list was made by Tega Brain and is used with permission.