Eduardo Kac

Eduardo Kac is internationally recognized for his interactive Net art and bio art practice. A pioneer of pre-Internet telecommunications art in the 1980s, Eduardo Kac gained recognition in the early 1990s for his radical work in the field of telepresence.

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Eduardo Kac proposes a form of "transgenic art" based on the use of genetically modified organisms for artistic purposes. After making headlines with his green fluorescent rabbit project (GFP Bunny, 2000), he explores modern beliefs in his installations Genesis (1999), The Eighth Day (2001), and Move 36 (2002/2004).

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His works are part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; ZKM Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany, and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, among others.

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He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Leonardo (MIT). He created the first artwork in orbit in space, executed by astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the ISS in 2017 (Inner Telescope).