Manfred Mohr

Manfred Mohr is considered a pioneer of digital art. His artistic approach shifted radically following his discovery of Professor Max Bense’s "information aesthetics" in the early 1960s. His work quickly evolved from abstract expressionism toward computer-generated algorithmic geometry. Encouraged by algorithmic music composer Pierre Barbaud, whom he met in 1967, Mohr programmed his first computer drawings in 1969.

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His work is included in numerous collections: Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA (New York), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Ludwig Museum (Cologne), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, MACM (Montreal), Borusan Art Collection (Istanbul), and the Thoma Art Foundation (Chicago). His awards include the ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art (2013) and the Ars Electronica Golden Nica (Linz, 1990).