Mark Wilson //

In 1980, Mark Wilson purchased a microcomputer and began to learn programming with the goal of creating artworks. This work has continued and his computer generated works have been widely exhibited both in the U.S. and in Europe. He participated in many of the most influential exhibitions of computer art including seven SIGGRAPH art shows, Computers and Art at the IBM Gallery, New York, ArtWare at the Hannover CeBit and Nokia’s Gallerie Atelier E in Zürich. The Victoria and Albert Museum included his work in the 2010 exhibition, Digital Pioneers. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Wilson an Artists‘ Fellowship in 1982 and the Conneticut Commission of Arts has given him three grants. Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria awarded Wilson the Distinction in Computer Graphics in 1992. He has taught, lectured and has been visitng artist at a number of institutions including the University of California st Santa Barbara, Yale, Carneige-Mellon and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

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Mark Wilson //

In 1980, Mark Wilson purchased a microcomputer and began to learn programming with the goal of creating artworks. This work has continued and his computer generated works have been widely exhibited both in the U.S. and in Europe. He participated in many of the most influential exhibitions of computer art including seven SIGGRAPH art shows, Computers and Art at the IBM Gallery, New York, ArtWare at the Hannover CeBit and Nokia’s Gallerie Atelier E in Zürich. The Victoria and Albert Museum included his work in the 2010 exhibition, Digital Pioneers. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Wilson an Artists‘ Fellowship in 1982 and the Conneticut Commission of Arts has given him three grants. Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria awarded Wilson the Distinction in Computer Graphics in 1992. He has taught, lectured and has been visitng artist at a number of institutions including the University of California st Santa Barbara, Yale, Carneige-Mellon and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.