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C.E.B. Reas is an alumnus of the MIT Aesthetics & Computation Group and is well-known for his work with generative strategies, both as an artist, educator and co-creator of the Processing software. His artistic method is purely generative, exploring abstract surfaces through the simulation of kinetic systems.
Inspired by conceptual and minimalist artists such as Sol LeWitt , Reas’ work is stringently defined yet wonderfully organic. He is a formalist, working with 2-dimensional surfaces in an almost painterly fashion, using color in a way that is simulatneously playful and restrained. Reas can easily be described as one of the foremost aestheticians of the generative art field.
As an educator, Reas has worked to further the understanding of computational approaches to art and design through his work with Processing, as well as through numerous workshops worldwide. He worked as professor at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea 2001-2003, and is currently professor at UCLA Design | Media Arts. He has exhibited extensively all over the world, and is widely published.
Recent projects include the Process/Drawing show at the Bitforms gallery in New York, Software Structures for Whitney Artport and SeoulB for W Hotel, Seoul.
C.E.B. Reas will give a presentation at the Generator.x conference. He will also be presenting a new piece for the Generator.x exhibition.
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