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Mark Napier - Represented by bitforms
( United States )

 

The Waiting Room
 
Artist: Mark Napier ( United States ) -
 
Main Category: Computer Art
 
Biography: Napier was born in New Jersey. He attended two years of Engineering school at Rutgers University (New Brunswick) before switching to the fine art program at Syracuse University, where he completed a BFA in Painting. A self-taught programmer, he has worked in software development for 15 years designing database systems and web-based tools for the financial industry. He is married and lives in New York City.

Exhibition History: A recipient of a NYFA Fellowship (2001) and a grant from the Greenwall Foundation (2001), Napier has been commissioned to create net artwork for SFMOMA, the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim, and Altoids.com. His work has been shown in the Whitney Biennial (2001), the SFMOMA 010101, the Whitney's Data Dynamics show, ZKM net_condition, the Walker's AEN show, and at new media festivals in Germany, Italy, Denmark and South America.

 

 

 
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