Refik Anadol (b. 1985, Istanbul, Turkey) is a media artist, director, and pioneer in the aesthetics of machine intelligence. His body of work locates creativity at the intersection of humans and machines. In taking the data that flows around us as his primary material and the neural network of a computerized mind as his collaborator, Anadol paints with a thinking brush, offering us radical visualizations of our digitized memories and expanding the possibilities of architecture, narrative, and the body in motion. Anadol’s site-specific parametric data sculptures, live audio/visual performances, and immersive installations take many forms, while encouraging us to rethink our engagement with the physical world, its temporal and spatial dimensions, and the creative potential of machines.

SELECT PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

DATALAND - Las Vegas, NV (2019)
VIRTUAL APPLIQUE : BEVERLY - Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA (2019)

INTERCONNECTED – CLT Airport, Charlotte, NC (2018)
WDCH DREAMS – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
CONVERGENCE – Los Angeles, CA (2017)
ARCHIVE DREAMING – Istanbul, Turkey (2017)
WIND OF ISTANBUL - Istanbul, Turkey (2017)
CIRROSTRATUS – Culver City, CA (2017)
WIND OF BOSTON – Boston, MA (2016)
VIRTUAL DEPICTIONS: SAN FRANCISCO - 350 Mission St., San Francisco, CA (2015)

UPCOMING PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

SENSE OF SPACE – Oakland, CA (2019)
WIND OF SEOUL - Seoul, Korea (2019)
WIND OF DUBAI - Dubai, UAE (2019)
DATA UNIVERSE OF PORTLAND – Portland, OR (2019)

SUNSET 8497 – West Hollywood, CA (2020)

EXHIBITIONS

MACHINE HALLUCINATION, Artechouse, New York, NY (2019)

LATENT HISTORY, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden (2019)
INFINITE SPACE, Artechouse, Washington, D.C. (2019)
INFINITY ROOM, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, USA (2019)

INFINITY ROOM, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (2019)
MACHINE HALLUCINATIONS - Study I, Biforms LA, Los Angeles, CA(2019)

BOSPHORUS, Pilevneli Gallery, Fabrika, Istanbul, Turkey (2019)
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WDCH DREAMS, Gershwin Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (2018)

MELTING MEMORIES, Open Codes, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (2018)
MELTING MEMORIES, Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2018)
INFINITY ROOM, New Zealand Festival, Wellington, New Zealand (2018)

VIRTUAL ARCHIVE, SALT Galata, Istanbul, Turkey (2018)
LIMINALITY V1.0, International Art Projects, Hildesheim, Germany (2018)
INFINITY ROOM, Kaneko Museum, Omaha, Nebraska (2018)
THE INVISIBLE BODY: DATA PAINTINGS, Sven-Harrys Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (2018)

DATA SCULPTURE SERIES, Art Center Nabi, Seoul, South Korea (2018)
1-2-3 DATA EXHIBITION, Paris, EDF, France (2018)
INFINITY ROOM, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, USA (2018)
INFINITY ROOM, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, USA (2018)
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INFINITY ROOM, MeConvention, Frankfurt, Germany (2017)
ARCHIVE DREAMING, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2017)
WIND OF LINZ, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2017)
INFINITY ROOM, Beijing, China (2017)
ARCHIVE DREAMING, SALT Galata, Istanbul, Turkey (2017)
INFINITY ROOM, Athens, Greece (2017)
HETEROTOPIA, Istanbul, Turkey (2017)
INFINITY ROOM, SXSW, Austin, TX (2017)
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WARHOL X ANADOL, Young Projects, Los Angeles, USA (2016)
RADICAL ATOMS, Ars Electronica – Computer Animation Festival, Linz, Austria (2016) I

NFINITY ROOM, The Conference, Malmö, Sweden (2016)
INFINITY ROOM, TAG Festival, Mexico City, Mexico (2016)
MULTIPLICITY – VICTOR VASARELY, Fondation Vasarely, Paris, France (2016)
CAVITY INFOCOMM, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2016)
INFINITY ROOM, Mapping Festival, Geneva, Switzerland (2016)
INFINITY ROOM, VIA Festival, Paris, France (2016)
INFINITY ROOM, EXIT Festival, Paris, France (2016)
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INFINITY ROOM, Day For Night, Houston, Texas, USA (2015)
CAVITY MONOCHROME, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
LIMINAL ROOM, Istanbul Light Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2015, Art Gallery, Kobe, Japan (2015)
EXPECTED PORT CITY TALKS / ISTANBUL-ANTWERP, Europalia, Antwerp, Belgium (2015)

WAVELENGTHS DIGITAL TURKEY EXHIBITION, Europalia, Antwerp, Belgium (2015)

INFINITY ROOM ARTNIVO, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
SIGGRAPH 2015 : ELECTRONIC THEATER, Los Angeles, USA (2015)
ARS ELECTRONICA - COMPUTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Linz, Austria (2015)
THE NEW CREATIVITY: MAN AND MACHINES, MAK, Los Angeles, USA (2015)
DIGITAL COUTURE / EPSON, Industria SuperStudio, New York, USA (2015)
WAVES, Blok Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
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CAVITY, RH Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, USA (2014)
ALGO-RHYTHMS, Sonos-Studio, Los Angeles, USA (2014)
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD MOSAIC PROJECT, New York, USA (2014)
UCLA DMA MEDIA ARTS MFA EXHIBITION, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2014)

PRESENTISM: LIGHT AS MATERIAL, Young Projects, Los Angeles, USA (2014)

VITRA CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE SERIES: DREAM TO REALITIES, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul (2014)

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PARALLEL THREADS, Ekavart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2013)
PREFIX, Media Arts MFA Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2013)
INCIDENCE, UCLA DMA MFA Group Show, Design Matters Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2013)

THE ACTIVE APPARATUS & LIMINAL LANDSCAPES, Young Projects, Los Angeles, USA (2013) -
ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL, istanbulmodern, Istanbul, Turkey (2012)
SCEPTICAL INTERVENTIONS, Pilevneli Projects, Istanbul, Turkey (2012)
ISTANBUL SUMMER EXHIBITION, Antrepo 5, Sanat Limani, Istanbul (2012)
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MINUS FELD, American Hospital, “Operation Room”, Istanbul (2011)
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HUMAN LANDSCAPES, Goethe Institut & Contretype, Brussels, Belgium (2010)
SPAGAT, Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany (2010)
UNTITLED II, ULG, Liége, Belgium (2010)
TRACK 09, ÇSM – santralistanbul, Istanbul (2010)
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UNTITLED, Galeri 1 – santralistanbul, Istanbul (2009)
ACADEMY MEETS PHOTOKINA, Photokina, Köln, Germany (2009)
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TRACK 08, Contemporary Art Center – santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (2008)

AUDIO/VISUAL PERFORMANCES

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WDCH DREAMS, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (2018)
SCHUMANN: DAS PARADIES UND PERI, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA (2018)

MELTING MEMORIES, Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2018)
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INFINITY ROOM, MeConvention, Frankfurt, Germany (2017)
ARCHIVE DREAMING, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2017)
INFINITY ROOM, Beijing, China (2017)
E/SPACE, Santa Monica, CA, USA (2017)
AMADIGI, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
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DATA CLOTH, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, USA (2016)
CAVITY,InfoComm 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2016)
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INFINITY ROOM DAY FOR NIGHT, Houston, Texas, USA (2015)
LIMINAL EOOM, Istanbul Light Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
ERIK SATIE’S VEXATIONS, UCLA Ostin Rehearsal Room, Los Angeles, USA (2015)
INFINITY ROOM ARTNIVO, Istanbul, Turkey (2015)
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VISIONS OF AMERICA: AMÉRIQUES, LA Phil, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA (2014) TREE OF LIFE, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2014)
ALGO-RHYTHMS, Sonos-Studio, Los Angeles, USA (2014)
THE AETHER PROJECT, IDEAS, Los Angeles, USA (2014)
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SEMAPHORE, LichtRouten, Lüdenscheid, Germany (2013)
LIMINALITY,Temporary Immersive Environments, Los Angeles, USA (2013)
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PERIPHERAL, Temporary Immersive Environments, Los Angeles, USA (2012)
HIGHLIGHTS, Urban Prototyping:SF, San Francisco, USA (2012)
AUGMENTED STRUCTURES v2.0, Istanbul Design Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey (2012)

EPIPHANEIA, Montreal Design Biennial, Montreal, Canada (2012)
LEGORRETA ALIVE, SantaFe Art and Design Universty, New Mexico, USA (2012)
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AUGMENTED STRUCTURES v1.0, Yapı Kredi Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi, Istanbul, Turkey (2011)

ARC DE TRIOMF, Barcelona, Spain (2011)
CERHA MOMENTUM, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria (2011)
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MRO, TABAKFABRIK, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria (2010)
QUADRANGLE, Zollverein – Ruhr (2010)
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE, Essen, Germany (2010)
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QUADRATURE, Contemporary Art Center – santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (2009)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

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Art & AI, Neuehouse LA (Talk, 2018)
AI and Creativity, Melbourne Design Week, Australia (Talk, 2018) OFFF Festival, Barcelona, Spain (Lecture, 2018)
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Georgia Tech - Digital Building Lab Symposium (Lecture, 2017) Digi.Logue Future Tellers (Speaker, 2017)
American Alliance of Museums - Museum AI (Lecture, 2017)
The Poetics of Data - Charlotte ASC (Lecture, 2017)
Knowledge Capital, Osaka (Lecture, 2017)
AIA Virginia (Speaker, 2017)
Microsoft Research (Speaker, 2018)
Emergent Visions / Nanyang Technology University (Lecture, 2018) Harvard School of Graduate Design (Lecture, 2018)

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Digi.logue Future Tellers (Speaker, 2017) Ars Electronica / AI Panel (Lecture, 2017) Google AMI (Speaker, 2017)
USC – Praxis (Speaker, 2017)

Microsoft Research (Speaker, 2017) G-Tech (Speaker, 2017)
INST-INT (Speaker, 2017)
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CalARTS Visiting Lecture Series (Lecture, 2016) SEGD X Lab NYC (Lecture, 2016)
The Conference Generative Design (Lecture, 2016) Microsoft Windows Design Group (Lecture, 2016)

Strelka Institute (Lecture, 2016)

Digital Hollywood Music 2020 (Lecture, 2016)
Digi.logue Discovery and Innovations in New Media and Art (Lecture, 2016)
Resonate (Lecture, 2016)
Perspectives: The Design Fusion of Art and Architecture (Panel, 2016)
Art and Machine Learning Symposium, Gray Area / Google (Talk, 2016)
Microsoft Research, Social Computing Symposium, NYU / ITP (Talk, 2016)
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Beyond Music: Composition and Performance in the Age of Augmented Reality (Lecture, 2015)

USC Interactive Media Forum (Lecture, 2015)
Resonate (Lecture, 2015)
NODE15 (Talk & Lecture, 2015)
Loyola Marymount University (Talk + Lecture, 2015)
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Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium (Talk + Lecture, 2014)
UCLA IDEAS (Talk & Lecture, 2014)
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Microsoft Research, Design Summit (Talk, 2013)
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UCLA Design Media Arts (Talk, 2012)
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ISEA 2010 - Essen Eerden, Germany (Talk, 2010)

AWARDS:

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Lorenzo il Magnifico Lifetime Achievement Award for New Media Art (2019) SEGD Global Design Awards (2016, 2018, 2019)
Iconic Awards: Innovative Architecture (2018)
Google’s Art and Machine Intelligence Artist Residency Award (2016 & 2018)

German Design Award (2016 & 2017)

UCLAArt+ArchitectureMossAward (2014)

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Award (2014)

Microsoft Research’s Best Vision Award (2013)