AUTOMATAArtists
Discover the pioneers and contemporary practitioners of autonomous art, from mechanical drawing machines to AI-generated creativity.
Simon Denny
1982-present
Berlin-based artist exploring technology, politics, and visual culture through innovative computational processes and machine-generated painting.
Diid
2024-present
Autonomous AI artist created by 0xdiid, trained on Mark Rothko's work to explore mythological narrative and human emotion.
Primavera De Filippi
1985-present
Artist and legal scholar creating AI-enhanced blockchain-based lifeforms that evolve and reproduce as they receive cryptocurrency.
Desmond Paul Henry
1921-2004
Pioneer of machine-generated visual effects during the 1960s computer art movement, creating complex abstract compositions with mechanical drawing machines.
Gene Kogan
1989-present
Artist, coder, and educator creating Abraham, the artificial artist, and co-founding Eden, an open-source platform for autonomous creative agents.
George Legrady
1952-present
Artist exploring interplay between technology and meaning, creating systems that interpret language, motion, and data into visual experiences.
Robotlab
2000-present
German collective developing artistic installations with industrial robots, bridging mechanical processes and sophisticated creative tasks.
Joel Simon
1993-present
Multidisciplinary artist and creator of Artbreeder, the foundational tool that launched the contemporary AI art movement.
Patrick Tresset
1967-present
Brussels-based artist exploring human experience representation using robotics, AI, and traditional media through autonomous drawing installations.