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Marius WatzBiography

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Marius Watz (NO) is an artist working with visual

abstraction through generative software processes.His practice is concerned with the construction of 2Dand 3D structures as a product of parametric behaviors,producing works in a variety of output media fromrealtime software works to physical installations anddrawings made with laser cutters.

Watz has exhibited internationally at venues includingVictoria & Albert Museum (London), Todaysart (TheHague), ITAU Cultural (Sao Paulo), Museumsquartier(Vienna), and ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur (Oslo).In 2010 he was commissioned to create Prime, a

permanent public artwork for the Bybanen light railsystem in Bergen.

Watz lectures in Interaction Design at the Oslo Schoolof Architecture and Design. In 2005 he foundedGenerator.x, a curatorial platform for the productionof events related to generative art and computationaldesign. He continues to give workshops and lectureson generative systems, computational aesthetics anddigital fabrication.

Marius Watz is represented by [DAM]Berlin. Hecurrently lives in New York and Oslo .

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seleCted exhiBitions & ProjeCts

2011Extrusion, solo show at ROM For Kunst og Arkitektur, OsloYou vs. the View, BrooklynOslo LUX, Oslo School of Architecture & Design, Oslo

2010New Vision Arts Festival, Hong KongThink Line, [DAM]Cologne, CologneBybanen light rail, Bergen (public art commission)From Kinetic to Di gital Art, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-ProvenceArtomaton, Mediaruimte, Brussels

2009Decode, Victoria & Albert Museum, LondonSystem:system, St.Cecilias Convent, New YorkBright Nights, Manhattan Bridge, New YorkSonica, Galerija Jakopic, Ljubljana

KIOSK, STRP Festival, EindhovenDarkness Descends, Chashama, New YorkDesign by Nature, Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture, OsloCode and Form, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

2008Mappings, solo exhibition, [DAM]BerlinProcessing Light, Todaysart, The HagueFrozen exhibition, 5 Days Off festival at Melkweg, AmsterdamNaturschauspiel exhibition, Nordic Embassies, Berlin. Packing, Neon OrganicSan Francisco International Film Festival. ElectroPlastique #1ElectroPlastiques, solo exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OhioGenerator.x 2.0 workshop and exhibition, Club Transmediale / [DAM]Berlin (curator)Rishaug vs. Watz concert tour, Berlin / Bergen / Oslo (concert)

2007Generator.x concert, Dresden Days of Contemporary Music. Phonophani vs. Watz

Scriptedbypurpose, FUEL Collection, Philadelphia. PackingTodaysart, The HagueDesignmai, Berlin. Illuminations B, Object #1Abstracts of Syn, Museumsquartier, Wien. KugelstudieAbstracts of Syn, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz. KugelstudieClub Transmediale, Berlin. Illuminations B

2006Object #1, Rapid Prototyping object commissioned by Teknisk UkebladNorwich International Animation FestivalFurther Processing, Kunstverein Medienturm, GrazArs Electronica 2006, LinzArt.cial Emotion 3.0, Itau Cultural, Sao PauloC.Stem, Allegretti Contemporanea, TorinoOFFF festival,, CCCB Barcelona. System_CAnimated Drawing. MiMA, Middlesbrough, EnglandAV06 festival. Sage Gateshead, Newcastle, England

2005href=proce55ing. Mediaruimte, Brussels, Belgium. Neon OrganicGenerator.x, National Museum, Oslo, Norway. CuratorVattenfall headquarters facade. Berlin, Germany. Neon OrganicAbstraction Now. Museum of Moving Image, Melbourne, AustraliaTerritoires Electroniques. Fondation Vasarely, FranceGenerative-x, Onedotzero 9. ICA, London, EnglandElectrohype / Segment. Gteborg KonstmuseumClub Transmediale. Berlin, GermanyMitt sprk. Stavanger Kulturhu s, Stavanger, Norway

2004Electrohype Biennial. Malm KonsthallSonar, Barcelona, Spain. Abstracts 1-3Atmosferas. Lisbon, Portugal. GasWorks 1-3Manyfacture, Living Art Museum, ReykjavikVirtual frame. Kunsthalle, Wien, Austria. DREIx 2x3x2D

2003Principles of Indeterminism. Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. Live visualsAbstraction Now. Kuenstlerhaus, Wien, Austria. Abstracts 1-3odin.dep.no, Oslo, Norway. Public art commission

Pre-20032001. Stealing Eyeballs. Knstlerhaus, Wien, Austria. Visual Hedonism Now2001. Untitled002: Innity (DVD). Los Angeles, USA. Innite Things2001. www.kunst.no. Oslo, Norway. BoxGridWorld.java1997. Istanbul Biennale. Istanbul, Turkey. Sense:less (Mork/Pendry/Stenslie/Watz)1997. e-on. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Norway. Licktoad Jubenia (Pendry / Watz)1996. Electra. Henie-Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway. Sense:less (Mork/Pendry/Sten-slie/Watz)1996. DEAF 96. Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sense:less (Mork/Pendry/Stenslie/Watz)1996. Electra. Henie-Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway. Exhibition coordinator

Curating2010. NODE10 xhibition abstrakt Abstrakt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt2008. Generator.x 2.0 exhibition, SHARE Festival, Turin2008. Generator.x 2.0 workshop and exhibition, Club Transmediale / [DAM]Berlin2006. Further Processing, Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz.2006. Generator.x concert tour, 7 concerts in Norway. Co-curated for National TouringConcerts Norway2005. Generator.x touring exhibition, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design,Norway2005. Generator.x conference, Atelier Nord, Oslo1996. Electra, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo

seleCted ConCerts

2009. Insomnia Festival, Troms. Rishaug vs. Watz2009. EKKO Festival, Bergen. Rishaug vs. Watz

2009. Verkstedhallen, Trondheim. Rishaug vs. Watz2009. The Villa, Oslo. Rishaug vs. Watz2007. Tomorrow Now, Venice, Italy. Rishaug vs. Watz2007. Lovebytes, Shefeld. Rishaug vs. Watz2006. Generator.x at Madeira DIG festival, Madeira. Phonophani vs. Watz2006. Punktfestivalen, Kristiansand. Phonophani vs. Watz2006. Generator.x tour, 7 concerts i n Norway. Phonophani vs. Watz2004. VossaJazz, Voss, Norway2003. Various concerts, Wibutee vs. Watz

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seleCted awards & grants2007. One-year work grant from Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Norway

2005. Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica for Universal Digest Machine1998. Silver award, Visuelt, Corporate identity for GRID1997. Gold award, Visuelt, TV idents, Channel 11997. Bronze, National Broadcast Designer Awards, TV idents, Channel 1, Los Angeles1996. Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica, Sense:less

seleCted leCtures & workshoPs

2010. NODE10 - Forum for Digital Arts, Frankfurt2010. Expanding the Field, ARCO Madrid2010. Shapeshifters, Brussels2009. Software as aesthetic medium, Grall Edit 2009, Geilo, Norway2009. Artist lecture, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus2009. Code, Form, Space seminar, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh2008. Digital Architecture, Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo2008. Generator.x 2.0, Club Transmediale, Berlin2007. Human lessons from generative art, Reboot 2007, Copenhagen

2007. Alchemy & creative processes, KHiO Design, Oslo2006. OFFF Festival, Barcelona2006. Extend: Advanced Processing workshop, Barcelona2006, Hyperwerk, Basel2006. VJ Workshop, Statens Kunstakademi Oslo2006. Tangible Code. Atelier Nord, Oslo2005. href=proce55ing. Mediaruimte, Brussels, Belgium2005. Hybrid Practices. Bergen Art Academy, Bergen, Norway2005. Generator.x. Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway. Curator2005. Vers un alter design. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France2004. Bergen Art Academy. Bergen, Norway2004. Oslo School of Architecture. Oslo, Norway2004. Aalborg University Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Denmark2003. Computational Design, Universitt der Knste. Berlin2001. Stealing Eyeballs. Knstlerhaus, Wien, Austria2000. Norsk Form. Oslo, Norway2000. Blurring Boundaries. Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam1998. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Detroit, USA

1998. California Institute of the Arts. Los Angeles, USA


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