San Base (December 1, 1956 in
Russia) is a contemporary
Canadian artist specializing in
generative art.
He graduated from school of
Fine Arts in 1974, and received his PhD in
Cybernetics
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from the Technical University in 1979.
Life and work
San Base used to work out complex
computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as C ...
codes in various visual applications when he began to see a possibility of combining his long standing interest in art with sophisticated
mathematical approaches, and thus employing new
electronic media for his artistic creations.
In 2002 San Base devised his "Dynamic Painting"
algorithm, which allowed him to place an art object on a computer screen and make it not static, but changing and transforming with time. Dynamic Painting technology uses powerful
video cards to generate
real-time images that rival those seen in conventional contemporary painting.
Since 1996 San Base lives and works in
Toronto.
Exhibitions
*Gallery Gora
Montreal,
Canada
*ArtEscapes
Valencia,
Spain
*Yorkville TPL
Toronto,
Canada
*Grifon gallery
Izhevsk Russia
*GA2007
Milan,
Italy
*ARTPOLIGON
Omsk
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...
Russia
Sources
San Base And Dynamic Painting*
*
External links
San Base home pageSan Base Studio
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Canadian digital artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)