Andy Lomas | |
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.jpg) Lomas presenting at theEVA London 2016 conference[1] | |
| Born | Andrew Lomas |
| Known for | Algorithmic art,Digital art,Contemporary art,Mathematical art,Morphogenetic art,Visual effects |
| Movement | Digital art |
| Awards | 51st Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or a Movie (1999) The Lumen PrizeGold Award (2014)[2] |
| Elected | University College London Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Patrons | Victoria and Albert Museum Computer Arts Society |
| Website | www.andylomas.com |
Andy Lomas (born 1967 inWelwyn Garden City,England[4]) is a British artist with amathematical background, formerly a television and film CG supervisor and more recently a contemporarydigital artist,[5] with a special interest inmorphogenesis usingmathematical morphology.[6]
Lomas previously worked onvisual effects usingcomputer graphics (CGI) for television and films such asThe Matrix Reloaded (2003),The Matrix Revolutions (2003) andAvatar (2009).[7] before becoming a digital artist. In 2006 he appeared inThe Tech of 'Over the Hedge', a short documentary.[8] With his collaborators, in 1999 Lomas won the51st Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or a Movie for the 1999 filmAlice in Wonderland.
Lomas's works are displayed in the form ofvideos, still images, and sculptures, produced using a mathematical programming approach. Some works include collaborative music, byMax Cooper for example.[9] His artworks are inspired by the work ofErnst Haeckel,D'Arcy Thompson, andAlan Turing.[6][10]
Lomas won the 2014 internationalLumen PrizeGold Award fordigital art, the top category.[2] He has exhibited at theButler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, Ohio, USA), theComputing Commons Art Gallery (Arizona State University), theLos Angeles Center for Digital Art, andSIGGRAPH.[5]
In June–July 2016, Lomas held a solo exhibition of his work at theWatermans Arts Centre in westLondon,[3] which has been acquired by theVictoria and Albert Museum for its collection.[11] His work is also held in theD'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum art collection at theUniversity of Dundee inScotland, funded by the UKArt Fund.[12] In 2019, he contributed a chapter to the bookMuseums and Digital Culture.[13]
By way of summarizing his technique, Lomas counts himself among those who have entered into a "hybrid" relationship with the computer, wherein the latter is used to quickly generate a series of visual images based on an original idea or algorithm.[14]
Lomas was previously appointed as a Visiting Lecturer atUniversity College London in theBartlett School of Architecture[15] and subsequently became a Lecturer in Creative Computing atGoldsmiths, University of London.[16] His work is held in theVictoria and Albert Museum[11] andComputer Arts Society collections.[15]
In 2024, Lomas produced an animation generated using morphogenesis techniques as the official video forThe Sun In A Box by the electronic musicianMax Cooper.[17]
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