0xDeafbeef

0xDEAFBEEF is an artist and engineer based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past 20 years he has been tinkering in diverse areas overlapping art and technology including music, sound recording, computer animation, blacksmithing and generative art. As a classically trained musician with a strong background in sound technology, he brings together all his interests in a bespoke art practice, using low level computer code and a minimal toolset to craft raw information into audiovisual artworks. For several years, he’s carried on a professional metalworking practice producing sculpture and jewelery. In his view, blacksmithing, in which the artisan crafts their own tools and production systems using materials immediately at their disposal, bears similarities to the crafting of computational systems. He received his BASc in electrical engineering and MSc from the University of Toronto, where he contributed to internationally recognized research in the field of computer animation.

Select Exhibitions: “On Screen Presence”, 2022. Feral File online exhibition. Curated by Regina Harsanyi, “Remembrance of Things Future“, 2023 curated by Cactoid Labs, in support of LACMA’s Art and Technology Lab, “SOUND MACHINES”, 2024 curated by MoMA, Feral File online exhibition.