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Harm van den Dorpel

Biography

Harm van den Dorpel is an artist dedicated to discovering emergent aesthetics by composing software and language, borrowing from disparate fields such as genetics and blockchain.

Van den Dorpel's work has been exhibited in the collections of, among others, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, MAK Vienna, Victoria & Albert Museum London, and ZKM Karlsruhe. Selected (group) exhibitions include the New Museum in New York, MoMA PS1 in New York, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam.

He is also the co-founder of Left Gallery, an online gallery that commissions, produces, and sells downloadable files.