Pioneers
Artists who began making digital art before 2000 — the historical canon of computer, algorithmic, and plotter art.
42 works · 10 artists · 1980–1989
Copper Giloth
DES07, 1980
Mark Wilson
Hatchplot 1.3, 1981
Vera Molnar
Rectangles Noir Sur Fond Noir, 1 of 2, 1981
Vera Molnar
Rectangles Noir Sur Fond Noir, 2 of 2, 1981
Mark Wilson
Douat Dump A20, 1982
Beck & Jung
Color Breeze 83/190, 1982
Harold Cohen
Arnolfini plotter drawings, 1 of 2, 1983
Harold Cohen
Arnolfini plotter drawings, 2 of 2, 1983
Vera Molnar
Rectangles (red), 1983
Mark Wilson
Art and Computers, 1983
Harold Cohen
Aaron plotter drawing, 1983
Harold Cohen
For Nancy in Friendship, 1984
Vera Molnar
no title, Hommage a Gabor series, 1984
Mark Wilson
Skew L12, 1984
Mark Wilson
Skew K30, 1984
Manfred Mohr
P-370-DD, 1984
Horst Bartnig
Untitled — version 1 of 2, 1985
Horst Bartnig
Untitled — version 2 of 2, 1985
Vera Molnar
Déportés du Sillon (Etude), 1985
Vera Molnar
Danse de Rectangles, 1985
Vera Molnar
Noir — part 1 of 3, 1985
Vera Molnar
Noir — part 2 of 3, 1985
Vera Molnar
Noir — part 3 of 3, 1985
Harold Cohen
Untitled, Solana Beach, 1985
Vera Molnar
Quadrilatère, 1986
Vera Molnar
9 Carrés (red-orange-yellow), 1986
Vera Molnar
Strates, 1986
Manfred Mohr
P-411 (Dimensions II) — part 3, 1986–96
Manfred Mohr
P-411 (Dimensions II) — part 1, 1986–96
Manfred Mohr
P-411 (Dimensions II) — part 2, 1986–96
Beck & Jung
Mooners 136/225, 1987
Vera Molnar
Sérigraphie Signée, c. 1988
Georg Nees
Untitled (9.2.1988), 1988
Georg Nees
Untitled (10.2.1988), 1988
Lillian Schwartz
Homage to Hockney, 1988
Vera Molnar
Gothique series (blue-red-lilac), 1989
Jean-Pierre Hébert
Untitled (Plotter Drawing), 1989
Vera Molnar
Interstices Oranges, 1/1, 1989
Vera Molnar
Interstices, red 2/2, 1989
Vera Molnar
Interstices (oranges-red) 1/1, 1989
Jean-Pierre Hébert
Periodic Reef, 1989
Jean-Pierre Hébert
Potamides dans les eaux calmes, 1989