About Zach Lieberman

Zach Lieberman (b.1977) is an American visual artist, researcher and educator who creates artwork by writing software. Interested in generative and interactive systems, he playfully examines human and machine relations, employing technologies in unexpected and poetic ways. Lieberman is celebrated for his development of OpenFrameworks, an open-source C++ toolkit for creative coding. He is also a co-founder of the School of Poetic Computation, an artist-run school in New York that was founded in 2013. Here a small group of students and faculty work closely to explore the intersections of code, design, hardware and theory — focusing especially on artistic intervention. Among his many accolades, Lieberman has won the prestigious Golden Nica award from Ars Electronica, and his groundbreaking project EyeWriter has been exhibited multiple times at the MoMA, New York. He is currently a professor at MIT’s Media Lab, where he explores the essence of code as a creative medium in the Future Sketches group.