Patrick Tresset
Patrick Tresset is a French artist and researcher best known for his robotic mark-making installations and live performances. For the past 20 years his practice has explored the representation of human presence and experience through computational systems, AI, robotics, new and traditional media.
Tresset studied at Goldsmiths College in London from 2004, where he earned a master's and an MPhil in Arts and Technology. He was later appointed senior research fellow at the University of Konstanz and visiting adjunct professor at the University of Canberra. Although Tresset has focused on his artistic practice for the past decade, his research papers on computational creativity and artificial intelligence have been cited in over 300 academic publications and books.
Patrick Tresset's artistic practice is influenced by research into drawing, computational creativity and human behavior specifically investigating how humans depict other humans and how they relate to robots. Originally a painter with a deep childhood interest in electronics and computing sciences, Tresset developed and built autonomous drawing and painting systems conceived as a response to a painter's block, and functioning as creative prosthetics.
His installations have been internationally exhibited in major museums such as The Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, MMCA in Seoul, TAM in Beijing, MCAM in Shanghai, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Grand Palais in Paris, BOZAR in Brussels, and Prada Foundation in Milan.
They have also been featured at events such as Ars Electronica, London Art Fair, ISEA, Kinetica Art Fair, and Ennova Biennale. Tresset's Human Studies Series of installations received numerous distinctions, including prizes from Lumen, Ars Electronica, NTAA-Liedts Foundation, and the Japan Media.
Tresset was nominated as a 2017 WEF cultural leader. His works have been featured in a wide range of publications, from specialists in contemporary art, psychology, and robotics to mainstream media outlets including Art Press, Art Review, Arte, BBC, Beaux Arts, DW, Form, Frieze, Le Monde, Leonardo, Neural, The New York Times, Vice, and Wired.
