Thijs Biersteker

Intro： Thijs Biersteker creates interactive awareness installations about the worlds most pressing issues today. His work seamlessly combines scientific research and new technologies to deliver an empowering experience that is accessible both intellectually and technologically. His immersive art installations, often described as eco- or awareness art, turn the impact of topics like climate change, air pollution, ocean plastic and data misuse into a tangible experience. Using a fluid mixture of data, nature, kinetic motion, digital visualisations and analog elements, the virtual and real worlds. Currently Biersteker holds a teaching position at the Delft University of Technology (NL). He has won awards like the prestigious Lumen Prize for digital art, got nominated for the Stars Prize from Ars Electronica, and the New Technology Art Award. He is a TED speaker and has exhibited at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Paris (FR), Today Art Museum (CN), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL),Science Gallery Dublin (IE), SXSW (USA), Science Centre Kuwait (KW), Mu Gallery (NL) and has been featured in Wired, New Scientist, Financial Times and Discovery Channel. Thijs Biersteker is founder of Woven Studio, a sustainable art studio that works together with universities, scientists, research groups, museums and architects to communicate their scientific facts in an experiential way.