Giles Whitaker | |
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Born | 1973 (age 50–51) England |
Occupation | Digital media artist |
Giles Whitaker (born 1973) is a New Zealand artist who specialises in digital media, sound art, and generative and interactive coding-based art.
Whitaker was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. He holds a Master's degree in chemistry from the University of Auckland, [1] [2] a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massey University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario. [3]
Whitaker's work has been exhibited in New Zealand [1] [2] and Canadian [4] [5] [6] galleries including:
His films have been shown at:
Whitaker's 2016 Infinity Machine work was analysed in an essay by Taien Ng-Chan published by Soyfish Media. [7] Eighteen of Whitaker's abstract video works are part of the permanent collection of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision (formerly the New Zealand Film Archive), including Four New Works (2008), [8] Selected Abstract Video Works from 2006 to 2007, [9] and Ringscape (2007) [10]