Joseph Nechvatal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joseph Nechvatal
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Jan 15, 1951(1951-01-15)
Age	73
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Capricorn

Joseph Nechvatal Biography

Joseph Nechvatal is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on January 15, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Joseph James Nechvatal (born January 15th 1951) is an American post-conceptual digital artist as well as an art historian who designs computer-aided artwork and computer-generated animations, usually using computer viruses created by custom.

In 1991-93, he was an artist-in-residence during the Louis Pasteur Atelier in Arbois, France and at the Saline Royale/Ledoux Foundation’s Computer Lab. He worked there in The Computer Virus Project, that was an experiment in artistic expression using computer viruses and animation on computers. He presented in Documenta 8 in 1987.

From 1999 to 2013, Nechvatal taught art theories of immersive virtual reality and the viractual at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (SVA). A book of his collected essays entitled Towards an Immersive Intelligence: Essays on the Work of Art in the Age of Computer Technology and Virtual Reality (1993–2006) was published by Edgewise Press in 2009. Also in 2009, his book Immersive Ideals / Critical Distances was published. In 2011, his book Immersion Into Noise was published by Open Humanities Press in conjunction with the University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office. In 2014 he published (as editor) a book and CD/cassette tape with Punctum Books and Punctum Records on the noise music artist Minóy and in 2015 he published with Punctum Books a collection of his farcical erotic poetry entitled Destroyer of Naivetés. Since 2013, Nechvatal has regularly been publishing his art criticism as the Paris correspondent for Hyperallergic blogazine.

In 1999 Nechvatal obtained his Ph.D. in the philosophy of art and new technology concerning immersive virtual reality at Roy Ascott’s Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA), University of Wales College, Newport, UK (now the Planetary Collegium at the University of Plymouth). There he developed his concept of viractualism, a conceptual art idea that strives “to create an interface between the biological and the technological.” According to Nechvatal, this is a new topological space.

The artist began making use of computers to create “paintings” in 1986 and later in his most famous work that incorporated computer viruses. The “collaborations” with viral systems made his work the first contribution to what is now referred to as a posthuman aesthetic.

Joseph Nechvatal Net Worth

Joseph Nechvatal is one of the richest Painter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joseph Nechvatal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago. He pursued studies in fine art as well as philosophical studies in Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Cornell University and Columbia University where he was a student of Arthur Danto while serving as the archivist for minimalist musician La Monte Young. In 1979, he displayed works throughout New York City, primarily at Galerie Richard, Brooke Alexander Gallery and Universal Concepts Unlimited. He also has solo shows at Berlin, Paris, Chicago, Cologne, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Aalst, Belgium, Youngstown, Senouillac, Lund, Toulouse, Turin, Arles and Munich.

His work during the 1980s was mostly composed of postminimalist gray graphite sketches which were usually photomechanically enhanced. In the early 1980s, his involvement with the group of artists Colab and also helped to establish the non-profit cultural center ABC No Rio. In 1983, he founded the avant-garde electronic art music venture Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine. The year 1984 was when Nechvatal started work on an opera titled XS: The Opera Opus (1984-6) along with the non wave music composer Rhys Chatham.

Viractualism is an art theory concept developed by Nechvatal in 1999 from the Ph.D. research Nechvatal conducted in the philosophy of art and new technology concerning immersive virtual reality at Roy Ascott’s Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts (CAiiA), University of Wales College, Newport, UK (now the Planetary Collegium at the University of Plymouth). There he developed his concept of the viractual, which strives to create an interface between the biological and the virtual. It is central to Nechvatal’s work as an artist.

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