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BiographyIcone, 1966Vera Molnar (b. 1924 – d. 2023) is one of the pioneers of computer and algorithmic arts. Trained as a traditional artist, Molnar studied for a diploma in art history and aesthetics at the Budapest College of Fine Arts. She iterated combinatorial images from as early as 1959. In 1968, she began working with computers, where she began to create algorithmic paintings based on simple geometric shapes and geometrical themes.
In the 1960s, Molnar co-founded several artist research groups: GRAV, who investigate collaborative approaches to mechanical and kinetic art, and Art et Informatique, with a focus on art and computing. Molnár learned the early programming languages of Fortran and Basic, and gained access to a computer at a research lab in Paris, where she began to make computer graphics drawings on a plotter.
Vera Molnar’s works have been widely exhibited around the world, and her works reside in public collections, including but not limited to, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery of Art in DC, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. -
WorksExhibitions
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Vera Molnar: Living with Computers
2nd Floor Gallery January 30 - March 6, 2026Read more -
Small is Beautiful
2nd Floor Gallery February 6 - April 4, 2025Van Doren Waxter is pleased to present Small is Beautiful, an exhibition of small-scale works by 22 artists, both familiar and new faces to the gallery’s program. The exhibition features...Read more
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Who Were the Women Who Pioneered Early Computer Art?
Artnet News | by Jo Lawson-TancredNovember 23, 2024 -
BETWEEN THE LINES
Artforum | By Zsofi Valyi-NagyMay 1, 2024 -
A Trailblazer of Computer Drawing Gets Her Due
By John Yau, Hyperallergic, September 19, 2022 -
Meet Vera Molnár, the 98-Year-Old Generative Art Pioneer Who Is Enjoying New Relevance at the Venice Biennale
By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Artnet news, April 19, 2022 -
What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week
The New York Times, May 2, 2018 -
Vera Molnár
By Hanna Magauer, Artforum, May 1, 2017 -
Vera Molnár
By Adam Jasper, Frieze, March 16, 2015
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