Jonas Bohatsch is a visual and new media artist from Vienna, Austria. In his work he investigates the conditions and aesthetics of media technologies with a strong focus on algorithmic and digital systems. He also enjoys working on abstract generative visual art inspired by kinetic art, op-art as well as neo geo. His work has been shown at FILE Festival, Sao Paolo, EMAF, Osnabrück as well as A Maze in Berlin and Johannesburg among others. You can also find him lecturing about generative and interactive art as well as heading the Coding Lab, a workshop for all solutions regarding coding in the art & design practice, at the University of Applied Arts, dieangewandte.at, Vienna.

 

Exhibitions/Showings:

2021
Civa Festival, Online

2020
Perspektiven Festival, Attersee, Austria

2019
Les Amplifiés, Melun, France
Ars Electronica, Linz
Hackers and Designers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Angewandte Festival, Vienna, Austria

2018
Clujotronic, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Stunfest, Rennes, France
A Maze, Berlin, Germany
Game Science Center, Berlin, Germany

2017
Plan B, Charkov, Ukraine
A Maze, Johannesburg, South Africa
A Maze, Berlin, Germany
Subotron, Vienna, Austria
alt.ctrl.gdc, San Francisco, USA

2016
Radius Festival, Vienna, Austria
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria

2013
Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria (with taliaYstudio)
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (with taliaYstudio)
Multimadeira, Funchal, Portugal

2012
rhiz, Vienna, Austria

2011
Cloud Sounds, NIMK, Amsterdam, Netherlands
y/our/space, Vienna, Austria
The Essence, Vienna, Austria

2010
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
FILE Festival, São Paulo, Brazil
New Air, Vienna, Austria

2009
Fake It ‘Till You Make It, Vienna, Austria
Alias in Wonderland, Vienna, Austria
University of Applied Arts/Media Showcase, Vienna, Austria

 

Teaching:

since 2014
University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2015 – 2019
New Design University, St. Pölten, Austria

 

Residencies:

Vertical Crypto
Global, 2022

Hackers and Designers
Amsterdam, 2022

Hackers and Designers
Amsterdam, 2019

Feeling & Thinking in the Age of AI
School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe
Belgrade, 2017

MultiMadeira,
Madeira, 2013

 

Education:

2000 – 2003
Electroacoustic and Computer Music
University of Music, Vienna

2006 – 2012
New Media Art (Digitale Kunst)
University of Applied Arts, Vienna