Yucef Merhi

Yucef Merhi
Born (1977-02-08) February 8, 1977 (age 47)
Caracas
NationalityVenezuelan
MovementDigital Art and New Media Art

Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York.[1]

Early life

Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela, New School University,[1] and holds a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University.[2]

Art career

Merhi has produced a variety of works that engage electronic circuits, computers, video game systems,[3] touch screens, and other devices in the presentation of his written words. One example is Poetic Clock, a machine that converts time into poetry, generating 86,400 different poems daily.[4] The resulting artworks expand the limitations of language and the traditional context of poetry.[citation needed] His 2012 commissioned work for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Quetzalcoatl 2.0.1.2., was a web-based work that "aims to reveal the voice of Quetzalcoatl in the technological reality of 2012 A.D."[5]

Permanent collections

  • Orange County Museum of Art California[citation needed]
  • National Art Gallery, Caracas[6]
  • Library of Congress, Washington[7]
  • Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center MGLC, Ljubljana[8]
  • Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas
  • Museo de Arte Valencia Valencia

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Carlo Zanni, INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI Archived August 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004.
  2. ^ YucefMerhi Archived September 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Nyu.academia.edu (Jan 15, 2014). Retrieved on January 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Atari fan and artist returns to OC with new exhibit September 14th". September 14, 2007.
  4. ^ Boston Cyberarts 2009 Festival Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bostoncyberarts.org (April 24, 2009). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "Yucef Mehri Response | LACMA".
  6. ^ Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on December 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Library of Congress Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Loc.gov. Retrieved on June 16, 2012.
  8. ^ Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Museums.si. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.
  9. ^ New York Foundation for the Arts Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Nyfa.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.