Patricio Gonzalez Vivo

Patricio Gonzalez Vivo (Buenos Aires, 1982) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans traditional and digital media. Now based in the United States, he works artifacts of self-knowledge and awareness, such as instruments of perceptions, tools for expression and symbolic systems. His work weaves together the poetic and the procedural, revealing hidden structures behind the ways we measure and make sense of the world.

After closing his practice as a clinical psychologis and expressive art therapist in 2012, he moved to the United States to pursue an MFA in Design & Technology at Parsons School of Design. Since then, he has developed a body of work that includes interactive installations, generative art, data visualizations, and custom software tools. His work often explores themes of perception, identity, and the relationship between humans and technology.

A defining aspect of Patricio’s practice is the creation of his own tools, libraries, and pedagogical resources, which he releases openly. For him, tool-making is both an artistic method and a form of community stewardship, an act of sharing knowledge and expanding access to creative technologies. His Book of Shaders has shaped an entire generation of digital artists, serving as a cornerstone for workshops, courses, and derivative projects around the world. His tools -GlslViewer, glslCanvas and glslPipeline -and libraries such as Lygia, Vera, Berthe, and Hypatia are widely used as reliable instruments for artistic experimentation and production.

Patricio’s work has been exhibited and presented at EYEO, Resonate, GROW, FILE, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, BrightMoments, FlyingTokyo, DotDotDot and FASE. He has spoken about his practice at institutions including the MIT Media Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, Frank-Ratche Studio for Creative Inquiry and Politecnico di Milano. He has taught at Parsons School of Design, ITP NYU, SFPC (School for Poetic Computation), and the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte in Argentina. His work has been featured in Wired, Gizmodo, The Atlantic, and Fast Company.

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