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Roman Verostko 
Brief Resumé related to his algorithmic Art

Golden Plotter Award, 1994, Gladbeck, Germany.. One of Verostko's most prized awards. This model of the classic flat bed pen plotter was machined in solid brass mounted on an oak base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Diploma Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 1949
BA, Philosophy St Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa. 1955
Theology St Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, Pa. 1953-59
MFA Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1961
Art History NYU and Columbia, 1961-62
Printmaking, Hayter's Atelier 17, Paris, 1962-1963
Computer Concepts,, Control Data Institute, Certificate, 1970

Professional Positions:

1953-68 Benedictine Monk, St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe. Withdrawn from religious life in 1968.
1963-68 Faculty, St. Vincent College & Seminary, Latrobe, Pa.
1964-1967 Staff Editor, Art & Architecture, The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 15 Vol., 1st Edition, 1967..
1968- Departure from Monastic Life
1968- Humanities Faculty, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
          Professor Emeritus, 1994
1969-1971 Humanities Consultant, The Tetra Corporation, Minneapolis. 
1970 Visiting Scholar as Bush Leadership Fellow, Center For Advanced Visual Studies, M.I.T.
1985 Visiting Professor, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, PRC (renamed: China Art Academy)
1992-93 Program Director, Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art (FISEA '93), Minneapolis, 1993.
1992-1996 Board Member, Inter-Society for Electronic Art (ISEA).
2005 Advisory Board, International Symmetry Association

Awards

2018 SIGGRAPH Academy
2009 SIGGRAPH Disitinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement
1995 ARTEC '95, Recommendatory Prize.
1994 Golden Plotter, First Prize, 1994, Gladbeck, Germany
1993 Prix Ars Electronica, Honorary Mention
1970 Bush Leadership Fellow
1971, 1974 Outstanding Educators of America,

Memberships

Computer Graphics Pioneers
International Society for the Arts Science & Technology
Association for Computing Machinery, SIGGRAPH
 

Awards / Appointments

2018 SIGGRAPH Academy, Hall of Fame
2009 SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement
1994 Golden Plotter Award, First Prize, Gladbeck, Germany
1993 Prix Ars Electronica, Honorary Mention
1993 Director, Fourth International Symposium on Electronic Art
1968- Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Professor Emeritus, 1995
1970 Bush Leadership Fellow, Visiting Scholar, CAVS at MIT

Art exhibitions, algorist period:

Roman Verostko & the Cloud of Unknowing: From Ideas in Mind to Ideas in Code
      Minneapolis College of Art & Design Galleries, 2019
Algorithmic Signs,
Galleries Piazza San Marco, Venice, 2017
Algorithmic Transformations,
St. Vincent Gallery, Latrobe, PA., 2015
The
American Algorists: Linear Sublime New York Digital Salon,  SVA, NY. 2013
Digital Pioneers,
Victoria & Albert Museum,  Prints and Drawings Gallery
, London, 2009-10.
20th Century Computer Art: Beginnings & Developments: work & thought of pioneers.
        Toma Art U. Museum, Tokyo
Feedback,
Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon, Spain
, 2007
Roman Verostko: Pearl Park Scriptures, [DAM] Berlin, The Digital Art Museum, 2005.
The Algorithmic Revolution,  ZKM: Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe, 2004, 05. 
Code: the language of our time,
Ars Electronica, 2003, Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria.
Roman Verostko: Algorithmic Fine Art, 25 Years, Arizona State University, Tempe.  
Computerkunst '02, '00, '98, '94, Stadtische Galerie, Gladbeck, Germany.
SIGGRAPH Art Shows & International Tours: '90; '92; '95; '97; '03; '04; '05,'06
The New York Digital Salon, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1993.
Creativity & Cognition, LUTCHI, Loughborough, UK, , 1996.
ARTEC '95, Nagoya, Japan (May-June 1995).
International Symposium Electronic Art, Helsinki '94, Minneapolis '93, Sydney '92.
Genetische Kunst - Kunstliches Leben, Linz, Austria, 1993.
Seoul International Computer Art Festival, Seoul, Korea, 1992.
Dada/Data: Developing Media Since 1970, Maryland Art Place & UMBC, Baltimore, 1991.
Interface: Art & Computer, Park Avenue Atrium, N.Y., 1991.
El Art / Exhibition of Electronic Art, Retretti Art Center, Finland, 1991.
4th National Computer Art Invitational, Eastern Washington University, Traveling 1991-92.
The Technological Imagination: Machines in the Garden of Art, Mpls, 1989.
Pathways: 25 Years from Brush to Plotter, Solo, Honeywell Corp Gallery, Mpls, 1989.
CRASH, ComputeR AssiSted Hardcopy, Wright Museum, 1988.

PROJECTS

 

1956 Mural, Angelic Choirs,   Three versions of "Angel Choirs" were created, 1954-1957 for the  St. Vincent Archabbey & Seminary courtyard. See history and versions  at: Angel Choirs at Saint Vincent.

1959-60. Ceramic Mural, St Vincent College Library. Ceramic tile, 22 ft by 11 ft, 6 inch units, installed in 1960.

1966-1967. "BROTHER", reinforced concrete cast relief created as a load-bearing wall along with 30 smaller castings imbedded in the walls of the new St Vincent Monastery, Latrobe, Pa., 1967.  See: Pre-algorist art, monastic period, 1950-1968#brother

1998. The Manchester Illuminated Universal Turing Machine, 1998. A generative edition of pen plotted works honoring the contributions of Alan Turing on the 50th anniversary of the Manchester "Baby" computer. See .

1996-1997. Epigenesis: Growth of Form,  generative art, pen plotted mural, Frei Science and Engineering Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. Installed in August, 1997.

2006. Mural, Flowers of Learning, Hortus Conclusus Nazarenus, Spalding University, Academic Learning Center, 845 South Third Street, Louisville, KY, USA. 2006.

2008. WIM: The Upsidedown Mural, mural inside main entrance of the Fred Rogers Center, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA., USA. This mural along with the publication of WIM: the Upsidedown Book marked the dedication of the new Fred Rogers center building, October 2008. 

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