IVONA TAU
Dr. Ivona Tau is a generative A.I. artist from Vilnius, Lithuania, who works with neural networks and code as a medium in experimental photography and motion painting. Her goal is to find and evoke emotions through artificially intelligent tools. She creates universally relatable memories by transforming her experiences captured on analog and digital film through generative neural networks (GAN).
Tau comes from the intersection of arts and technology, with 15 years of combined experience in professional photography and A.I. research. She was awarded the best award in the Digital Ars 2020 contest for art created with AI, the Computer Animation category award in Computer Space International Computer Art Forum 2021, and elected as one of the TOP 10 Women in AI 2022 by the Women in Tech Foundation.
Tau’s work has been exhibited widely, including Art Basel Miami Beach, SCOPE, CAFA, Art Week Shenzhen, Vellum, Bitforms New York, Venus Over Manhattan, The House of Fine Art, Bright Moments Berlin, and Sotheby’s New York.
Ivona Tau is active in the research community and holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. She published multiple scientific papers in the field of Computer Vision and Artificial Neural Networks.
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Art On-Chain
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She Felt the World Expected Too Many Roles From Her, 2023
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She Felt Something Was Wrong With Her, Everything Was Wrong With Her, 2023
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She Felt She Was Too Privileged to Be Able to Say She Is in Pain, 2023
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She Felt She Was not Brave Enough Not Strong Enough Never Enough, 2023
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She Felt She Was Expired Goods, 2023
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She Felt She Was a Worse Copy, 2023
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She Felt Her Body Was Failing Her, 2023
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She Felt the Grief She Did Not Deserve, 2023
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She Felt Her Insights Were Shattered, 2023
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She Felt Her Imperfections Stole Her Identity, 2023
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She Felt Ashamed She Felt Pain, 2023
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She Felt as She Became Vulnerable for the First Time, 2023
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Machine-hearted series, 2023
Articles
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH IVONA TAU AND KATE VASS
Kate Vass and Ivona Tau were special guests on the Twitter series "AI Art Today". This episode focused on 'Machine-Hearted', the 100 iterations by Ivona Tau, featured as a new on-chain long-form drop at K011.
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ARTIST IVONA TAU ON GENDER BIAS IN THE AGE OF A.I.
In The Overview’s interview, Ivona Tau speaks about how she trains her AI models with analog photographs, turning generative adversarial networks into a sophisticated art tool.
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IVONA TAU ON THE MAGIC OF WATCHING MEANING EMERGE FROM ABSTRACT NOISE
In Unlimited Dream Co’s article, Ivona Tau talks about the meditative process of taking photos for deep learning projects.
Exhibitions
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SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING SHINES, GALERIE MET, 2025
In Somewhere, Something Shines, Anna Fraire and Ivona Tau engage with the traces of the past, transforming their family archives through distinct yet complementary approaches.
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ART BASEL, UNTITLED FAIR, MIAMI, 2024
We presented a curated selection of pioneering AI and technology-driven artworks at the Untitled Miami Art Fair. This program emphasized the historical development and innovative potential of AI in art.
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ART SALON: NODE TO NODE, PARIS, 2023
In the heart of Paris, we presented Art Salon ‘Node to Node’, which brought together paintings, plotter drawings, post-photography, and site-specific installations by various artists.
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“MACHINE-HEARTED", K011, 2023
This collection explores the complex umbrella of what feels intuitive to humans yet is challenging to interpret for machines. This project focuses on the large AI model’s strengths and shortcomings in expressing complex human emotions.
