MARIO KLINGEMANN

Mario Klingemann is an artist who uses algorithms and artificial intelligence to create and investigate systems. He is particularly interested in human perception of art and creativity, researching methods in which machines can augment or emulate these processes, and has been recognized as a pioneer in the field of AI art, neural networks and machine learning. He has worked with prestigious institutions including The British Library, Cardiff University and New York Public Library, and was Artist in Residence at Google Arts and Culture. His artworks have been exhibited at MoMA New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Photographers’ Gallery London, ZKM Karlsruhe, and Centre Pompidou Paris. Klingemann received the British Library Labs Artistic Award 2016 and in 2018 won the Lumen Prize Gold Award, which celebrates artworks made with technology, and was awarded with the Honorary Mention in the Prix Ars Electronica 2020. His installation Memories of Passersby I made history in March 2019 as the first autonomous AI machine to be successfully auctioned at Sotheby’s.

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Articles

  • ARTIST MARIO KLINGEMANN ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND OUR FUTURE

    Mario Klingemann was interviewed by Sotheby’s ahead of their Contemporary Art Day Auction. In the conversation, Klingemann reflects on his early fascination with image-making, tracing his journey back to growing up during the transition from analog to digital.

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  • MISTAKEN IDENTITY BY MARIO KLINGEMANN

    Mistaken Identity by Mario Klingemann represents a complex exploration of neural networks through the deliberate manipulation of their internal structures. This work consists of three videos created using GANs. Exhibited at the ZKM in Karlsruhe during the Beyond Festival in October 2018, the triptych investigates how neural networks interpret visual information.

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  • THE BUTCHER’S SON BY MARIO KLINGEMANN WON LUMEN PRIZE

    “The Butcher’s Son”, one of the “Imposture Series” prints, was awarded with the Lumen Prize Gold Award in 2018. For these works, the artist focused on the human body, training his AI models to explore posture by turning stick figures into paintings, based on the analysis of images harvested from the internet.

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Exhibitions

  • INTERTHINKING, BUDAPEST, 2024-2025

    "Interthinking" celebrates Hungarian cultural heritage and the influence of iconic Hungarian artists on the international contemporary generative art scene. “Interthinking” refers to the human use of technology and the cooperation between artists and scholars—a concept coined by György Kepes.

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  • UNTITLED ART FAIR, MIAMI, 2024

    Kate Vass Galerie presented a curated selection of pioneering AI and technology-driven artworks at Untitled Miami Art Fair, a leading contemporary art fair held annually on the sands of Miami Beach. This program emphasized the historical development and innovative potential of AI in art.

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  • POSITIONS FAIR, BERLIN, 2024

    The program explored the dynamic interplay between artistic expression and cutting-edge technological innovation. The diverse presentations ranged from plotter drawings and video works to fine art prints, AI photography, and robotic sculptures.

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  • AUTOMAT UND MENSCH 2.0, ZÜRICH, 2024

    In 2024, as we journeyed five years back in time to revisit the "Automat und Mensch" show, our aim was to reflect upon the trajectory of AI in art and the evolution of generative art over the past half-decade.

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  • NOISE MEDIA ART FAIR, ISTANBUL, 2024

    At the NOISE Media Art Fair, the gallery presented mixed media artworks by acclaimed local and international artists like Memo Akten, Emre Meydan, David Young, Mario Klingemann, and Kevin Abosch.

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  • AUTOMAT UND MENSCH, ZÜRICH, 2019

    The Automat und Mensch (Man and Machine) exhibition is, above all, an opportunity to put important work by generative artists spanning the last 70 years into context by showing it in a single location.

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