Background

I began my software-based art practice in 2021, after a long detour through professional software development and management. My early work was primarily digital algorithmic art (art created by an algorithm), while my recent work combines algorithmic art and physical processes like painting and printmaking. Perhaps oddly for a visual artist, I suffer from aphantasia. My use of computers as a core aspect of my creation process allows me to work around my own brain through a process of digital augmentation.

Artist Statement

My work is an accumulation of layers, some computer created, some created by my hand. My acrylic paintings balance these influences, combining digital rigidity with the emergent properties of physical tools and mediums, resulting in hybrid works that reference their digital origins while remaining firmly in the physical world. By ceding control to the computer, then reclaiming it, I explore how our lives are influenced by technology, and how we must act with intention to counteract this influence.

Contact

I live in the Bay Area, California, and I can be contacted via email at jeffrey.palmer@acm.org. You can also subscribe to my newsletter to be notified when new works are available.