Sarah Ridgley : Generative Artist and Creative Coder
My work centers on investigating the materiality of pixels and exploring new techniques and ways of using code as a method of mark-making on a digital canvas.
I use a mix of vanilla Javascript and the p5js library to build my programs, and I design my own algorithmic brushes and rendering techniques to complete each series.
All my work is the result of highly-ordered chaos. This means that I write very organized instructions to direct the code, but then introduce random parameters so that the computer can try out an infinite variety of results. You can read more about some of my earlier work at https://glaem.com.
Group Exhibitions
2023
Collecting the Future: Photography and Generative Art on the Blockchain, Assembly, Houston, TX
The Pixel Generation, Unit London x Right Click Save
Code Chronicles, bitforms gallery, New York City, NY
Representing Abstraction, Bright Moments Gallery, Berlin, DE
Imperfections, Verse, London, UK
2022
FEMGEN, Vertical Crypto Art x Art Blocks x Right Click Save, Miami, FL
perceive(Light), Art Blocks Gallery, Marfa, TX
State of the Art, Paris+ par Art Basel, Paris, France
Our Art, Our Region, Our Time, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Trust the Bloom, ScreensGuru, Hong Kong
Digital Art Month, CADAF, Studio As We Are, Paris, France
NFTs + The Ever-Evolving World of Art, Art Basel Hong Kong
PERSONAL STRUCTURES, European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy
POEM = WORK OF ART, Digital Francisco Carolinum
Artists Who Code, Vellum LA + Artsy, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Digital, ARTXCODE, Miami Beach, FL
Inaugural Collection, theVERSEverse
Multi-Dimensional, CAE Gallery, Van Buren, AR
2011
Elemental Matters: Artists Imagine Chemistry, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Works
2023
Viridaria – Proof
Nymph, in Thy Orisons – Manifold
Ateliers – Verse
2022
A Lullaby for Euclid – fx(hash)
GRAPHEME – fx(hash)
Fifty Days at Iliam (Collaboration with Christian Bök) – Objkt
Eyeshadow Roses – fx(hash)
Memory of Nymphaeas – Endless Ways
2021
The Lover’s Case : Generative Poetry Series – theVERSEverse
Himinn – Art Blocks
2020
Unraveling – Rarible
2019
Valentine19 – Stellar Blockchain
Interviews
FEMGEN Interview Series: A conversation with Sarah Ridgley
Minters & Makers Podcast Feb 17, 2022
Beyond the Art with Chuck Grimmett
After Dinner Mints with Art Blocks & Ponyo
The Tickle Issue #22