John Gerrard

john gerrard is a key figure in the development of simulation within contemporary art. Appearing deceptively like film or video, his works are virtual worlds made using real-time computer graphics, a technology developed by the military and now used extensively in the gaming industry. gerrard’s works are is in the collections of Tate, London; MoMA, New York; SFMOMA, San Francisco; LACMA, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington; Kistefos Museum, Norway; IMMA, Dublin; Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; M+, Hong Kong; and many private collections internationally. His work Western Flag (2017) was the first tokenized artwork (NFT) to enter LACMA’s permanent collection. gerrard received a BFA from Oxford University in 1997 and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000. He is represented by Pace Gallery globally.

From The Interview | john gerrard, June 2024