Thursday, 13 January 2011

Char Davies

Char Davies, Tree Pond, from Osmose, 1995



Char Davies is an artist who creates artworks using the technologies of immersive virtual reality.

She started off as a painter, Davies moved on to digital media in the 80s, and then became a director of the 3-D software company Softimage. 
Davies has also published lots of essays on virtual space and in 2005 she did a doctorate in new media philosophy at CAiiA / Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth)
Recent awards include an honorary doctorate of fine arts (University of Victoria, British Columbia).
Davies is based in rural Québec and San Francisco.

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