Vadim Epstein is a media artist, theorist, and practitioner; leading Russian VJ; former IT consultant and theoretical physicist. He has worked in various fields such as net.art, science art, and avant-garde club events since 1996, eventually focusing on visual media. Nowadays, his practice encompasses multimedia vandalism and numeric taxidermy. His current focus is on AI, generative graphics, new media art, and creative coding in general.
As an artist and curator, he has made visuals for hundreds of concerts, festivals, parties, and commercial events. His artworks have been exhibited worldwide in Montreal, Vancouver, Stuttgart, Paris, Basel and at institutions such as the New Tretyakov gallery, Moscow Biennale, and HeK Basel. His personal style tends towards bold recognizable aesthetics, combining generative and figurative, with high impact native to post-industrial cultures.
Since March 2009 Epstein is the founder and creative director of in[visible] studio, pooling masters of hi-tech visual design and multimedia art. Besides commercial and personal projects, he has delivered numerous lectures, workshops, and training courses at art schools.
