Richard Vijgen (1982) is a data artist. He designs instruments, objects and environments that let you experience the invisible dimensions of the highly technological world around us. Through his work, he explores the aesthetic and cultural effects of electromagnetic waves, information networks, microprocessors and algorithms and translates their elusive qualities into intuitive, imaginative and sensory experiences.

By using site specificity and metaphors such as the data landscape, his work establishes new relations between invisible technological dimensions and the physical, embodied reality of the viewer that invoke experiences of the digital sublime. In collaboration with artists, scientists and technologists, he explores new aesthetic and narrative dimensions of information technology. He has published articles on data visualisation and data culture in The Yale Architectural Journal, Volume Magazine and the Parsons Journal for Information Mapping among others.

Richard Vijgen teaches at the Design Art and Technology Department of the ArtEZ Art School in the Netherlands and frequently serves as a guest lecturer at art schools and universities. His work has been exhibited at Centre Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, The Barbican Gallery, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Ars Electronica, Vitra Design Museum, New Media Gallery and Manifesta 12 and has been awarded with several Dutch Design Awards, the Lumen Prize, received a honourable mention from Ars Electronica and a S+T+ARTS residency at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.