Daan Roosegaarde
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Studio Roosegaarde
Bio:
Daan Roosegaarde is an artist working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master’s degree at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam. Currently Roosegaarde is the Creative Director of Studio Roosegaarde, an artistic laboratory for interactive projects which won the Dutch Design Award 2009. In this interaction, his sculptures create a situation of “tactile high-tech” where visitor and public space become one. Roosegaarde’s interactive projects have been shown internationally at V2_ (Rotterdam), the Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo/Time Based Art (Amsterdam), the Tate Modern (London), YCAM (Japan), the National Art Center (Tokyo), the Venice Biennale 2009, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London).