About

Mark IJzerman is an interdisciplinary artist who investigates ecological themes through the innovative use of digital technology. His work gives voice to the more-than-human world, exploring planetary processes such as eroding biodiversity and the impacts of warming waters. Through installations and audiovisual performances, IJzerman blends fieldwork, artistic research, and collaboration with experts from diverse fields, including biology, astronomy, and ecology. His practice incorporates living organisms, custom-built software, and film, creating dialogues that challenge the boundaries between technology and ecology. Influenced by speculative fiction, IJzerman examines the tensions between technological advancement and environmental degradation. His projects often feature interactive or live elements, where living ecosystems and digital media converge. This interplay fosters a reimagined intimacy between humans and other-than-human entities, prompting audiences to rethink their ecological relationships.

Mark IJzerman has exhibited and performed his work in prestigious venues and festivals, including Sonic Acts (NL), V2_ (NL), De Lakenhal (NL), iii (NL), W139 (NL), Meakusma (BE), Le Guess Who? (NL), TodaysArt (NL), Rewire (NL), FIBER Festival (NL), LIMA (NL), Mapping Possibilities (EG), Maia Bienal (PT), GOLF Festival (NL), Uncloud Festival (NL), Mapping Festival (CH), EYE Filmmuseum (NL), Rezidența9 (RO), UFRO (CL), Academie Galerie (NL), Media Arts Festival Arnhem (NL), De School (NL), Into the Great Wide Open (NL), IDSFF (NL), Flooding Museum (NL), Schemerlicht Festival (NL), Next Nature Network (NL), the International Space Station (outer space, via Moon Gallery), Zer01ne (IL), GLOW Festival (NL), Dutch Design Week (NL), and Wonderspaces (US).

His awards, residencies, and grants include the Afterlands Residency Qolony (RO), Amarte Project Grant (NL), Mondriaan Fonds (NL), Finalist Science Breakthroughs: Art & Science Falling Walls (DE), Stimuleringsfonds (NL), Arctic Circle Residency (NO), PIER-2 (TW), STARTS4Water Residency, and others.

Mark has also taught and delivered talks and workshops at prominent venues such as Guggenheim Bilbao (ES), St Joost Den Bosch (NL), WDKA Rotterdam (NL), HKU (NL), Reassemble Lab / FIBER Festival (NL), Mapping Possibilities (EG), Vilnius Academy of Arts (LT), and ArtEZ (NL).

Curriculum Vitae can be found here.

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