Tomáš Staudek

Tomáš
Staudek

Visual freethinker

★ Math & art teacher, 25 years in higher-ed
★ UX designer, 18 years of experience
★ Artist, 20 collective & 4 solo exhibitions

Work

2020–2022 | Author of Digital Literacy Strategy courses
@ Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | Organizing workshops on implementing open-source solutions and enforcing security and privacy in public administration.

2018–2020 | Educational content creator
@ Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | Creating and supervising online lectures on computer-aided creativity and transferable digital skills.

2007–2016 | UX & web designer
@ Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University | Designing e-learning applications, consulting university website development.

2013–2014 | Design lecturer
@ Caritas Czech Republic | Teaching graphic design, typesetting and digital photography at the Centre for socially disadvantaged people.

Academics

2008— | Math & art teacher
@ Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University | Software aesthetics researcher, supervisor of over 90 bachelor’s and 50 master’s theses, curator of 15 student exhibitions.

2003 | Ph.D. in Computer Science
@ Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University | Defended the dissertation “Exact Aesthetics: Object and Scene to Messsage” awarded with the Rector’s Prize.

2002 | Visiting researcher
@ Digital Media Group, University of Bristol | Doctoral fellowship aimed at designing algorithmic criteria for aesthetic evaluation.

1998–2006 | Researcher
@ Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University | Co-founder of the Graphic Design and Multimedia Studio, researcher of computational foundations of aesthetics and art.

Teaching

2014— | ARTGORITHMS
@ Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

2005— | Visual Creativity Informatics
@ Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology

2013–2014 | Graphic design, typesetting, photography
@ Caritas Czech Republic

2008–2010 | Internet and art
@ Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Talks

2021 | Happy Moments in Generative Art
@ Prototyp Festival, Brno | Invited talk on entropy and chance (with Helena Vymazalová).

2019 | Math is the New Latin
@ Ars Electronica, Linz | Out of the Box, series of creative lectures at the Campus Exhibition.

2018 | Math => Art: Mathematical Constructivism in Visual Arts
@ Brno House of Arts | Computer Graphics Re-visited 2.0, invited talk (with Barbara Büscher, Oliver Grau and Frieder Nake).

2014 | The Rhythm of Gestures in Mathematical Images
@ Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University | Invited talk at the 4th International Conference on Performance, Performativity and Media.

Membership

2017— | JOINME: Journal of Interactive Media
Editorial board member of the peer-reviewed journal on digital media culture theory & praxis (with Dušan Barok, Barbara Büscher, Martin Flašar, Jozef Kelemen, and Denisa Kera).

2007— | Napříč.cz
Co-founder and endowment board member of the cultural non-profit organization (with Josef Prokeš, Robert Král and Zdeněk Filipec).

2006— | International Association of Art
Member of the professional art union, partner of UNESCO with the status of consultative association.

Exhibitions

2024 | Navigating Through eXistenZ
@ Ars Electronica, Linz | Guarantor of exhibitions exploring the POV experience of existence mediated by our bodies and senses, as well as their technological simulations and prostheses.

2023 | RE:GALERIE
@ CO.LABS Hub, Brno | Project coordinator of a virtual gallery exhibiting works in a computer game inspired by the history of media art.

2021 | Encoded Aesthetics
@ Prototyp Festival, Brno | Curator of a collective exhibition of interactive media students.

2019 | Hands-on Media Art Theory
@ Ars Electronica, Linz | Presenting students’ art & research projects situated on the borderline between media art theory, practice, and curatorship.

2018 | New Histories for New Media Art
@ Brno House of Arts | Co-organizer of exhibition and computer art workshops explaining the principles of programming creative applications.

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Tomáš Staudek

   tom.staudek★gmail.com
   +420 604 242 501
    Brno, Czech Republic

I am an educator and a designer with computer science roots and a passion for exploring math and aesthetics connections. I teach computer art, run workshops on digital creativity, make generative art and curate cultural events.

Highlights

Ars Electronica 2024
Navigating through eXistenZ

CO:LABS 2023
RE:GALERIE: Virtual art gallery

Ars Electronica 2019
Hands-on Media Art Theory

Artgorithms
Numbers, geometry and code in art

Art·go·rithm·ic
Generative art scrapbook