Grit Wolany

AI Artist
Art Direction, Artist Representation
Zurich

Grit Wolany is a visual artist exploring the field of Generative AI based on curiosity, serendipity and playfulness. 

​It’s all about experiments, exploration and observation. Grit sees something where others don’t. She develops her own techniques, processes and feedback loops in collaboration with the algorithms and thus finds unexpected subjects, details, tranquility and beauty in the data. Everything in her life is source material. Words and images are her brush and paint. 

Grit started her creative career as an art director and designer. In 2020, her curiosity led her to join the pioneering class of the newly formed Digital Ethics study program. After completing the course with a thesis on Digital Humanism, she decided to pursue a Master's degree at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), focusing on the topic of Artificial Intelligence. What started as socio-economic trend and design research in the field of the creative industries developed over time more and more into an explorative artistic engagement with generative algorithms and digital new media. Grit lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.

Publications:
Luerzers Archive, Page Magazine, Tagesanzeiger, Watson, Swissfuture Magazin, Zett Magazine

Awards:
Silver & 2x Bronze & Shortlist ADC Switzerland, Winner German Brand Award, Shortlist GoSee Awards 2023

Exhibitions:
Selection, AI Art Gallery at the CVPR Conference 2024, Seattle (Upcoming)
Selection, Werkschau Photo Schweiz 2024 (Group)
”Make.Future.Happen.” @Unicef/Swiss Economic Forum 2023 (Group);
"In Flux" @Welcoming Sentient AI, Kraftwerk Zurich (Group);
2023 (Group) Diploma Exhibition ZHdK, Zurich 2022 (Group)
 

Languages: German