Laurie Frick
American data artist
Laurie Frick is an American artist known for handmade pattern-based works that explore personal data, surveillance and algorithmic identity.
Early life and education
Laurie Frick began her career in technology, most notably heading up the emerging markets group in consumer products at Compaq in 1996, before switching her focus to visual arts. After spending twenty years in the technology sector, Frick switched career paths. In 2007, Frick presented her MFA thesis exhibition at the New York Studio School and received her degree.
Career
According to NPR's Laura Sydell, Frick's use of sleep tracking devices inspired her to consider data as a possible medium. She used watercolor drawings to help her see patterns in the data. This began a decade-long exploration where Frick has used data about wellness, exercise, and personality and turned it into colorful artworks using watercolors, leather, and glass.
Style
Laurie Frick creates geometric styled sculptures, paintings and installations. The work frequently employs grids as an underlying organizational structure and according to Wired Magazine, achieves through paint, "a warmth not possible to achieve with technology alone." NPR's Laura Sydell describes the work as looking "a bit like a spreadsheet composed by Mondrian." Barbara Purcell similarly mentioned the artist Piet Mondrian as an antecedent in Sight Lines
Themes
Self tracking data becomes medium in the hands of Frick. The artist has said she wants to "understand how it feels to see yourself through your own data", and that her paintings are "data portraits" that give form to the invisible rhythms of our lives.
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