Prof. Joachim Sauter
After completing his MA at the academy of fine arts in Berlin he studied at the 'German Academy for Film and Television', Berlin. .
Joachim Sauter has been using computers both as a tool and as a medium from the early stages of his work. Fueled by this interest, he founded ART+COM in 1988 together with other artist, designers, scientists and technicians. Their goal was to practically research this new upcoming medium in the realm of art and design.
In the course of his work he was invited to participate on many exhibitions. Beside others he showed his work at 'Ars Electronica' Linz, 'Centre Pompidou' Paris, 'Stejdilik Museum' Amsterdam, 'Museum for Contemporary Art' Sidney, 'Deichtorhallen Hamburg' , 'Venice Biennial', 'ICC' Tokyo, 'Getty Center' Los Angeles, 'ZKM' Karlsruhe.
He received several awards like the 'Ars Electronica Interactive Award', the 'Los Angeles Interactive Media Award', the 'Prix Pixel INA', the 'British Academy for Film and Television Interactive Award', the 'German Design Award' and the 'Swiss Design Award'.
Since 1991 he is full professor for "New Media Art and Design" at the 'University of the Arts' Berlin and since 2001 adjunct professor at UCLA, Los Angeles.
