Andrew Wharton

Email:

awharton@ucsd.edu

Website:

https://www.andrewwharton.net/

Pronouns:

he/him

Biography:

Andrew Wharton is a San Diego-based artist exploring the membrane between the organic and synthetic. Working across machine learning, physical computing, alchemy, digital fabrication and simulation, he produces sculptures, environments, and systems where natural and intelligence-directed systems meet, intertwine, and meld in an effort to rupture the natural-unnatural binary. His work speculates on machinic consciousness and post-human futures in the wake of environmental breakdown.

Andrew received his Bachelor’s degree in Spatial Studies from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently pursuing his MFA at the University of California, San Diego.