Brendan Dawes

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Brendan Dawes is a visionary artist whose work fuses technology and human emotion, blending the natural and artificial in unexpected ways. His latest piece, Collisions #9, will be featured at the Sotheby’s auction for the Lumen Prize Anniversary. This unpublished work is part of Dawes’ Collisions series, a body of art that explores the intersection of disparate elements—both organic and man-made.

Dawes' artistic process has always been rooted in combining seemingly unrelated pieces to create something new, a practice he began by mixing breakbeats from obscure vinyl records. Today, he applies the same mentality to digital art, using algorithms, networks, and systems from both the natural world and human innovation. In Collisions #9, Dawes explores forms inspired by microscopic life, mycorrhizal networks, satellites, and consumer electronics, creating a visual symphony of elements that reflect our ever-evolving relationship with technology.

The Collisions series is also Dawes' response to the increasing polarization in society, especially in the context of AI and its growing presence in the arts. He encourages viewers to broaden their perspectives, embrace new tools, and rethink what it means to create in the digital age. Through his work, Dawes invites us to question and reimagine the world around us; it is a key point to Dawes' ongoing fascination with the beauty found in the collision of the familiar and the unknown, offering a glimpse into the future of art in the age of artificial intelligence.