Nye Thompson

Known for Directing

Based in the UK and operating between London and mid-Wales. Nye Thompson is an artist turned software designer turned artist. She is known for her experimental software architectures exploring network-embedded power dynamics and mechanical visions of the world. Following a Fine Art degree at YBA-era Goldsmiths, Thompson took a sideways step to immerse herself in the newly-created World Wide Web. She spent the next two decades designing software, focused on the human-machine interface and big data analytics. In 2012 she returned to art college to do an MA, subsequently quitting her corporate software career to become an artist.Thompson has exhibited around the UK, Europe and the Far East, including Tate Modern, The Barbican, The Louvre, The V&A, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica and The Lowry. Her work has been featured on BBC, C4, CNN Hong Kong, the Guardian and Wired, and she was guest presenter on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Art of Now: Surveillance’.Her work was recently acquired for the V&A Museum’s permanent collection.