Carsten Bund - Artist CV

Bio

Carsten Bund is a German-born artist whose practice spans traditional painting, conceptual art, and generative digital works. Trained at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg under Professor Bernd Koberling in the early 1980s, Bund combines classical technique with contemporary software-driven methods.

His art explores themes of emotion, perception, and code-based structures, bridging painterly intuition with algorithmic process. Bund has exhibited internationally, including in Germany and the United States, and is known for pushing the boundaries of generative art through his experience as both a visual artist and a professional programmer.

Education

Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HFBK) Hamburg, Germany
Fine Arts studies with Professor Bernd Koberling, 1982

Artistic Practice

Mediums: Painting, drawing, generative art, digital installations

Concepts: Emotion as brushstrokes or data, computational aesthetics, layered symbolism

Approach: Painting and fusing software programming with traditional media, exploring code as an expressive language

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

• Carsten Bund
  Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin, Germany | 24 June - 10 July 1982

Group Exhibitions (selected)

• Sommer-Accrochage (Summer-Hanging)
  Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany | 4 - 28 July 1983
• Opening show 3, 3+3+1
  Studio-ODD, Germany | 10 - 20 June 1984
• Face On
  Galerie GH36, Germany | 10 - 30 January 2019
• Mortality
  ART BAR LA, USA | 15 March - 15 April 2020
• Startup Art Fair
  Startup Art Fair, USA | 14 - 16 February 2020
• Zimmer Frei
  Wönzimer, Los Angeles, USA | 3 March - 7 April 2023
• Expansion Joint
  Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, USA | 29 April - 21 May 2023
• Wonzimer Warp 6
  Wönzimer, Los Angeles, USA | 10 October - 11 November 2023
• Romantisizer
  Wönzimer, Los Angeles, USA | 28 March - 28 April 2024
• Gefühle sind auch Facten
  Koeppenhaus, Greifswald, Germany | 20 September - 30 October 2024

Professional Background

Programmer and Generative Artist
Extensive experience in software engineering and creative coding. Developer of generative art systems blending custom algorithms with visual art practice. Work explores the aesthetics of rules, randomness, and human-machine collaboration.