{"data":{"id":"8203","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":8203,"topgoose_id":6229,"tms_id":8203,"display_name":"Mark Napier","sort_name":"Napier Mark","display_date":"1961–","begin_date":"1961","end_date":"0","biography":"\u003cp class=\"large\"\u003eMark Napier, a painter turned digital artist, packed up his paints in 1995 and began to create artwork exclusively for the Web. He has produced a wide range of Internet projects, including \u003cem\u003eThe Shredder\u003c/em\u003e (1998), an alternative browser that dematerializes the Web; \u003cem\u003eDigital Landfill\u003c/em\u003e (1998), an endless archive of digital debris; and ¨Bots (2000), a tool for building unique pop-culture icons from parts. Napier is noted for his innovative use of the Web as an art medium and for his open-ended evolving projects.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"large\"\u003eHe has created commissioned projects for the Guggenheim Museum; the exhibition \u003cem\u003e010101\u003c/em\u003e (2001) at SFMOMA; and \u003ca href=\"/exhibitions/data-dynamics\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eData Dynamics\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(2001) at the Whitney Museum. His browser \u003cem\u003eRiot\u003c/em\u003e was included in the \u003ca href=\"/exhibitions/biennial-2002\"\u003e2002 Whitney Biennial\u003c/a\u003e. He has been shown at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and received an honorable mention by Ars Electronica ‘99, Linz, Austria.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":true,"artport":true,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500355836","wikidata_id":"Q3294193","created_at":"2023-11-17T18:10:30.269-05:00","updated_at":"2026-04-04T07:02:49.348-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/8203/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/8203/exhibitions"}}}}