Biography

Born in a small town in the Pennsylvania Allegheny National Park/USA. Piano and drawing lessons as a child, became interested in light and set design. Study of Visual Arts at Pennsylvania State University. Via her interest in light and stage, drawing and painting she became acquainted with sculpture and works in bronze, wood and stone. Joyce Williams studied computer graphics and animation at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design and is now engaged in research and development of computer-generated animations. Her earlier computer graphics show a close connection to painting techniques; the newer works put light and shape into the foreground.

Titles of the entries submitted for Prix Ars Electronica '87:
1 "Pots 2", Columbus 1987
2 "Pots 3", Columbus 1987
3 "Pots 4", Columbus 1987
The works were realized on a VAX11/780 computer, a Marc II 32-bit frame buffer and custom-made software by the artist.