BIO

Michael Tan (b. 1980)

Lives and works between Gadigal / Dharawal land (Sydney/South Coast NSW, Australia) and Berlin, Germany

Multidisciplinary designer and visual technologist specialising in procedural 3D, generative systems, and AI-assisted workflows. Experienced across motion design, immersive installations, and computational visuals for brands and art contexts.

EDUCATION

Swinburne University of Technology

Melbourne, Australia (2000–2003)

Bachelor of Design (Multimedia Design)

Focus on multimedia and the moving image.

SKILL SET
  • Procedural 3D
  • Motion Design & Animation
  • Generative Systems
  • AI-Assisted Workflows
  • Art Direction & Visual Development
  • TouchDesigner & Real-Time Systems
  • 3D Rendering
  • Creative Coding & Computational Visual Knowledge
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
  • 2024       Refraction Festival – Public Records, New York, USA
  • 2024       Vorspiel / CTM Festival – Untitled 10999, Berlin, Germany
  • 2024       Structures of Being – Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2022       Map × Territory – Arkaoda, Berlin, Germany
  • 2021       Das Giftraum – Das Gift, Berlin, Germany
  • 2020       101 Remote Sessions – Berlin + Moscow + Vladivostok
  • 2019       Pitch Festival and Arts – Ararat, Australia
  • 2019       Carrier A/V – re:publica Conference, Berlin, Germany
  • 2019       FIBER Festival – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2019       Grey Area Festival – San Francisco, USA
  • 2018       MUTEK at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal, Canada
  • 2018       Berliner Festspiele – Berlin, Germany
  • 2018       Berlin Atonal – Berlin, Germany
SELECTED CLIENTS & COLLABORATIONS
  • Koto
  • NaN
  • Monomango
  • Collider
  • Red Bull
  • YouTube
  • 032c Magazine
  • Warp Records
  • Philippe Parreno/ Esther Schipper Gallery Berlin
  • Entangled Others
  • Sofia Crespo
  • Eidotech GmbH
  • Dopplereffekt
  • Blanck Mass
  • Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
  • Berlin Atonal
  • Berliner Festspiele
  • re:publica
TEXTS & PUBLICATIONS