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Our 2023 jury

 

 

Annie Cattrell was born in Glasgow and studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art, University of Ulster and Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. Her practice is often informed by working with specialists in neuroscience, meteorology, engineering, psychiatry and the history of science. This cross-disciplinary approach has enabled her to learn about cutting edge research and in depth information in these fields. She is particularly interested in the parallels and connections that can be drawn within these approaches in both art and science. Cattrell has been a tutor at the Royal College of Art since 2000 and has lectured in many art colleges in the UK including: Edinburgh School of Art, University of the Arts, University of Gloucester, University of Ulster and University, Alfred University and the University of Southern Australia.

Annie Cattrel

Annie Cattrell was born in Glasgow and studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art, University of Ulster and Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art. Her practice is often informed by working with specialists in neuroscience, meteorology, engineering, psychiatry and the history of science. This cross-disciplinary approach has enabled her to learn about cutting edge research and in depth information in these fields. She is particularly interested in the parallels and connections that can be drawn within these approaches in both art and science. Cattrell has been a tutor at the Royal College of Art since 2000 and has lectured in many art colleges in the UK including: Edinburgh School of Art, University of the Arts, University of Gloucester, University of Ulster and University, Alfred University and the University of Southern Australia.
Manos Tsakiris is Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and Director of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings. His research team investigates the neurocognitive processes of embodiment, selfhood and social cognition and their role in political emotions. He has also led or participated in several interdisciplinary projects, such as the ‘Body & Image in Arts & Science’ at the Warburg Institute, and the ARTIS project funded by the EU. He has collaborated with several artists and lectured at art schools in the UK and Switzerland.

Manos Tsakiris

Manos Tsakiris is Professor of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London and Director of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings. His research team investigates the neurocognitive processes of embodiment, selfhood and social cognition and their role in political emotions. He has also led or participated in several interdisciplinary projects, such as the ‘Body & Image in Arts & Science’ at the Warburg Institute, and the ARTIS project funded by the EU. He has collaborated with several artists and lectured at art schools in the UK and Switzerland.
Dr. Matthew Pelowski is Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neuroaesthetics at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna. He and his lab conduct empirical research on a number of aspects of people’s appreciation of visual art, with specific interest on profound, emotional, or even transformative experiences in the museum, and also, recently, the relationship between changes in people’s brains as a result of neurodegenerative diseases and changes in their produced art.

Dr. Matthew Pelowski

Dr. Matthew Pelowski is Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Neuroaesthetics at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna. He and his lab conduct empirical research on a number of aspects of people’s appreciation of visual art, with specific interest on profound, emotional, or even transformative experiences in the museum, and also, recently, the relationship between changes in people’s brains as a result of neurodegenerative diseases and changes in their produced art.

Our 2022 jury

Dr. Flora Lysen is an interdisciplinary researcher and scholar in the field of cultural analysis of science and media. She focuses on the history of the mind and brain sciences and the way neuroscientific facts are produced and circulated. She has initiated several cultural programs focused on exchanges between artists and scientists.

Flora Lysen

Dr. Flora Lysen is an interdisciplinary researcher and scholar in the field of cultural analysis of science and media. She focuses on the history of the mind and brain sciences and the way neuroscientific facts are produced and circulated. She has initiated several cultural programs focused on exchanges between artists and scientists.
Dr. Bevil Conway is a neuroscientist and an active artist. He runs his own lab researching vision and color. His artwork explores a range of topics and themes including the limits of visualization, and concepts of beauty and the sublime.

Bevil Conway

Dr. Bevil Conway is a neuroscientist and an active artist. He runs his own lab researching vision and color. His artwork explores a range of topics and themes including the limits of visualization, and concepts of beauty and the sublime.
Dr. Sabine Niederer is professor of Visual Methodologies at the faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Her research interests involve new media and digital culture as well as art history. She has been a curator and tutor of new media arts in various contexts and institutions.

Sabine Niederer

Dr. Sabine Niederer is professor of Visual Methodologies at the faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Her research interests involve new media and digital culture as well as art history. She has been a curator and tutor of new media arts in various contexts and institutions.

Our 2021 jury

Dr Paula Albuquerque is a scholar and an artist who teaches at the University of Amsterdam and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. She published articles in Necsus Journal, and in the forthcoming book Experimental Glitch, Bloomsbury. She showed films and other art work at, among others, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Paula Albuquerque

Dr Paula Albuquerque is a scholar and an artist who teaches at the University of Amsterdam and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. She published articles in Necsus Journal, and in the forthcoming book Experimental Glitch, Bloomsbury. She showed films and other art work at, among others, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Semir Zeki FMedSci FRS is a British neurobiologist who has specialised in studying the primate visual brain and more recently the neural correlates of affective states, such as the experience of love, desire and beauty that are generated by sensory inputs within the field of neuroesthetics. He was educated at University College London (UCL) where he was Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society before being appointed Professor of Neurobiology. Since 2008 he has been Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL.

Semir Zeki

Semir Zeki FMedSci FRS is a British neurobiologist who has specialised in studying the primate visual brain and more recently the neural correlates of affective states, such as the experience of love, desire and beauty that are generated by sensory inputs within the field of neuroesthetics. He was educated at University College London (UCL) where he was Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society before being appointed Professor of Neurobiology. Since 2008 he has been Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL.
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga holds a Research Chair and is the director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at the University of Leicester, UK. He graduated in Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Luebeck, Germany. He is the author of 3 books, including "Borges and Memory", linking the thoughts of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges with memory research in Neuroscience.

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga holds a Research Chair and is the director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience at the University of Leicester, UK. He graduated in Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and obtained his PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Luebeck, Germany. He is the author of 3 books, including “Borges and Memory”, linking the thoughts of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges with memory research in Neuroscience.

Our 2020 jury

José Miguel Biscaya is a mixed-media artist, who lives and works in Amsterdam. He was educated in Fine Arts at the Sandberg Institute. In his work, he researches the relationship between landscapes and the human mind. Biscaya is co-founder of the Mobile Institute in Brussels.

José Miguel Biscaya

José Miguel Biscaya is a mixed-media artist, who lives and works in Amsterdam. He was educated in Fine Arts at the Sandberg Institute. In his work, he researches the relationship between landscapes and the human mind. Biscaya is co-founder of the Mobile Institute in Brussels.
Liz Tormes is a singer, songwriter, photographer and photo editor at Scientific American based in New York.

Liz Tormes

Liz Tormes is a singer, songwriter, photographer and photo editor at Scientific American based in New York.
Bevil Conway is a neuroscientist and artist, and an expert in color. Conway specialises in visual perception in his scientific work, and he often explores the limitations of the visual system in his artwork.

Bevil Conway

Bevil Conway is a neuroscientist and artist, and an expert in color. Conway specialises in visual perception in his scientific work, and he often explores the limitations of the visual system in his artwork.