Vera Molnar

A pioneering figure in computer and algorithmic art, Hungarian-born French artist Vera Molnar worked for more than six decades at the intersection of art and technology. As a co-founder of the GRAV group, she explored geometric abstraction through mechanical and kinetic art and became closely associated with the Art et Informatique movement. In defending her use of geometric forms, Molnar explained that her aim was to create surprise through monotony and symmetry.
An advocate of unconventional media, she often left the perforated edges of computer printouts intact, referring to these works as "jobs." Her 1974 work Hypertransformation of 20 Concentric Squares, produced on plotter paper, exemplifies this distinctive approach.
Before embracing computer-generated art, Molnar created non-representational works influenced by Russian Constructivism and the abstract art of Piet Mondrian and Paul Klee, working across collage, painting, and photography. She began using computers in the late 1960s, developing a unique artistic language that combined mathematical precision with creative experimentation.
Molnar regarded computer art as a means of expressing ideas that exceeded human limitations, such as constraints of time and visual precision. For her, the computer served as a tool for transforming these ideas into tangible works of art. (Artist website)