Steve Meyfroidt is a visual artist whose practice is grounded in drawing, computation, and research-led experimentation. Working at the intersection of art, technology, and science, he develops systems that translate acoustic, computational, and physical processes into visual form.
Drawing is central to his work, not as a fixed outcome but as an active process. Using custom software, generative systems, and mixed media, Meyfroidt treats drawing as something shaped by rules, inputs, and constraints over time. Computation is approached as both a material and conceptual medium, with its structure and behavior made visible through the work.
His projects often draw on methods associated with scientific and technical research, including iteration, observation, and system design. Rather than working toward predetermined results, the work emerges through process, foregrounding variability, indeterminacy, and the balance between control and chance.
In recent years, his practice has increasingly involved trans-disciplinary collaboration, particularly with musicians and performers. In these contexts, sound, gesture, and live performance data become active elements within visual systems. This has extended his interest in drawing toward time-based and responsive forms that unfold through interaction and improvisation.
Across exhibitions, collaborative projects, and performances, Meyfroidt’s work reflects an ongoing interest in how artistic practice can move between disciplines while remaining materially grounded and visually focused.
Exhibitions
- 2025
- Shortlisted, art-science competition, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University College London, Summer 2025
- 2024
- Ciao Venezia, INTRO gallery, Carlisle, UK, December 2024
- Scotland Road to Venice, 24 Art Gallery, Leith, Edinburgh, June 2024
- Venice Biennale, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, April-November 2024
- A Press of Printmakers, Gallery 4a, Penrith, Cumbria, UK, April 2024
- 2023
- Proseed Gallery: Exhibit A, Group exhibition, Laidlaw Auction House, Carlisle, UK, October 2023
- Explorations in Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media and Technology, July 2023. Online group exhibition on the ArtSteps platform.
- Material Process Group exhibition, Kendal Museum, Kendal, UK June 2023
- The Old and the New at Gallery 4A, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
- 2022
- Hadrian’s Wall 1900 print exhibition, Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria, UK
- Hadrian’s Wall 1900 print exhibition, Northern Print, Newcastle, UK
- Fruitful, Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria, UK
- 2021
- ReFORM, North Cumbria Crit Group show, Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria, UK
Collaborations, Talks, Events
- 2025
- Talk: Drawing, Music and Collaboration, delivered to the Open College of the Arts Europe Group, online
- Cork School of Music, Performance Fingerprints, with Ioana Petcu-Colan, Ross Lyness, Alex Petcu, Lina Andonovska, Amy Prendergast, transdisciplinary research weekend
- Featured in Summer 2025 EDGE Zine, Open College of the Arts
- Digital Arts Studios, Belfast, Performance Fingerprints, with Ioana Petcu-Colan, Ross Lyness
- 2023
- Generative art collaboration with the Shonai Jazz Trio, Kolkata, India. Exhibition and album cover
- 2022
- Generative art collaboration, the Gestural app for MacOS, with students from the Open College of the Arts, Europe
- 2021
- Talk: What is Digital Art?, Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria, UK
- Evolution collaboration with Kym Walker, poet, for exhibition at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, Cumbria, UK
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