Roman Verostko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Roman Verostko

American artist, humanist.

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1929

Place of Birth: Tarrs, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: contemporary artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Roman Verostko (born September 12, 1929) is an American artist and educator who creates code-generated imagery, known as algorithmic art.
Verostko developed his own software for generating original art based on form ideas he had developed as an artist in the 1960s.
His software controls the drawing arm of a machine known as a pen plotter that was designed primarily for engineering and architectural drawing.
In coding his software Verostko conceives of the machine's drawing arm as an extension or prosthesis for his own drawing arm.
The plotter normally draws with ink pens but Verostko adapted oriental brushes to fit the drawing arm and wrote interactive routines for achieving brush strokes with his plotters.
In 1995, he co-founded the Algorists with Jean-Pierre Hébert.