Biography & Practice

Artist Statement

I build living public artworks where machine perception, environmental data, and human presence shape one another. The works behave less like fixed images than like responsive atmospheres: systems completed by site, body, data, and time.

My practice gives form to conditions that are difficult to see directly: ecological rhythm, atmospheric change, collective movement, machine interpretation, and the emotional charge of shared presence. I use computation as a living material, not to illustrate technology, but to make public environments feel unstable, perceptive, and alive.

Biography

Ronen Tanchum builds living protocols for public environments: computational artworks in which bodies, buildings, data, and synthetic nature keep rewriting the image in real time.

He develops large-scale works through Phenomena Labs, his artist-led studio for production, installation, documentation, and long-term stewardship in public and institutional settings.

His projects have been presented at the World Economic Forum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Samsung Space Germany, Times Square NYC, Art Blocks, Feral File, Design Museum Holon, Galerie Met Berlin, and other international cultural and public contexts. He is a World Economic Forum Cultural Leader and a member of the OpenAI Alpha Artist Program.

Previous Practice

Before concentrating fully on his current art practice, Tanchum worked in visual effects and interactive media. That background sharpened his understanding of image systems, simulation, and large-scale visual production, and still informs the technical language of the work, though the practice is rooted in contemporary art, public installation, and living computational form.

Awards / Nominations

• Grammy Award nomination, Best Music Video, 67th Grammy Awards (2025)
• Academy Award nomination, Best Visual Effects, The Walk (2016)
• Visual Effects Society Technical Award, The Walk (2016)
• D&AD Awards, Best Branded Content, The Future Of Music (2016)