James Schmitz

James Schmitz (b. 1975) explores the expressive intersections of art, data, and science, driven by a vision to create novel tools for artistic expression and utilize them in his art practice. Since 2022, he and Marina Zurkow have collaborated on generative software projects, most recently at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has been a Research Resident at ITP/New York University and was a quantitative researcher in the finance industry for over a decade. He is the author of the Python Processing framework py5. He resides in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York.