Widely considered a pioneer of computer art, Hungarian artist and designer Vera Molnar is known for her constructivist-inspired digital and hand-drawn works. After moving to Paris in 1947, Molnar began to experiment with various pictorial motifs, invented algorithms and compositional rules. In 1960 Molnar became one of the founding members of the Research Group for Visual Art (“Groupe de Recherche d’art Visuel” or GRAV), working alongside artists like Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. Exploring the minimal, non-objective patterns and compositions that eventually lead to the Op Art movement, Molnar furthered this after 1968 through the use of computer generated imagery. Gaining access to a computer at an early research lab in Paris, Molnar began to use the machine as both a means to form lines and more complex variable patterns. Her unique visual language has expanded over the length of her forty-year career, and she continues to push the boundaries of both analog and digital image creation.  

Notable exhibitions include Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, Fondation Salomon, Alex, France, Museum of Modern Art New York, Grand Palais, Paris, France, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, and Musée des Beaux Arts, Rennes, France. In 2005, she was the recipient of the first D.velop Digital Art Award presented by the Digital Art Museum, Berlin, Germany. In 2007, Molnar was appointed Chevalier of Arts and Letters, Paris, France, and in 2011, she received the Republic of Hungary’s Order of Merit.