Founders: Five Years Later

Techspressionism Roundtable #06
Recorded September 16, 2025

This roundtable reunites Techspressionism’s founding artists—Colin Goldberg, Patrick Lichty, Steve Miller, and Oz Van Rosen—alongside advisor Helen Harrison, moderated by Michael Pierre Price. It commemorates the first Techspressionist Salon of September 1, 2020, offering recollections of its origins and visions for the movement. In the five years since, NFTs, AI, and Zoom have reshaped creative practice, while Techspressionism has grown into a global community of 350+ artists and nearly 100 Salons. The discussion traces this trajectory and asks the central question: where do we go from here?

PANELISTS

COLIN GOLDBERG

Colin Goldberg is an American visual artist whose hybrid practice combines painting, digital media, and technology. He is associated with the development of the term Techspressionism, which he first used as the title of a solo exhibition in 2011. In September 2020, Goldberg initiated the first Techspressionist Salon meetup on Zoom, which set the goal of building an artist community around the term—one that now spans over 45 countries. A Pollock-Krasner Grant recipient, Goldberg’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, NPR, and PBS, and his Metagraphs series of augmented reality works will be presented in a solo exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in the summer of 2027.

PATRICK LICHTY

Patrick Lichty is a multifaceted media artist, writer, curator, designer, and educator whose career spans more than three decades. His work engages with augmented and virtual reality, generative and telecommunications art, and machine drawing, critically examining how media and technology shape human perception. A CalArts/Herb Alpert Fellow and Whitney Biennial exhibitor, Lichty has established himself as a significant voice in exploring the cultural impact of emerging technologies.

STEVE MILLER

Steve Miller has worked at the intersection of art, science, and technology since 1980. His projects include collaborations with Nobel Laureate Rod MacKinnon on human protein research, work at Brookhaven National Lab, and lectures at CERN in Geneva. For over a decade, he developed Health of the Planet, a photographic project examining Brazil’s Amazon through x-rays of its flora and fauna, published in three monographs by G Editions. Miller’s work has been exhibited internationally in cities including Paris, Rio, Hong Kong, London, and New York, and most recently at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. He also designs custom surfboards, skate decks, and fashion, teaches at the School of Visual Arts, and is a co-founder of the art software platform ARTERNAL.

OZ VAN ROSEN

Oz Van Rosen is a Southampton-based artist and key figure in the Techspressionism movement, which merges technology with emotional expression. Her work spans digital and physical realms, blending photography, architecture, and abstract forms to explore structure, disruption, and beauty. A founding member of Techspressionism, she helped define the movement’s aesthetic and community. Van Rosen also designed her residence, the Moz Home, as a living artwork—combining historic architecture with modern materials etched in her signature line-based patterns. Her work reflects a deep interest in the intersection of art, nature, memory, and innovation.

PROJECT ADVISOR: HELEN A. HARRISON

Helen A. Harrison is an art historian, journalist, author, and the retired director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in East Hampton, New York. She is currently President of the Arts Center at Duck Creek, also in East Hampton. She has been an advisor to the Techspressionism project since 2020.

MODERATOR

MICHAEL PIERRE PRICE 

“My artwork could not exist without modern computers, advanced algorithms, and sophisticated printing technology. They are my vital partners in conveying my creativity. This particular work expresses my deep-felt personal understanding about the nature of the universe and reality. Its fractal-like quality is both precise and chaotic. A beauty felt in the moment, impossible to fully comprehend. All of this emerges from an irreducible core, No-Mind. It is zero and infinity, being and not being.

Our universe is much grander than we realize. We go about our lives within a narrow range of existence that often hinders our appreciation for the fractal-like tapestry of the vast reality beyond our senses. To truly understand our world, we need a profound shift away from the perspective of old notions. My artwork presents just such a shift; weaving elements of chaos theory, quantum mechanics, cosmology, neuroscience, dreams, and technology into a cohesive artistic and spiritual framework.”

HISTORY OF TECHSPRESSIONISM

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