AB[500] · Artist bibliography

johan: links

A compact bibliography situating johan’s generative imagery within his technical, musical, and exhibition practice.

11 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

An official token record identifies Steps by johan and publishes its generative traits.

Art Blocks ↗ collection · 2022

Art Blocks documents l.o, an audiovisual Night Sea collection released in 2023.

Art Blocks l.o ↗ collection · 2023

Galleries and exhibitions

Shotgun Players presented a Steps print in a 2025 lobby exhibition and published an artist biography and series statement.

Shotgun Players ↗ exhibition · 2025

Essays, talks and podcasts

Resident Advisor’s Night Sea biography outlines Ismael’s role in the duo and its ambient, generative audiovisual practice.

Resident Advisor ↗ biography · 2023

The Sonatina project record documents a plotter-based sound installation presented at the 2023 Art Blocks Marfa gathering.

Sonatina ↗ project essay · 2023

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates johan's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster ↗ profile · ongoing

The artist’s résumé records his education, professional history, teaching, and technical competencies.

résumé ↗ profile · ongoing

David Grunzweig’s portfolio archives audiovisual collaborations with Johan Ismael through Night Sea Studio.

collaborator archive ↗ profile · 2024

Technical projects

Code Sketches Series #1 documents an early custom GLSL and Cinder environment for live generative graphics.

Code Sketches ↗ project · 2018

AR Doodle records Ismael’s shader and creative-coding work on an augmented-reality drawing tool.

AR Doodle ↗ project · 2018

Horizon Worlds Skydome details a procedural shader system designed for constrained virtual-reality hardware.

Skydome ↗ project · 2022