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Rafaël Rozendaal: links

A source ledger for the artist who made the browser an abstract pictorial space, developed a contract that kept privately owned websites public, and carried the same systems into textiles, installations, and on-chain generative editions.

54 sources · last updated 10 September 2026

Works and the artist's own sites

Rozendaal's current official site presents browser works, exhibitions, physical works, writings, and recent projects.

newrafael.work artist site

The artist's long-running portfolio preserves his website works, texts, biography, exhibitions, and project archives.

newrafael.com artist archive

The Art Website Sales Contract formalises private ownership while requiring an acquired website to remain publicly accessible.

Art Website Sales Contract artist contract · 2014 · PDF

into time .com is the 2010 browser work in which visitor clicks divide a field of changing gradients.

into time .com browser work · 2010

much better than this .com is the animated browser work later presented across Times Square's electronic billboards.

much better than this .com browser work

The BYOB archive documents the open exhibition format Rozendaal initiated around participants bringing their own projectors.

BYOB Worldwide artist initiative

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks' artist profile records Rozendaal's biography, recognition, and seven projects in the foundational set.

Rafaël Rozendaal on Art Blocks artist profile

Endless Nameless is a 1,000-work Curated study of subdivision, colour pairing, and composition released in July 2021.

Endless Nameless collection · 2021

Dive is a 333-work Playground project released in November 2021.

Dive collection · 2021

Non Either is a 100-work Playground project released in February 2022.

Non Either collection · 2022

Corners is a 64-work Playground project released in April 2022.

Corners collection · 2022

Polychrome Music, made with Danny Wolfers, joins 400 generative visual systems to infinite three-channel compositions.

Polychrome Music collection · 2022

Intersections is a 300-work Playground project released in October 2022.

Intersections collection · 2022

Twist is a 250-work Presents project released in January 2024.

Twist collection · 2024

Jeff Davis interviews Rozendaal on website works, domain ownership, NFTs, composition, and the making of Endless Nameless.

In Conversation on Endless Nameless interview · 2021

Jeff Davis speaks with Rozendaal and Danny Wolfers about abstraction, early computer sound, and the visual-musical system of Polychrome Music.

In Conversation on Polychrome Music interview · 2022

Museums and institutions

The Whitney documents Almost There, a 2015-17 sunrise and sunset commission that temporarily eclipsed the museum's website.

Rafaël Rozendaal: Almost There museum commission · 2015

The Whitney collection record documents the acquisition and display of the tapestry Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google).

Abstract Browsing 17 03 05 (Google) museum collection · 2017

MoMA's announcement describes Light, a 135 KB installation of real-time browser works presented on the museum's Digital Wall.

Light: Rafaël Rozendaal museum exhibition · 2024 · PDF

Centre Pompidou's collection record documents Horizon 31 as a 2021 on-chain SVG acquired in 2023.

Horizon 31 museum collection · 2021

Museum Folkwang's exhibition page presents Color, Code, Communication and its 1,000-square-metre installation of 81 Horizons.

Color, Code, Communication museum exhibition · 2023

Museum Folkwang's English release details the first monographic NFT exhibition by Rozendaal in a European museum.

Museum Folkwang exhibition release museum press release · 2023

The exhibition microsite explains the 29 KB visual and musical generator behind Polychrome Music.

Polychrome Music at Museum Folkwang museum interpretation · 2023

Towada Art Center's GENEROSITY presented websites, tapestries, haiku, and installations in Rozendaal's first public-institution solo show.

GENEROSITY museum exhibition · 2018

EYE Filmmuseum's artist-talk page surveys Rozendaal's evolution from web-only practice to textiles, installations, writing, and lectures.

Rafaël Rozendaal artist talk museum event

The European Patent Office collection explains how the Abstract Browsing plug-in translates web pages into geometric tapestries.

Rafaël Rozendaal at the EPO institutional collection

Rhizome's Net Art Anthology reconstructs into time .com, its Flash-to-JavaScript migration, and its place in browser-art history.

into time .com: Net Art Anthology institutional archive · 2017

The New Museum's release records the 164 ETH gift generated through the Endless Nameless sale for Rhizome.

Rhizome receives the Endless Nameless gift institutional release · 2021 · PDF

Galleries and exhibitions

Fellowship marks the opening of Books at Upstream Gallery and connects its blank pages to creative possibility and focused attention.

Now on view: Books Fellowship · exhibition post · 10 September 2026

Upstream Gallery presents Books, a new series of diptych paintings that uses a vertical division to turn paired monochrome colour fields into open pages.

Books solo exhibition · 2026

e-flux's announcement frames Color, Code, Communication across browser works, NFTs, immersive installation, and public space.

Color, Code, Communication exhibition announcement · 2023

Insomnia at Bonniers Konsthall presented fifteen Rozendaal websites as works that remain active and accessible around the clock.

Insomnia exhibition · 2016

Upstream Gallery documents Anti Social at Postmasters and the connection between Abstract Browsing, weaving, and computing.

Anti Social gallery exhibition · 2017

Upstream records the sold-out release of Polychrome Music, its three-channel music engine, and Rhizome beneficiary structure.

Polychrome Music release gallery news · 2022

Upstream places Rozendaal's work in the Whitney exhibition Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art.

Programmed at the Whitney exhibition record · 2018

Upstream documents Rozendaal's commissioned tapestries in Colour & Abstraction at TextielMuseum Tilburg.

Colour & Abstraction museum exhibition · 2017

The Armory Show presentation joined website works and lenticular paintings as digital and physical systems of changing colour.

Rafaël Rozendaal at The Armory Show art-fair presentation · 2015

Upstream documents three Abstract Browsing tapestries in Between Pixel and Pigment at Kunsthalle Bielefeld.

Between Pixel and Pigment exhibition · 2024

The Postmasters biography lists Rozendaal's solo exhibitions, museum presentations, collections, commissions, and publications.

Rafaël Rozendaal biography gallery archive · PDF

Interviews

Fellowship interviews Rozendaal about the changing meaning of digital art, his browser-based practice, and the relationship between code, painting, and institutional display.

Rafaël Rozendaal interview video interview · 2026

Phillips visits Rozendaal's studio to discuss the formal possibilities of web composition and the auction of ifnoyes.com.

PADDLES ON!: In the Studio video interview · 2013

KABK's lecture page introduces Rozendaal's practice across browsers, ownership, visitors, exhibitions, and BYOB.

The internet as a canvas lecture · 2017

VICE's early artist talk presents Rozendaal on the internet as a museum, interactive websites, drawings, installations, and BYOB.

Art Talk: Rafaël Rozendaal interview · 2011

Press and criticism

Artnet reports how the 1,000-work Endless Nameless sale produced the largest individual gift in Rhizome's history.

Rozendaal gives Rhizome its largest gift news · 2021

FAD reports the smart-contract transfer of 164 ETH from Endless Nameless to Rhizome.

Rhizome receives historic donation news · 2021

VICE examines Rozendaal's Sleep Mode exhibition and his argument for screensavers as moving paintings.

The art of the screensaver profile · 2017

VICE documents the Stedelijk Museum edition of BYOB and the format's worldwide expansion.

BYOB at the Stedelijk news · 2016

Profiles and archives

Wikipedia surveys Rozendaal's biography, browser works, Art Website Sales Contract, BYOB, physical works, and NFTs.

Rafaël Rozendaal encyclopedia

The net-art.org archive situates Rozendaal's discrete domains and public-ownership stipulation within browser-art history.

Rafaël Rozendaal at net-art.org archive profile

Rhizome's archived VVORK record preserves an early critical presentation of itwillneverbethesame.com.

itwillneverbethesame.com at VVORK archive

MOTZKO documents eleven collected works by Rozendaal, including Endless Nameless, Corners, and Polychrome Music.

Rafaël Rozendaal at MOTZKO collection archive · ongoing

Video

Museum Folkwang's event archive documents BYOB as Rozendaal's open projector-based exhibition format.

Bring Your Own Beamer museum event · 2023

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