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Jane Veeder is an artist-programmer, filmmaker, and professor at San Francisco State University in the Department of Design and Industry. Veeder is best known for her pioneering work in computer graphics, however she has also worked extensively with traditional art forms such as painting, ceramics, and theatre.

Veeder moved away from traditional art making and began her work in the digital arts in 1976. Her video 'Montana' lead her to become the first computer graphic artist to have their work featured in the video collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her video work typically involves working with a computer to create the images, rather than a video recorder, to achieve a more direct relationship between the artist and the piece. Many pieces are meant to involve participation between the viewer and the work itself. Veeder's work marks some of the significant steps that took digital technology into the fine arts, which had never been done previously.

Early Life & Education
From 1962-1964, Veeder attended Antioch College for Art Foundation and theatrical production. Later, from 1966-1967 she attended The Maryland Institute, College of Art for Arts Foundation. From 1967-1969 Veeder studied ceramic sculptures and photography at California College of Arts & Crafts, graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts (BFA). In the early 1970's Veeder moved from California to the neighborhood of Pilsen in Chicago, Illinois. From 1975-1977, Veeder pursued her Master of Fine Arts Degree (MFA) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she studied video and filmmaking.

It was there, in 1976, she first met Phil Morton, the founder of the Video Department at SAIC. Soon after meeting, their individual art practices became heavily influenced by one another. Their collaboration resulted in them creating a number of programs from scratch.

Each of these works was exhibited at the SIGGRAPH Art Show and were created using the Datamax UV-1 Zgrass Graphics Computer

In April 1996, Veeder participated in a symposium in presented by the Museum of Modern Art titled "TECHNOLOGY IN THE 1990's: THE HUMAN/MACHINE INTERFACE". In this symposium, Veeder along with several other artists in the field of digital art discussed their work and how it related to the merging of art and technology.

SIGGRAPH 1982
 Bubblespiral - 

Created in 1981, 'Bubblespiral' was a 2-Dimensional printed piece which measured 21.5 x 28 inches in size.

 Montana - 

'Montana' is a computer generated video piece with a duration of 3:05 minutes, which was created in 1982.

 Warpitout - 

'Warpitout' is an interactive computer graphics installation piece created in 1982. The work was an interactive installation piece in which the player could interact and distort a photograph of their face in real time.

 Bustergrid - 

'Bustergrid' is a 2-Dimensional printed artwork measuring 21.5 x 28 inches, created in 1982.

SIGGRAPH 1983
 Floater - 

Created in 1983, Floater is a 6:12 minute long real-time computer generated video piece created using a Datamax UV-1 computer and the Zgrass Graphics Language.

SIGGRAPH 1985
 Vizgame - 

'Vizgame' is a computer generated interactive artwork created in 1985 andexhibited at SIGGRAPH Art Show 1985. The piece allowed the player to build a real-time generated animation on a 16-square grid, allowing the player to control the animation of each block.

Veeder first exhibited her digitally synthesized work at the 1982 SIGGRAPH Art Show and later exhibited work at both the 1983 SIGGRAPH Art Show as well as the 1985 SIGGRAPH Art Show. At the 1982 Exhibition, Veeder exhibited her works, "Bubblespiral", "Montana", "Warpitpout", and "Bustergrid".

"Bubblespiral" is a 2-Dimensional printed piece measuring 21.5 x 28 inches in size. "Montana" is an interactive piece incorporating computer synthesized graphics. The piece was displayed as a video and has a duration of 3:05 minutes. "Warpitout" is an interactive piece that incorporates realtime morphing of an image of the players face. The player could use the controls on the unit to distort the image of themselves in realtime. "Bustergrid" is another 2-Dimensional printed artwork created using computer graphics measuring 21.5 x 28 inches in size, the same dimensions as "Bubblespiral" At the 1983 SIGGRAPH Art Show Veeder only showed one work, titled "Floater", the work is a 6:12 minuter long real-time computer generated video piece. Again at the 1985 SIGGRAPH Art Show Veeder only exhibited one work. The work exhibited that year was titled "Vizgame" and was a computer generated interactive artwork. The piece allowed the player to build a real-time generated animation on a 16-square grid, allowing the player to control the animation of each block.

Each of the works that Veeder Exhibited at the SIGGRAPH Art Show were created using the Datamax UV-1 Zgrass Graphics Computer.