Peter Beyls is an interdisciplinary artist working with computer media since the 1970’s. He develops generative systems in music, the visual arts and hybrid formats. He studied at the Royal Music Conservatory Brussels, EMS Stockholm, Ghent University and the Slade School of Art, University College London. Beyls was awarded a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Plymouth, UK for his research in evolutionary computing applied to real-time interactive music systems. Beyls published extensively on various aspects of digital art and lectures and exhibits worldwide. He is currently full-time research professor at the Centre for Research in Science and Technology for the Arts (CITAR), Universidade Católica Portuguese, Porto and visiting professor of Media Art at the School of Arts, University College Ghent. On October 30, 2014, MER PaperKunsthalle published Simple Thoughts, a monograph documenting his work.
