Yucef Merhi

Early life and education

Yucef Merhi was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He studied at Universidad Central de Venezuela, New School University,

Art career

Merhi has produced a variety of works that engage electronic circuits, computers, video game systems, touch screens, and other devices in the presentation of his written words. One example is Poetic Clock, a machine that converts time into poetry, generating 86,400 different poems daily. The resulting artworks expand the limitations of language and the traditional context of poetry.

His 2012 commissioned work for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, Quetzalcoatl 2.0.1.2., was a web-based work that "aims to reveal the voice of Quetzalcoatl in the technological reality of 2012 A.D."

In 2025, Yucef Merhi's work is featured in 2025 Intertidal, the biennial digital art exhibition organized by the Pérez Art Museum Miami video art streaming platform, known as PAMMTV. 2025 Intertidal showcases the work of five South Florida artists working across digital media.

Permanent collections

• Orange County Museum of Art, California
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• National Art Gallery, Caracas
• Library of Congress, Washington
• Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center MGLC, Ljubljana
• Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas
• Museo de Arte Valencia Valencia

Awards

In 2020, Yucef Merhi was awarded the MIT Open Documentary Lab Fellowship. He is also a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts in Digital/Electronic Arts.

References

References

1. Carlo Zanni, [http://magazine.ciac.ca/archives/no_18/en/entrevue.htm ''INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI''] {{Webarchive. link. (August 20, 2011 , Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004.)
2. and holds a Master's in Interactive Telecommunications from [[New York University]].[https://nyu.academia.edu/YucefMerhi YucefMerhi] {{Webarchive. link. (September 9, 2015 Nyu.academia.edu (Jan 15, 2014). Retrieved on January 15, 2014.)
3. (September 14, 2007). "Atari fan and artist returns to OC with new exhibit September 14th".
4. link. (July 22, 2011 . Bostoncyberarts.org (April 24, 2009). Retrieved on November 20, 2011.)
5. "Yucef Mehri Response | LACMA".
6. "New Media Block Party and Floating Films: PAMMTV INTERTIDAL Premiere • Pérez Art Museum Miami".
7. "OCMA / Orange County Museum of Art".
8. "Yucef Merhi. Super Atari Poetry. 2005 {{!}} MoMA".
9. [http://www.mincultura.gob.ve/index.php/component/content/article/11-prensaweb/actualidad/2187-fundacion-museos-nacionales-cuenta-con-mil-239-nuevas-obras-de-arte Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura] {{Webarchive. link. (July 14, 2014 . Retrieved on December 10, 2012.)
10. [http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/eadxmlpnp/html/pp004001.htm Library of Congress] {{Webarchive. link. (July 14, 2014 . Loc.gov. Retrieved on June 16, 2012.)
11. [http://museums.si/sl/collection/object/232254/yucef-merhi-perfect-languageposebni-jezik Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center] {{Webarchive. link. (July 14, 2014 . Museums.si. Retrieved on July 10, 2014.)
12. "Yucef Merhi {{!}} Fellow".
13. link. (March 20, 2012 . Nyfa.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2011.)