Rich Poole is a generative artist born in the UK and based in the South Island of New Zealand.With a background in engineering and fluid dynamics, he creates procedural work that ranges from simple geometric shapes to intricate architectural forms and organic flow fields, exploring the construction of art from particles and elementary components.,
He began making generative art with mechanical plotters before moving into digital work, and his pieces remain closely tied to the physical medium, rewarding close inspection and large print reproduction.With the artist ThePaperCrane, Poole created Acequia (2022),drawing on Spanish irrigation channels and Andalusian mountain villages.Its repeating stairs recall the work of M. C. Escher, and the series topped fxhash's weekly sales chart on release.The two also collaborated on Miniscapes, merging generative code with hand-designed scenes into minimalist landscapes that sold out via Dutch auction.,
His series Koripo was one of five collections selected on artistic merit for the curated platform gmStudio, and he made Erg with the artist Balzerino.,He also created fx(mash), a generative series marking the first anniversary of the fxhash platform, built from randomly colored lines of varying length drawn across a square grid.Poole is a member of GrailersDAO, a community of generative artists that includes Tyler Hobbs, Zach Lieberman and Emily Xie.
