Brad Necyk is a visual artist, AI filmmaker, and writer whose practice focuses on consciousnes, culture, and technology. He incorporates cutting-edge vision technologies, primarily AI video and computational art, into his artistic works.
From 2021-24, Brad was a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University with VISTA (Vision: Science to Applications) and Cinema & Media Arts, creating artistic works, poetry, and films.
He is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Psychedelic Puppet Show Non-Profit, creating fun educational content about psychedelic science, therapy, history, and spirituality.
He is the founder and director of a Position on Retreat, an artist residency in Lake Cowichan, BC.
He completed a research-creation PhD in Psychiatry at the University of Alberta, and his doctoral research was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal.
Brad’s first book of poetry on mental health, art, and healing, titled ALL SKY, MIRROR OCEAN: A Healing Manifesto, was published in 2024.
Brad was a Research Associate in Film & Digital Media at the University of California Santa Cruz, creating experimental films about the Earth’s futures.
He teaches drawing, digital foundations, photography, video art, and digital media courses at the University of Alberta and the University of Victoria.
Please feel free to contact him at brad.necyk@gmail.com
