Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 9: AI Era (2010s)
2019
Notable AI work of 2019
As we close the decade, the proliferation of AI art combined with NFTs means that tracking every significant piece by every relevant artist is extremely challenging. Here are relevant works and artists deserving of recognition from the decade: Lulu xXX & Noj Barke’s photogrammetry Erik Swahn’s StyleGAN experiments Tom White’s work with Convolutional Neural Network classifiers Anna Ridler’s early training sets (e.g. Myriad) David Young’s work with flowers and GANs Runway Palette by Cyril Diagne
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Anna Ridler, Cyril Diagne, David Young, Erik Swahn, Lulu xXX, Noj Barke, Tom White
Movements
Machine Learning Art, artificial intelligence
Filed under
- Ideas
- ai art
- Technologies
- artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), GANs, NFTs, photogrammetry, StyleGAN, training sets
- People
- Anna Ridler, Cyril Diagne, David Young, Erik Swahn, Lulu xXX, Noj Barke, Tom White
- Works
- David, Myriad (Tulips), Runway Palette, White
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- Tom White & Gene Kogan on the Birth of GAN Art (Deep Learning Series 01) — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Apr 2025, 44 min). Featuring Tom White. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Anna Ridler & Sofia Crespo—The Natural History of Machine Learning with Peter Bauman (Deep Learning Series 03) — listen with transcript on Le Random (28 Nov 2025, 54 min). Featuring Anna Ridler. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 9—AI Era (2010s) with Tyler Hobbs, Helena Sarin, Rhea Myers & Gene Kogan — listen with transcript on Le Random (30 Jul 2024, 51 min). Chapter 9’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify