Stani Michiels
Stani Michiels is a visual artist, architect, and coin designer who was born in 1973 in Geel (Belgium). He lives and works in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). Michiels has a master's degree in architecture from the Catholic University of Leuven (1991–1996).
Stani Michiels
- Born
- 1973 · Geel.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- architect · photographer · installation artist
- Education
- Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
- Known for
- Stani's Python Editor
- Languages
- English
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Stani Michiels is a visual artist, architect, and coin designer who was born in 1973 in Geel (Belgium). He lives and works in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). Michiels has a master's degree in architecture from the Catholic University of Leuven (1991–1996).
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Afterwards he studied art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1998–2001) and Rijksakademie (2002–2003) in Amsterdam. In his work architecture is often present. Most of his work is created digitally with self-made software. The final result is a drawing, photo or video, in which the digital origin is not obvious. Michiels has held exhibitions in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Indonesia and China. Michiels is also a Python programmer, and develops Phatch a photo batch editor based on the Python Imaging Library. He designed an integrated development environment for Python aptly named "Stani's Python Editor".
Stani Michiels studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Stani's Python Editor. Work by Stani Michiels is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
In 2008, Michiels won a competition by the Dutch Finance Ministry to design a special commemorative 5 euro coin with the theme "Netherlands and Architecture". The coin was designed entirely using free software.
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1973
Stani Michiels was born on 1 January 1973.
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