Zancan

Zancan is a French artist working with code and pens. He began writing programs to create animated computer graphics in the late 1980s and have remained devoted to algorithmic image-making ever since. In parallel, he spent many years painting in oils, focusing on the human figure and lush natural environments.

Today, his practice is fully generative. Nature remains his primary subject: plants, branches, and leaves become algorithmic brushstrokes in dense compositions that explore the relationship between humans and the living world. He designs his own algorithms and tools, treating programming as a craft. The beauty of code matters to him as much as the images it produces.