Tanya Ravn Ag

Tanya Ravn Ag is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen (2017), dual M.A. degrees in Modern Culture with Profile in Urbanity and Aesthetics from the University of Copenhagen and Media Studies from The New School (both 2011), and a B.A. in Film and Media Studies from the University of Copenhagen (2008).

Her research focuses on technoaesthetics, digital art, and algorithmic technology and culture, particularly how art and technoaesthetic phenomena evolve with digital culture and their perceptual, cognitive, cultural, and sociopolitical implications. Methodologically grounded in theories of perception, temporality, technodiversity, feminist new materialism, and technogenesis, she leads significant projects including 'Algorithms in Art: Displacements with Algorithmic Culture in Art since 1990' (2024-2025), 'Art of Our Times' (2020-2024), and 'Expanded Reality: Radical Temporal Change in Immersive Environments' (2018-2020).

Her recent publications reveal a trajectory from urban media art studies toward philosophical examinations of intratemporality, algorithmic consciousness, and technogenesis in artistic practice. The research shows increasing engagement with AI, feminist perspectives on technology, and temporal dimensions of digital art, reflecting broader shifts in how contemporary art engages with technological culture.

Her scientific achievements include:

• Novo Nordisk Foundation Grant for Art History Research (2024-2025)
• Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Grant (2020-2024)
• Carlsberg Foundation Internationalization Fellowship (2018-2020)
• Leonardo Abstracts Services recognition (2017)
• Numerous grants from Nordic Council of Ministers, Danish Arts Council, and Norwegian Arts Council

Dr. Ag advises M.A. theses on digital culture, digital art, technological culture, perception and temporality, AI, technoaesthetics, and expanded reality. She has secured extensive research funding throughout her career, including 16 academic research grants (2009-2018) and 24 curatorial project grants (2012-2020).

She serves on the Board of ISEA International (International Symposium on Electronic Arts), previously chaired the IIAC (2020-2023), and is a member of the Digital Culture research cluster at IKK and the Media Architecture Institute. She co-founded the Urban Media Art Academy, a globally networked educational initiative exploring urban media art as an interdisciplinary domain of practice and theory.