Sana tchernov
Founder & Principal at Amedeo. Visual artist, designer, educator & art curator.
With more than 20 years of art, design, tech and teaching experience, Sana Tchernov founded Amedeo to pursue the idea of creativity and visual intelligence as an integral part of everyone’s successful adventure.
Her work has been influenced by the cultural diversity she’s been exposed to as a resident of the San Francisco/Bay Area, Europe and Asia, as well as by her broad educational background. She holds degrees in Design and Liberal Arts, as well as an MS in Applied Mathematics, followed by a PhD Program in Informatics and Interaction Design.
As a founder of Amedeo, she views her novel endeavor as more of an art than a science, yet her mathematical background has proven to be a considerable asset given the intersection of modern design technologies and classical art forms. Building on this foundation of scientific rigor, as well as her extensive visual arts work in a variety of media, Sana has developed a signature neoteric approach to her teaching and curating practices.
In her constant pursuit of professional advancement, Sana regularly attends art and design shows and workshops throughout the world. Her art works reside in galleries and international private collections. A published artist and printmaker, and offering her expertise in coaching and consulting, she has had the pleasure of working with numerous organizations, clients and students across the country and abroad.
leo zarkhin
Versatile visual artist, graphic designer, & art educator.
Leo’s expertise reflects both his training in Graphic Design and Art History, and his work as a visual artist and an art director for small and large Bay Area companies and institutions, from SLAC to HP.
His body of work consist from design for large-scale marketing campaigns, brand development, B2B e-commerce projects, watercolor/pen & ink illustrations, and set design for the theatrical productions. Leo is a recipient of The Silver Telly Award for digital interactive production.
Leo’s art teaching experience inspire him for sharing his passion and knowledge with his students..
helena sarin
Visual artist & software engineer. AI artist, developer & public speaker.
Helena Sarin has been always working with the cutting edge technology, first at Bell Labs, designing communication systems, and for the last two years as an independent consultant, developing computer vision software using machine learning. Recently she founded Neural Bricolage Studio to demystify, promote and display AI assisted artwork and to be able to align her twin passions of coding and art.
Helena represents an extremely small group of pioneering artists who exploring AI’s creative potential. She is internationally exhibiting artist and photographer, a lecturer and an influential public speaker.
PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
“Playing a Game of GANstruction”
“#neuralBricolage: An Independent Artist’s Guide to AI Artwork That Doesn’t Require a Fortune”
Women in Data Science Conference Zurich 2019
Automat Und Mensch, Zurich 2019
INVITED TALKS
“Zen & the Practicalities of GAN Artmaking” Nokia Bell Labs, 2019
“Playing a Game of GANstruction” Eyeo Festival, 2019; Ganocracy MIT/IBM Workshop, 2019; Parsons School of Design, 2018
“Neural Bricolage” ITP NYU, 2018“
BBC Futures: “The A-Z of how artificial intelligence is changing the world my art is featured under I, for Imagination.”
“Helena Sarin: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better With GANs And AI Art.”