Colette Stuebe Bangert

Colette Stuebe Bangert is an American artist who was born in 1934 in Columbus, Ohio. Known for her work in the field of painting, drawing, textiles, and computer-generated art, she earned her BFA from the Herron School of Art and Design in 1957 and her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Boston University in 1958. Her early work in traditional media was widely exhibited, including a solo show at the Krasner Gallery in 1963, reviewed in ARTnews, Arts Magazine, and The New York Times.

In the late 1960s, Bangert began creating algorithmic drawings using a line plotter, expanding her artistic practice into new media. The computer became part of her visual toolkit, building on her deep understanding of line, form, and space. Much of her work, both digital and traditional, draws from the Midwestern landscape and explores how natural forms can be interpreted through visual systems.

Jeff and Colette Bangert were true pioneers in merging art and technology. From the late ’60s onward, they teamed up to create algorithmic computer art, with Jeff writing the code that controlled drawing machines, while Colette shaped the creative vision through her background in traditional art. Their collaboration was a two-way street: Jeff’s programming turned Colette’s ideas into complex, digital drawings, and their experiments with code influenced Colette’s hand-drawn work. Together, they pushed the limits of what drawing could be by combining math, technology, and art. Their work has been shown worldwide and is part of major museum collections, cementing their role as important figures in the early days of digital art.