Julien Gachadoat

aka v3ga

French

1975

Julien Gachadoat is a French artist whose generative drawing practice employs algorithms to create abstract forms that balance precision with chance, often brought to life as unique physical prints using a plotter.

Julien Gachadoat. Photo © Benoit Cary, courtesy the artist.

Full Bio

Julien Gachadoat (aka v3ga) has been exploring generative drawing for many years. He grew up in the 90s amid the avant-garde demo scene, making visuals with code. Ever since, programming languages have been his creative tool. Creating unique art with algorithms, he works with the emergence of abstract form. Combining monochrome, geometric shapes, he plays with repetition, using random operations to generate an element of surprise. Gachadoat uses the computer — "this unique performer" (Vera Molnár) — to develop his own creative tools based on simple graphic rules, and then to explore the formal possibilities that ensue.

By printing these unique pieces with a plotter, he creates a link between text and code, between computer and pencil, and between the rigor of code and the poetry of art. "To leave a unique mark, aesthetically palpable, that is not in defiance, but rather in aid of the digital": this is his philosophy.

Constantly looking to work with others in new ways, he has also created several series of silkscreen prints with Atelier SerreJoint in La Rochelle (France), as well as drawing with an industrial robot in collaboration with AATB studio, Marseille (France). Gachadoat had the honor of meeting and working with Vera Molnár in November 2023 to create a unique plotter drawing, "Deux générations pour un sommaire".

His works have been exhibited at—among other places—the Verse gallery (London), Kate Vass gallery (Switzerland), Galerie Data (Paris) or on Feral File and Artblocks online platforms. He has published two books, Pathways (Vetro, 2023) and Noir Orion (RRose, 2025).