Brad Necyk is a visual artist and writer whose practice focuses on mental illness, psychedelics, consciousness, and flourishing. He incorporates cutting-edge vision technologies, primarily AI video and 3D animation, into his artistic works.
Brad is a Postdoctoral Fellow at York University with VISTA (Vision: Science to Applications) and Cinema & Media Arts, creating artistic works, poetry, and films. He is leading a new prototype for AI video-to-video software.
He is a co-founder and director of the Psychedelic Puppet Show Non-Profit, creating fun educational content about psychedelic science, therapy, history, and spirituality.
He completed a research-creation PhD in Psychiatry at the University of Alberta, and his doctoral research was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal.
Brad’s first book of poetry on mental illness, art, and healing, titled ALL SKY, MIRROR OCEAN: A Healing Manifesto, will be published in early 2024.
Brad was a Research Associate in Film & Digital Media at the University of California Santa Cruz, creating experimental films about the Earth’s futures.
He teaches drawing, digital foundations, photography, video art, and digital media courses at the University of Alberta and the University of Victoria.
Please feel free to contact him at brad.necyk@gmail.com
