Greg Niemeyer is a data artist. Loading his web page consumes about 65 watts per hour. Niemeyer co-founded the Berkeley Center for New Media, focusing on the critical analysis of new media and human experiences. His work focuses on data circulations among individuals, communities and environments. His projects often materialize data in a way that people can feel.
Niemeyer's work includes collaborations across disciplines and media, always focusing on emotional responses to data. His work on data sonification goes back to 2000, when he worked with Chris Chafe to sonify network response rates in an interactive installation for SFMOMA’s visionary 010101 show. Currently, Niemeyer is working on visualizing water resource dynamics.
Niemeyer teaches Data Arts, Game Design, and Music Video Production, as well as Graduate Seminars. He received major grants from the McArthur Foundation, Intel, the Hewlett Foundation and he is the current recipient of the Toban Family Faculty Fellowship.