David Gurman

David Gurman, a TED Fellow, is an artist and designer known for using real time data and citizen reportage from conflict zones to drive kinetic art installations. His "real-time memorials" are beacons for events we hear about but have no access to, broadening awareness and bridging distant cultures and landscapes. David co-founded Vibrant Data with TED Senior Fellows - Ecologist, Network Scientist, Eric Berlow and Computer Scientist, Kaustuv DeBiswas to build tools for data storytelling and collaborative understanding of complex networks. Current projects include mapping the network structure of the Syrian conflict and visualizing the ecology of human creativity. David has received grants and fellowships from TED, National Endowment for the Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, the Eureka Fellowship, the Fleishhacker Foundation, the Wattis Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. His work has been included in national and international exhibitions. His design work has been recognized by the FWA, WordPress, and Communication Arts.