
Ras Alhague is a Polish digital artist based in Austin, TX. They have participated in various exhibitions worldwide, including the longest-running glitch art event, fu:bar/expo, and have been featured in a variety of online and offline projects, shows, and sales, most notably in Glitch: Beyond Binary by Sotheby's in 2023.
In addition to their artistic practice, from 2014 to 2021 they worked as the main curator for the Glitch Artists Collective where they helped showcase artists across multiple online platforms. They also co-organized events such as Glitch Art is Dead and blue /x80, highlighting some of the most talented and prominent artists in the glitch community. In 2021, they joined the fu:bar/expo team as a curator, continuing to promote the development and exposure of contemporary digital art.
Using artistic expression as a means of regaining control over their body, their work explores the themes of sexuality, gender, and identity through self-portraiture and glitch aesthetics. They refer to their artistic approach as "post-fetish" (or "post-f3t!$h") as their art reflects on the experience of fetishism and the liberation and empowerment it brings. The term also serves as a commentary on erotic art's relationship with social media and the rules that regulate and restrict its online existence.
To commission or collaborate, feel free to reach out at rasalhagve@gmail.com.
Exhibitions:
AR Cities Festival by Street Gallery (online/AR, 2024)
Divine Glitches, Profane Comedies (online: Verse, 2024)
Glitch’N’Games (LIKELIKE+Wick Monet, Pittsburgh, 2024)
Night Art Fair (Taipei, 2024)
Seattle Erotic Art Festival (Seattle, 2024)
Digital Art Exhibition (藝術宮 Artgong, Taipei, 2024)
Hearts and Glitches by Aeon Studio (Uncommon Gallery, Seoul, 2023)
EROTIKA II Pride Festival (Mad Arts, Dania Beach, 2023)
Glitch: Beyond Binary (Sotheby’s HQ, New York, 2023)
NOT.GLI.TC/H (online + Chicago, 2023)
Glitch Art is Dead (Makers on the Minnesota, Granite Falls, 2022)
THE UNSEEN (Quantus Gallery, London, 2022)
27th MFRU - International Computer Arts Festival (Maribor, 2021)
fu:bar/expo (online + Institut français de Croatie, Zagreb, 2021)
fu:bar/expo (online + Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2020)
Glitch.Art.Br (online, 2020–2023)
fu:bar/expo (Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2019)
SPAMM Philosophy (Mapils Gallery, Napoli, 2019)
fu:bar/expo (Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2018)
blue /x80 (Villette Makerz, Paris, 2018)
Shop Class // Glitch Art Showcase (Future Framing, Minneapolis, 2018)
fu:bar/expo (Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2017)
blockedart.com (online, 2017)
fu:bar/expo (Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2016)
PROCES_6 by BIAS, (Chmury, Warszawa, 2016)
fu:bar/expo (Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2015)
MOVA The Museum of Virtual Art (online, 2015)
The Glitch Shop (Stratford, London, 2015)
Curatorial work:
upcoming: fu:bar/expo (online + Pogon, Zagreb, 2024)
”Glitch as a Remedy” - fu:bar/expo (online + Klub Mama, Zagreb, 2023)
”The Glitchself” - fu:bar/expo (online + Institut Français de Croatie, Zagreb, 2022)
”GAC @ fu:bar” - fu:bar/expo (online + Institut Français de Croatie, Zagreb, 2021)
Glitch Artists Collective (online, 2014–2021)
Nuit Blanche (Villette Makerz, Paris, 2019)
blue /x80 (Villette Makerz, Paris, 2018)
Glitch Art is Dead (Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, 2017)
Glitch Art is Dead (Teatr Barakah, Kraków, 2015)
Glitch Artists Collective @ The Wrong Biennale (online, 2015)
Lectures/talks/workshops:
Glitchardy! (fu:bar/expo, online + Klub Mama, Zagreb, 2023)
Post-2021 glitch communities (NOT.GLI.TC/H, Chicago, 2023)
Glitch art - sztuka zakłóceń (Copernicus Festival: Przypadek, Kraków, 2018)
Community Standards (fu:bar/expo, Siva Galerija, Zagreb, 2017)
Media/Press/Features:
"Ras Alhague & Jamie Faye Fenton", Outland, 2023
"Sotheby’s Glitch Art Sale, Which Was Paused Due to Online Backlash, Has Relaunched With a Newly Diverse Lineup of Artists", artnet.com, 2023
"Glitch Bodies", NAKID MAGAZINE, 2023
"Collective urge to disrupt the system", Martina Kontošić, 2022
"Glitch Anatomy"/"Glitch anatomija", Irena Borić, 2022
"Learning to Live with Yourself Again: An Interview with Ras Alhague", AfterPiece!, 2022
"Questioning the creation process", Kulturpunkt.hr, 2021
Adieu la Censure, 2021
"Ras Alhague's Glitch World", Curated by Girls, 2021
SPAMM (SuPer Art Modern Museum), 2020
GL!TCH.INTL, 2020
Foršpan 9.19.2019 /'fu:bar/festival with Jon Cates, Zoe S and Ian Keaveny
"Blue /x80", ArtRabbit, 2018
"Nuit Blanche Avec Le Glitch Artists Collective", Villette Makerz
“Screenshot_002”, Random Pixel Order, 2017
"BLOCKEDART curated by Olga Fedorova", TZVETNIK, 2017
"Semana 60_ Felix Rothschild", [ANTI]MATERIA, 2017
Glitch Art Is Dead: VICE, Gamut Gallery, The Minnesota Daily, 2017, Rozdzielczość Chleba, 2016, Wywrota, 2015, Ownetic, 2015
"Błąd w sztuce, czyli o szukaniu glitch'u w całym" , VICE, 2015