# About Andreas Refsgaard

Andreas Refsgaard is a Danish artist, creative technologist, and keynote speaker
based in Copenhagen. He works in the field between creative coding, machine
learning, and interaction design, and is one of the most experienced speakers on
creative AI in Denmark and Europe.

Since 2015 he has given more than 500 talks, workshops, and exhibitions on AI,
agents, LLMs, vibe coding, image generation, creative coding, and the ethics of
artificial intelligence — for conferences, companies, schools, libraries, and
cultural institutions worldwide.

What sets Andreas apart is that he doesn't just talk about AI — he builds
things. His talks feature live demos, on-stage improvisation, and real-time
audience interaction: from training machine learning models in front of a live
audience to turning the crowd into participants in interactive AI experiments.

## Background

- MIT artist in residence (2022)
- Co-created Teachable Machine for Google Creative Lab (2017), with Lasse Korsgaard in their joint studio Støj
- Author of "Skabt af en kunstig intelligens?" — a textbook on art and AI, co-authored with psychologist Mads Korsgaard (2021)
- IXDA Award winner, Best Student Project (2017)
- ml5.js fellow (2020)
- MSc IT from the IT University of Copenhagen
- Interaction Design Programme, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (2015)

## Selected work

- MemeCam (memecam.io) — AI meme generator that went viral (2023)
- Booksby.ai — an online bookstore selling books written entirely by AI (2019)
- Eye Conductor — play music using only your eyes; featured on the front page of New Scientist (2016)
- Exhibitions at Radar Contemporary, ICIA, and venues across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia

## Clients and press

Clients include Google Creative Lab, IDEO, Carlsberg, Meta Reality Labs,
Philips, and LittleBits. Work covered by New Scientist, Vice, Gizmodo, PSFK,
and Designboom.

## Booking

- Languages: English and Danish
- Talks: 20 minutes to a full day; standard 45–60 minutes including Q&A
- Workshops: 2 hours to multiple days; standard half or full day
- Contact: mail@andreasrefsgaard.dk

## Links

- Website: https://andreasrefsgaard.dk
- Full event list: https://andreasrefsgaard.dk/calendar.md
- Machine-readable overview: https://andreasrefsgaard.dk/llms.txt
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-refsgaard/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreasref/
- GitHub: https://github.com/AndreasRef