Preferred bio
W. Bradford Paley uses computers to create visual displays with the goal of making readable, clear, and engaging expressions of complex data. His visual representations are inspired by the calm, richly layered information in natural scenes. His process applies three perspectives: [1] rendering methods used by fine artists and graphic artists are [2] informed by their possible underpinnings in human perception, then [3] applied to creating narrowly-scoped, almost idiosyncratic representations whose visual semantics are often driven by the real-world metaphors of the experts who know the domains best. Brad did his first computer graphics in 1973, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley in 1981, founded Digital Image Design Incorporated (didi.com/brad) in 1982, and started doing financial & statistical data visualization in 1986. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art; he created TextArc.org; he is in the ARTPORT collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art; has received multiple grants and awards for both art and design, and his designs are at work every day in the hands of brokers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, and is director of Information Esthetics: a fledgling interdisciplinary group exploring the creation and interpretation of data representations that are both readable and esthetically satisfying.

Shorter bio
W. Bradford Paley uses computers to create visual displays with the goal of making readable, clear, and engaging expressions of complex data. He did his first computer graphics in 1973, founded Digital Image Design Incorporated (didi.com/brad) in 1982, and started doing financial & statistical data visualization in 1986. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art; he created TextArc.org; he is in the ARTPORT collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art; has received multiple grants and awards for both art and design, and his designs are at work every day in the hands of brokers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, and is director of Information Esthetics: a fledgling interdisciplinary group exploring the creation and interpretation of data representations that are both readable and esthetically satisfying.

Hundred-word bio
W. Bradford Paley uses computers to create visual displays with the goal of making readable and engaging expressions of complex data. He did his first computer graphics in 1973, founded Digital Image Design Incorporated (didi.com/brad) in 1982, and started doing information visualization in 1986. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and ARTPORT at the Whitney Museum of American Art, created TextArc.org, has received grants and awards for both art and design, and his designs are at work every day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University.

Tiny bio
W. Bradford Paley has been doing visual work on computers since 1973, creating visual displays of complex data for Wall Street since 1985, and has been recognized for contributions to the design and art worlds (e.g. at MoMA and the Whitney, by NYSCA and NYFA) since 1998. He practices in New York City and often teaches at Columbia University. For details see didi.com/brad.

Tiniest bio
W. Bradford Paley has been doing visual work on computers since 1973, has been recognized for contributions to the design and art worlds (e.g. at MoMA and the Whitney, by NYSCA and NYFA). He practices in New York City and often teaches at Columbia University. For details see didi.com/brad.

Commercial or academic experience
This three-page resume-like thing includes a short listing of some of my accomplishments, since I’m told they sometimes make up for my mere Bachelor of Arts degree in this world of masters and doctors.

Artist’s curriculum vitae
This one-page artist’s CV is tuned for the art and design world and is much better typeset.

There’s only one right now, hiding under the large initial “W” at the top of my home page.