Woody Vasulka was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937. After studying engineering, he worked as director of short films. In 1965 he went to the United States and started collaboration with his wife Steina (born in 1940). He established a media theater called The Kitchen in 1971. In 1974, he taught at New York State University and did research on computer graphics. Since then he has published a number of taped works, computer graphics and video installation works on the international scene. His works, created with an engineer's hands, show a high degree of perfection. Designed in an interactive style,many works send a strong message of their own. Although he is not widely publicized in Japan, Woody Vasulka is one of the leading international figures in the media art world today.