About

Ricardo F, algorithmic artist.

b. 1975, Portugal · Lisbon, studio in Almada · formerly White Koala

Ricardo F (b. 1975, Portugal) is an algorithmic artist based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Since 2022, he has used creative coding to generate drawings: invisible grids, fields of colour and lines that bend around invisible attractors. Some works are laid down on paper with a pen plotter, others live on screen. Each piece is composed from a hand-coded rule set that invites chance into the process.

Across several bodies of work, he creates a tension between system and experience. Code is logical, rule-bound and deterministic. Feeling is none of these. Yet when the right combination of rules meets the right random encounter between the visual elements, something emotional can emerge.

Working for years under the pseudonym White Koala, he has exhibited in BYOD² at NEORT Gallery, Tokyo, as well as in other online and physical shows in Paris, Bratislava and Port Harcourt. In 2026, he is taking part in the Artist Commons education program.

His work has been published in Machine Arts Magazine, presented as pen-plotted works on paper, and released as digital editions on fxHash, Alba, EditArt, Objkt and Koda.

The work sits between systems and feeling. Code follows rules and does the same thing every time. Feeling doesn't. But when the right rules meet the right randomness, something comes out that neither one fully explains: an image that feels true, and I can't say why.

I try to explain as little as possible, so there's room for what you already know but haven't put into words.