Maurice Benayoun (1957) is a transmedia artist whose work explores the potentiality of various media from video, to virtual reality, Web and wireless art, public space large-scale art installations and interactive exhibitions. His work has been widely exhibited all over the world and received numerous international awards and prizes. Co-founder in 1987 of Z-A (Paris), a pioneer CG and VR lab, Maurice Benayoun, between 1990 and 1993, writes with François Schuiten and directs The Quarxs, the first HDTV CG series widely awarded and broadcast in more than 15 countries. In 1995 he creates the Tunnel under the Atlantic, a televirtual project linking the Pompidou center, in Paris, and the Museum of contemporary art, in Montreal. In 1998, he obtained the Golden Nica, Prix Ars Electronica, Interactive Art category for World skin, a Photo Safari in the Land of War. Both are considered major works in the field of interactive art.
Since 1984, Maurice Benayoun has been teaching video and media art at the Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and invited artist at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts of Paris. He is co-founder and co-director of the CITU research center (Création Interactive Transdisciplinaire Universitaire).