Michael Takeo Magruder (b. 1974) is a visual artist whose work utilises Information Age technologies and systems to examine our networked, media-rich world. His projects have been showcased in over 300 exhibitions in 35 countries. In 2010, he represented the UK at Manifesta 8. As Leverhulme Trust artist-in-residence produced De/coding the Apocalypse (Somerset House, 2014), a solo exhibition of contemporary creative visions based on the Book of Revelation. The following year, Takeo was awarded the 2015 Immersive Environments Lumen Prize for his VR installation A New Jerusalem (2014). He has reflected on current issues surrounding migration in the West, including the Syrian Civil War (Lamentation for the Forsaken, 2016) and the US southern border crisis (Zero Tolerance, 2018). His major residencies at the British Library and The National Archives, UK culminated in the solo exhibitions Imaginary Cities (BL, 2019) and [re]Encoding the Archive (TNA, 2021). During the Covid-19 pandemic, Takeo was virtual artist-in-residence at the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion in Washington DC where he investigated social and ethical challenges concerning the international health crisis. He is presently MDI Biological Laboratory’s inaugural artist-in-residence for its Arts Meets Science programme and is developing a new body of work in-dialogue with the Laboratory’s world-class research community.