An engineering artist whose work brought scientific understanding and extraordinary precision together. Her own website announces her death on 23 July 2026.
Life & work
An engineering artist whose work brought scientific understanding and extraordinary precision together. Her own website announces her death on 23 July 2026.
Charly’s connection
Tatjana appears in Charly’s working history. Jeffrey Shaw’s archive gives a concrete shared credit: hardware for Points of View (1983) by Charly Jungbauer and Tat van Vark, with software by Larry Abel. Her instruments included a harmonium, a cipher machine and an interpretation of the Antikythera mechanism.
Sources & further reading
- Tatjana J. van Vark · memorial
Official memorial notice · 23 July 2026.
- Points of View · original credits
Jeffrey Shaw’s work archive, 1983.
- Craftsmanship Museum · Tatjana van Vark
Instruments, workshop and craftsmanship.