Norman T. White received his BA in Biology from Harvard College, where he also studied painting under T. Lux Feininger. In 1966, he changed his artistic medium of choice from oil paints to digital electronics, and presented his first major electronic work at a 1969 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art entitled Some More Beginnings, sponsored by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology). Since then, he has lectured and exhibited his work throughout North America and Europe. For his work in robotic media, he has received prizes from La Vilette in 1985 and Ars Electronica in 1990, and in 1995 was awarded the Petro Canada Prize for Interactive Media. Many of his works can be found in public collections, including those of the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Canadian Art Bank, and the National Gallery of Canada. From 1978 to 2003, he taught courses in electronics, mechanics, computer programming, and concept development at the Ontario College of Art and Design.