Fred Truck

He is noted for his performance art and cartoon imagery using painting, sculpture and digital constructions.

In 1986, he was a co-creator of the Art Com Electronic Network, an online collaboration site for artists during the early days of the Internet.

[7] In 1993 Truck created The Labyrinth, a virtual reality piece which allowed the user to experience the myth of Daedalus' escape from the prison of Minos using an ornithopter designed by Leonardo da Vinci.

Milk Bottle and the Badge of Quality Corporation, 7 June 2001 through 30 July 2001, Steven Vail Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa By Design IA01, 25 August 2001 through 30 November 2001, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa The Conference Room, 5 March 2004 through 10 March 2004, Karilyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa Portrait of the Artist as a Truck 1 August 2007 through 31 August 2007 Shizuoka-ken, Numazu-shi, Japan Here and There: Photography as a cross-cultural mirror, Des Moines, USA and Shizuoka, Japan, 9 August 2007 through 15 August 2007 Truck's papers reside in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art since 2020.

The collection includes performance art, concrete poetry, social media, software, sculpture and prints of digital origin, from the years 1965 through 2019.

Born Digital Hot Rod
Hot rod based on 1929 Ford Closed Cab Pickup, but is digitally powered by an imaginary computer circuit. The figure in upper right corner is derived from the Mayan Sun God , also powered by an imaginary computer circuit. (Print)