Lev Manovich is a world-renown innovator and top influencer in many fields, including media theory, digital humanities, cultural analytics, and media art. He was born in Moscow and immigrated to US in 1981. Manovich’s digital art projects were shown in over 110 international exhibitions in Centre Pompidou, ICA London, ZKM, KIASMA, and other leading venues. Lev Manovich is a Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a Director of the Cultural Analytics Lab. He was included in the list of «25 People Shaping the Future of Design» and the list of «50 Most Interesting People Building the Future». He is an author of 180 articles and 15 books that include Cultural Analytics, Instagram and Contemporary Image, and The Language of New Media described as «the most suggestive and broad-ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan.»