ionee waterhouse is a Berlin-based new media artist known for her pioneering use of video mapping, AI-generated visuals, and experimental video collage. Her work merges architecture, memory, and technology into site-specific visual rituals that unfold across facades, festivals, and museum collections worldwide.

Born in Hollywood, California and raised between cultures, ionee began experimenting with video art during her teenage years, later formalizing her practice through studies in cinematography and expanded media. Her early performances as a VJ quickly propelled her onto international stages, where she crafted live visuals for major musicians, art spaces, and cultural institutions across Latin America, the United States, and Europe.

Her distinctive approach, fusing generative content, color psychology, and live visual storytelling, has led to collaborations with institutions such as Berklee College of Music (Boston), the Museo Civico di Castelbuono (Sicily), and Farm Cultural Park (Favara). As an educator, she broke ground by launching one of Latin America’s first university-level courses on VJ performance and video art, while teaching at the Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas.

In 2018, she was awarded Best VJ at the Union Rock Show in Venezuela, affirming her early recognition in the world of live visuals and performance art.

One of the defining highlights of her career came in 2022, when she was commissioned to create a large-scale video mapping intervention on the Dionysius Theater at the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Presented during the historic concert Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon, her visuals lit up one of the world’s most iconic heritage sites in dialogue with performances by artists such as Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, The Rasmus, and more. This moment marked a profound fusion of ancient architecture and contemporary digital art, positioning her work on a global stage.

A landmark moment followed in 2023, when her AI-based video collage ECHOES, a visual journey through Castelbuono, was curated by Laura Barreca into the permanent collection of the Museo Civico di Castelbuono, becoming the first artwork of its kind acquired by a civic museum in Italy. Her video art is also part of the collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracaibo in Venezuela, further cementing her international recognition.

Each summer, within the ancient walls of Castello Ventimiglia, ionee brings the music of Ypsigrock Festival to life through a real-time, site-specific live video mapping performance. Since 2023, this collaboration has evolved into a visual tradition, blending generative visuals, live painting VJ, 2D/3D animation, and AI-driven content into an ephemeral ritual shared by thousands. In partnership with the Museo Civico di Castelbuono, her work now forms part of the festival’s living archive, echoing its central theme, “Il futuro è già nostalgia.”

Beyond her performances, she has also served as Co-Director of the SOU School of Architecture for Children and as Artist in Residence & Cultural Ambassador at Farm Cultural Park. Her practice continues to evolve at the intersection of art, memory, and machine intelligence, creating not just visuals, but experiences that live within space and time.

She is currently developing new works that blend artificial intelligence, spatial projection, and immersive narrative design, reshaping the boundaries of what visual art can be. At the same time, she is collaborating on a new project with legendary new media artist John Sanborn, set to premiere in 2026, marking a significant chapter in her evolving artistic journey.