BREAKFAST — About the Artist & Studio
BREAKFAST — kinetic sculptor and creator of interactive art installations Photo: Christian Oth

Breakfast

BREAKFAST is a kinetic sculptor based at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Since 2009, he has created over 250 works installed across 12 countries — from intimate collector editions to 53-foot landmark installations.

His work transforms invisible forces — ocean data, carbon emissions, wind patterns, human movement — into physical, mechanical motion. No screens. No projectors. Thousands of individually controlled elements driven by custom electronics and proprietary software, all designed and built in-house.

BREAKFAST is the artist name of Andrew Zolty. Like KAWS or Banksy, the name is the work. Behind it is a 17-person team of engineers, fabricators, and software developers — but the creative vision is his.

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"I take the tack of pulling people in by presenting them something they've unlikely ever seen before — a piece that is alive and physically moving. Once I have them there, it's easier to present the deeper story behind the piece. You have to earn people's attention, and then you can share something meaningful."
BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST kinetic art studio and fabrication workshop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Studio

A 17-person team of engineers, fabricators, and software developers under one roof.

BREAKFAST operates out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard — a studio where every aspect of a work is conceived, engineered, and built. Nothing is outsourced. The team designs custom circuit boards, writes proprietary software, fabricates structural components, and assembles each piece by hand.

This isn't a traditional art studio. It's closer to a research lab that happens to produce sculpture. The team includes electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, full-stack developers, industrial designers, and skilled fabricators — each contributing to works that blur the line between art and technology.

The result is total creative control. From the first sketch to final installation, everything passes through the same hands and the same building. It's how BREAKFAST can push into territory that most artists and most technology companies can't reach alone.

EngineeringCustom electronics, PCB design, firmware
SoftwareReal-time data systems, generative algorithms
FabricationCNC, metalwork, precision assembly
DesignIndustrial design, installation planning
250+
Works Created
15+
Years in Practice
12+
Countries
17
Person Studio

Selected History

2026

Art Dubai — Julius Baer commission: Infinite Ripples of Generosity, main entrance installation

2025

Frieze London — Solo exhibition, The Chancery Rosewood Hotel, Mayfair. Art Dubai — Carbon Wake debut (7-meter Brixel sculpture). NVIDIA GTC — Featured speaker

2024

Venice Biennale — Interwoven Existence, Grenada Pavilion. First interactive kinetic artwork at the Biennale. The Pearl installed — world's largest kinetic sculpture at 53 feet

2023

Fontainebleau Las Vegas — Oceans, permanent installation. Rockefeller Center — Time Capsule Over Manhattan

2022

Tiffany & Co. — Installations in NYC, Dubai, Seoul. NEOM — Installation in Saudi Arabia

2021

World Expo Dubai. CPA Senovva, Istanbul — 70-foot-wide installation. Meow Wolf

2020

Harvard University. Equinox HQ, Hudson Yards

2019

Christie's — Svalbard Ice in "First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art" auction

2009

BREAKFAST begins. First circuit board etched by hand in a tiny Brooklyn studio

Selected Venues & Exhibitions

Venice Biennale2024
Rockefeller Center, New York2023
Fontainebleau Las Vegas2023
Art Dubai2025, 2026
Frieze London2025
Art Miami2023–2025
World Expo Dubai2021
Christie's Auction2019
Tiffany & Co.2022
Harvard University2020
1 Hotel South Beach2025
NEOM, Saudi Arabia2022

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