WILLIAM MYERS is a writer, curator and teacher based in Amsterdam. His first book Biodesign (2012) identified the emerging practice of designers and architects integrating living processes in their work. It was published by The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) and Thames & Hudson in London. His new book Bio Art: Altered Realities profiles art that uses biology in new ways or responds to recent research in the life sciences that disrupts our sense of identity, nature and the definition of life. William's recent exhibitions include Matter of Life at the MU Gallery in Eindhoven, Biodesign in Rotterdam at the New Institute, and Cut/Paste/Grow at Proteus Gowanus in Brooklyn, New York.

Currently William mentors masters students at the Design Academy in Eindhoven and serves as the jury chairman for the Bio Art and Design Awards in the Netherlands, granting €75.000 each year to create new work. Previously he worked for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Guggenheim Museum, the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Hunter College and The New Institute in Rotterdam (formerly NAi). He has delivered lectures at Harvard University, Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo, International University of Catalunya, Leiden University and Genspace, the first community biotech lab in the United States.

For nearly ten years William worked in brand management and communications for cultural institutions before transitioning to writing and curatorial work in 2010 by way of masters study at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His research interests include synthetic biology, interaction design, urban development and contemporary art. William was born in New York and is now a resident of the Netherlands.