Ruipeng Wang is a media artist at the MIT Media Lab. He holds an M.S. in Fiction and Entertainment from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc, 2024) and previously worked with Jiakun Architects, MAD Architects, Fab-Union, and The Garden in the Machine project. Since 2023, alongside his studio practice, Wang has served as an exhibition director, producing a series of international new media art exhibitions. Across his past, present, and emerging works, Wang’s artistic inquiry centers on RIPPLE, explored through two interwoven dimensions: the water ripple (material and real) and the spatial ripple (metaphorical and relational).