Ziwei Wu

Ziwei Wu is a media artist and researcher born in 1996 in Shenzhen, China. She had an outstanding graduate bachelor’s degree from the China Academy of Art, School of Intermedia Art (SIMA), and a Master of Fine Art with distinction in Goldsmiths, the University of London in Computational Arts. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies, majoring in Computational Media and Arts (CMA) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Her artworks and research primarily focus on biology, science, and their impact on society, utilizing various media. She engages in interdisciplinary studies of Artificial Life Art, exploring the intersection of art and research with biology as concepts, bio information as data, and biomaterial as the medium.

She is a Lumen prize; Batsford prize winner, and Longlist in Information is Beautiful Award. Her research was published in the SIGGRAPH Art Program, ISEA, and Artificial Life Journal in MIT Press. She has exhibited at international venues, including Ars Electronica in Linz, CYFEST in Saint Petersburg, Norwegian BioArt Arena (NOBA), Watermans Gallery and Cello Factory in London, NeurIPS AI Art Gallery, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong, and so on.

Information:
  • Most Recent Known Affiliation: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Location: Hong Kong, China
SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Roles:
  • Exhibition Artist