Artist Biographies
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, ACMI in Australia, 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.
Danlu FEI
Danlu Fei is a game developer and researcher born in 1999 in Jiangsu, China. She owns a bachelor degree in Computer Science – Computer game from McGill University. She worked as a gameplay programmer intern at several well-known game companies, including Ubisoft, Behaviour Interactive, and Netease.
She is pursuing her Ph.D degree in Computational Media and Arts (CMA) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Danlu’s primary research focuses on exploring the potential applications of AI technology in game development. This encompasses the application of AI technology to game agents and AI-based procedural content generation. Simultaneously, Danlu is interested in developing AI games across diverse themes, including artificial life, education, cultural heritage, etc.
Her research has been published in CHI Play and ISEA, and exhibited at international venues such as Ars Electronica, ACMI.
You WANG
She is a PhD candidate in Computational Media and Art at HKUST(GZ), having graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor’s degree. Her earlier installations and visual works have garnered prestigious accolades such as the IDA Digital Art Award Academy Award Finalist (2006) and the Yokohama New Media Art Video Festival Nomination Award (2006 \2007). In 2020, she clinched the Hyundai Blue Prize China Young Curator Award for her cutting-edge research in space art and distinctive curatorial achievements.
Her research focuses on the translation of cosmic information to explore more avenues for communication between humanity and the universe. This work bridges modern human technology and spirituality through art, providing insights for the development of human technology. The translational methods and theories she has explored intersect with theoretical physics, astronomy, biology, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, energy science, and other fields. The artistic forms she presents include technology art, film, art exhibitions, and festivals.
Hanlu MA
Ma Hanlu is an information designer and researcher, born in 1998 in Qingdao, China. She holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and has obtained MFA and MSc degrees from Tsinghua University and Politecnico di Milano. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a member of VisLab.
Her research primarily focuses on the role of data in social communication and personal life, including the use of narrative visualization as a digital artifact to improve information imbalance, and creating reflective designs based on personal informatics. Her work has been recognized with awards such as Information is Beautiful, GDC Awards, and Golden Pin Awards, and has been exhibited at venues including the Palace Museum (China) and ADI Design Museum (Italy).
Xinyu MA
Xinyu Ma (b. 1993) currently lives and works between Shenzhen and Hangzhou.
He received his BFA in Sculpture from China Academy of Art and MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Computational Media and Arts at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).
His practice examines individual participation within public spaces and social systems, observing how technology transforms personal identity in public engagement, and exploring the dialogues between individual fiction and collective memory. His current research focuses on the ludic participation of individuals as “players” through various forms of playing in today’s fragmented daily life. His practice encompasses participation, installation, sculpture, moving images, and fictional writing.