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Weidi Zhang is a new media artist, visual designer, researcher, and educator. Her current research and media art practice interest investigates the possibilities of non-linear narrativity and semantic meanings through intelligent system design and spatial visualization in immersive environments.
Her works are featured at different venues internationally, such as the SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, Times Art Museum, IEEE VIS art program, SwissNex Gallery, and among others. Her artwork is awarded at Japan Media Art Festival and shortlisted with an honorable mention in Lumen Prize. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Media Arts and Technology Program, a researcher in Experimental Visualization Lab, instructor in the School of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds her MFA degree in Art + Technology at California Institute of the Arts and BFA degree in Photomedia program at University of Washington, Seattle.
Her works are featured at different venues internationally, such as the SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, Times Art Museum, IEEE VIS art program, SwissNex Gallery, and among others. Her artwork is awarded at Japan Media Art Festival and shortlisted with an honorable mention in Lumen Prize. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Media Arts and Technology Program, a researcher in Experimental Visualization Lab, instructor in the School of Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds her MFA degree in Art + Technology at California Institute of the Arts and BFA degree in Photomedia program at University of Washington, Seattle.
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