ZIYAO LIN
" Still on the way to becoming an artist and researcher. "
Ziyao Lin's creative endeavors encompass digital art, experimental video, and installations, with a thematic focus on the relationship between individuals and nature, technological ethics, and individual psychology.
Ziyao Lin was born in October 1999, in a small town on the southeast coast of China. Her mother once said that at the height of her family's poverty, they only had 300 RMB, which meant that they only had enough money to buy a can of milk powder for her.
Growing up in a town with a deeply ingrained patriarchal mentality, Ziyao defied traditional beliefs that “women are useless” and made every effort to challenge them.
Every difficult choice she has made in life has shaped her perceptions and creative journey. The ordinary yet twisted stories she has experienced have become a part of her artwork, and have contributed to her sensitive and contradictory character.
Ziyao took up painting at the age of six and received artistic training in high school and university. She often had to make a tough balance between prioritizing her livelihood, symbolized by "bread", and her passion for art, represented by "love". Despite the challenges, she didn't give up on her love for art, as she had to "look down and pick up sixpences, but also look up and see the moon."
She chose art simply because she was drawn to and inspired by the field, not because she had aspirations of becoming an artist. Ziyao Lin is still on her artistic journey and will always be pursuing it.
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Education:
2024 - 2027
Loughborough University
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PHD student with full scholarship
2022 - 2023
Goldsmiths, University of London
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Postgraduate of Digital Media (Distinction)
2018 - 2022
Central Academy of Fine Arts
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Bachelor of Digital Media Art
Publications in Academic Journals
“The Power of Poor AI.” Leonardo Journal, 2024.
“The Angel of History at the Threshold—A Future Placed in the Past.” Third Text Online, 2025.
“The Affective Horizon: Love, Mediation, and Projection in a Technological World.” Leonardo Journal, Accepted.
Academic Presentations & Academic Exhibitions
Artist, CVPR AI Art Gallery 2025, Music City Center, Nashville, USA, 2025.
Artist, Synthetic Rewilding: Between Nature and the Machine, Artistic Research Exhibition, FilmEU ARE, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2025.
Presenter, Mapping the World: Art and Creativity Across Borders, Midlands Conference of Critical Thought (MCCT), University of Derby, UK, 2025.
Artist, ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, USA, 2024.
Artist, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia XR Gallery, International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia, 2023.
Selected Awards:
2025
Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist Artist (2025)
2024
Italy XVIII edition of Share Festival, Share Prize, The winner (2024)
Espacio SOLO museum, SOLO AI Award, The 10 finalists (2024)
Shenzhen Global Design Award, Merit award (2024)
2023
Ars Electronica, S+T+ARTS Prize, Nomination (2023)
The third Climate Creatives Challenge, Commended Entry (2023)
Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist Artist (2023)
Shenzhen Global Design Award, Bronze Award (2023)
C-IDEA Design Award, New Star Award (2023)
2022
Beijing Youth Design List, Top Ten New Designers of the Year (2022)
Asian New Generation Design, Gold Award (2022)
Design360° Graduation Design of the Year Award (2022)
Designnova International Innovation Competition, Bronze Award (2022)
Tsinghua SDG Research Institute Climate Solution Innovation Competition, Top11 (2022)
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Outstanding Graduation Work, Second Prize (2022)
Central Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design Group Final Project, First Prize (2022)
2021
Hiii Illustration Competition, Finalist (2021)
Golden Block International Design Award, Merit Award (2021)
2020
OPPO Renovators - Emerging Artists, Top 100 Finalists (2020)
2019
The 7th Most Beautiful China Photography Competition, Best Colour Award (2019)
Central Academy of Fine Arts Social Practice Exhibition, Outstanding Individual (2019)
2018
Angkor Cultural Creative Design Award, The Second Prize (2018)
部分奖项：
2025
英国Aesthetica杂志美学艺术奖，入围艺术家（2025）
2024
意大利都灵艺术周 XVIII分享奖，大奖得主（2024）
马德里Espacio博物馆 SOLO AI 奖项，Top10入选（2024）
深圳设计周环球设计大赛，优秀奖（2024）
2023
奥地利林茨电子艺术节S+T+ARTS Prize，提名奖（2023）
英国第三届气候创意挑战赛, 推介作品 （2023）
英国Aesthetica杂志美学艺术奖，入围艺术家（2023）
深圳设计周环球设计大赛，铜奖（2023）
CIDEA设计奖，新星奖（2023）
2022
北京青年设计榜，年度十佳新锐设计师（2022）
亚洲新生代设计展，金奖（2022）
Design360°年度毕业设计奖（2022）
Designnova国际创新大赛，铜奖（2022）
清华SDG研究院气候解决方案创新大赛，Top11（2022）
中央美术学院优秀个人毕业作品二等奖（2022）
中央美术学院设计学院优秀小组毕设一等奖（2022）
2021
Hiii Illustration 插画比赛, 入围奖 (2021)
金方杯国际设计奖优秀奖（2021）
2020
OPPO Renovators全球青年创作计划百强入围奖（2020）
2019
第七届央美"最美中国"摄影大赛最佳色彩奖 (2019)
中央美术学院社会实践展优秀个人 (2019)
2018
第一届吴哥文化创意设计大赛二等奖（2019）
Selected Exhibitions:
2025
Echoes: Memory – International Audiovisual Art Showcase (Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2025)
"ART RESISTS" Online Group Exhibition (Curated by Aude Abou Nasr, BOSLA Arts, 2025)
"The Gimmick!" Group Exhibition (VCAS – Vienna Contemporary Art Space, Vienna, Austria, 2025)
"What is Art Festival 3rd” Artist Group Exhibition (Kulangsu Art Park, Xiamen, China, 2025)
2024
When We Sense: Bodies in Collective Rituals and Resonant Memories (Acute Angle Gallery, Rooftop Art Center, Guangzhou, China, 2024)
"Borders" (NECE Festival, Tirana, Albania, 2024)
Youth Vision: 2024 Shenzhen Youth Art Exhibition (Pingshan Exhibition Hall, Shenzhen, China, 2024)
"Love Leather" Mingxin Material Lab (Suhe Art Season, Shanghai, China, 2024)
"All-Nature" Turin Contemporary Art Week (OfficinesS, Turin, Italy, 2024)
Solo Exhibition "Intelligent Heartbeat" (H&Art Gallery, Shenyang, China, 2024)
"Art Jingyang" Group exhibition (Wende International Convention and Exhibition Center, Deyang, China, 2024)
"Xuan - Poetic Dreams" Group exhibition (Beijing Maotai Cultural Experience Centre, Beijing, China, 2024)
"All power on earth comes from the sun" Group exhibition (Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, 2024)
"The Last Exhibition on Earth" Group exhibition (798TheBluebox, Beijing, China, 2024)
"Code Refactoring - Art Exploration in the AIGC Era" Exhibition (Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Dalian, China, 2024)
“A Moment of Light” Youth Art Exhibition (Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China, 2024)
2023
"Synthetic Living – Image Art in Digital Era", Chengdu International Photography Week (Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chengdu, China, 2023)
"Virtuality and Reshaping" Contemporary Art Exhibition (Jiangxi Art Museum, Nanchang, China, 2023)
"What is Art Festival" Artist Group Exhibition (Kulangsu Art Park, Xiamen, China, 2023)
"The Next Thing Awards" 10 Short Films Exhibition (Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2023)
GUI2023 Second International Digital Art Exhibition and Development Forum (Beijing Xu Beihong Culture and Art Exchange Centre, Beijing, China, 2023)
Future Unknown 2.0 "Eco Visionary Project - SHENG" Exhibition (Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2023)
"Inflection Point" Digital media group exhibition (Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 2023)
2022
"Trigger" Exhibition- CAFA Institute of Technology Art Research (Hengtong International Business Park, Beijing, China, 2022)
Infinity and Boundlessness Interactive Experience Exhibition of Youth Art Works (Online exhibition, 2022)
Beijing Youth Design List Exhibition (Future Design Park, Zhangjiawan Design Town, Beijing, China, 2022)
2019
Ginkgo Bud Art x Public Welfare Experimental Exhibition (Dahua 1935 Theatre, Xi'an, China, 2019)
部分展览：
2025
《回声：记忆》国际视听艺术展映（立陶宛考纳斯，Meno Parkas 画廊，2025年）
“艺术抵抗”线上群展（策展人Aude Abou Nasr，BOSLA Arts，2025）
“噱头”群展（维也纳当代艺术空间，奥地利，维也纳，2025）
“不懂艺术节3” 艺术群展（鼓浪屿美院，厦门，中国，2025）
2024
“当我们感应：群体仪式的身体与共鸣记忆”群展 （屋面艺术中心锐角画廊，广州，中国，2024）
“边界” （欧洲公民教育节，地拉那，阿尔巴尼亚，2024）
“青年视界——2024深圳青年美术大展” （坪山展览馆，深圳，中国，2024）
“情书” 明新材料实验室展览（2024苏河艺术季，上海，中国，2024）
“全-自然” 都灵当代艺术周群展（OfficineS，都灵，意大利，2024）
“智能心跳” 个展（河·美术馆，沈阳，中国，2024）
“艺术旌阳” 群展（艺术德阳文德国际会展中心，德阳，中国，2024）
“璇——梦得见的诗意” 群展（北京茅台文化体验馆，北京，中国，2024）
“地球上所有的能量都来自太阳”群展，（肯塔基大学玻利瓦尔画廊，莱克星顿，美国，2024）
“地球最后一个展览” 群展（798TheBlueBox，北京，中国，2024）
“代码重构” （鲁迅美术学院美术馆，大连，中国，2024）
2023
“成都国际摄影周 合成生活-数字时代的影像艺术” 展览（成都当代影像馆，成都，中国，2023）
“虚拟与重塑” 当代艺术作品展（江西省美术馆，南昌，中国，2023）
“不懂艺术节” 艺术群展（鼓浪屿美院，厦门，中国，2023）
“下一新事件奖” （伯里艺术博物馆，曼切斯特，英国，2023）
“GUI2023” 第二届国际数字艺术展暨发展论坛（徐悲鸿文化艺术中心，北京，中国，2023）
“未未来2.0生态远见计划-SHENG”展览（中央美术学院美术馆，北京，中国，2023）
“拐点” 数字媒体展览（伦敦大学金史密斯，伦敦，英国，2023）
2022
“数字触发器” 展览（中央美术学院科技艺术研究院，北京，中国，2022）
“无限无际” 中外文化交流中心青年艺术互动体验展（线上展，2022）
北京青年设计榜作品展（中国北京张家湾设计小镇未来设计园，北京，中国，2022）
2019
银杏树芽艺术X公益实验展（大华1935文化艺术区，西安，中国，2019）
Selected Film Festivals:
Knowmad Short Film Festival (2024)
Golden FEMI Film Festival (2024)
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, Pinewood Studios, UK (2023)
Muestra Cortos de la Polis Joven- San Jos, Sabanilla (2023)
Black Snapper International Film Festival - Macquarie University (2023)
15th International Inter University Short Film Festival - University of Dhaka (2023)
Reel Launchers Film Festival - Bend, Oregon, USA (2023)
Art Residency Program:
Taiwu Art Residency Program (2024, Hebei, Taiwu Town)
Nature and Art Residency (2024, Fujian, Anruo Town)