Shao Chun
Shao Chun is a new media artist whose research interests encompass multimedia installation, e-textiles, post-internet art and design fiction. She is dedicated to exploring the intricate relationship between the human body and digital technology (‘digital intimacy’) and the resulting emotional dependency. Her recent work, combining traditional craft with computer programming, explores the aesthetics of interaction and reflect on our digitalised life.
Shao completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Fine Arts at the China Academy of Art in 2010. In 2013, she obtained an MFA in performance art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She then taught and pursued doctoral studies at the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington, Seattle. After receiving her PhD in 2019, she was awarded an artist residency at Schmiede in Austria by FeralAIR.