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朱祺皓(ZHU Kio) is a post-MFA scholar at ACCAD and Design department in Ohio State University. The artist earned his MFA from Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and BE from School of Design and Innovation, Tongji University.

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朱祺皓 (ZHU Kio)’s practice often tells stories, mostly real life stories concerning China's major social and political events, historical and ongoing. The artist is also interested in what kind of role technology, for instance social media, plays in these events and on us, and most recently the ideas of archive, collective memory, mortality/immortality and East Asian death rituals. 

At the same time, coming from a design background, the artist is constantly trying out new methods and tools for his art expression. His works range from abstract animation, video installation to interactive web platform, speculative design etc.

朱祺皓 (ZHU Kio)’s works has been included in Ars Electronica’s online exhibition, reported by Oregon Arts Watch, and exhibited at Chicago local and nationwide galleries.

Teaching & Research

2022-2024

Post-MFA Scholar

@Ohio State University

2021

Teaching Assistant

@School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Residency

2023

Satellite 2023

@randrr research

2021

Monira Foundation New Media Residency

@Mana Contemporary

Conference

2024

HHAI 2024:
Hybrid Human AI Systems for the Social Good

@Malmo University

2023

Cumulus Beijing Parallel Conference

Workshop @Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art

Exhibitions

2023

@Asian Contemporary Art Alliance

Explosion Sim Research

Cumulus Beijing

@Asian Contemporary Art Alliance

Hai, AI Instrument Research (WIP), 812 Years 7 Months 13 Days

Protesting for Environment

@randrr research

ZFTl, NDSZ

solo piece w/ artist talk

@OSU fine arts library

Hundred Stories

2022

Across the Divide

@Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery

Hundred Stories

2021

My Mother Was A Computer

@Pavillion 87 at the Wrong Biennale No. 5

Hundred Stories

Re-connect

online exhibition @KeyElements Studio

Hundred Stories

 空隙 In The Narrow Between

Sinophone Artists In the US Pandemic

@The Research House for Asian Art

Hundred Stories, REM

Interwined

@Mana Contemporary

Hundred Stories, Sound Perfume

A Residue You Find On Your Fingertips

@SITE Galleries

812 Years 7 Months 13 Days

2020

Garden EXPERIMENTA - Chicago

online exhibition @Ars Electronica

Memory of a Veteran

Movies In The Lot

screening @Hyde Park Art Center

Memory of a Veteran

Majestic Shorts

online screening @Hyde Park Art Center

Memory of a Veteran

Oor Changing Context:
Initial Artistic Responses To COVID-19

online exhibition @The Chehalem Cultural Center

Can you do it? Do you understand? 2.0

Backyard Story

@Zhou B Art Center

Memory of a Veteran

Awards 

2018

The Third Prize

UXD Award2018

(User eXperience Design Award)

host by UXPA China

(User Experience Professionals Association)

2018

The Second Prize

The 3rd Think Youth, Shanghai Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition (MANA)

2016

The Third Prize

Shanghai Creation Cup

Education 

2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Engineering
Industrial Design (Media and Communication Design)

College of Design and Innovation

Tongji University

2019 - 2021

Master of Fine Arts

Art and Technology Studies

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Work Experience

2018.7-2018.9

disguise Systems (China)

Manager Assistant (Intern)

2018.11-2019.4

Bosch

CI Intern

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