Hong Yun is a PhD candidate in the Department of Information Art & Design at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, under the direction of Associate Professor Shi Danqing. At the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and Rhode Island School of Design in the United States, she studied information design and digital+media, respectively. Since 2019, she has served as an assistant professor of public art at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts' School of Environmental and Architectural Arts. She has concentrated on investigating the augmentation of the physical world by technology media in recent years, her areas of research interest including space art and data-driven art.
She has participated in several interdisciplinary studies of technology and art, including the Captured Landscape, a collaborative research project with NASA scientists on historic and contemporary imaging technology in Silicon Valley region which was exhibited in the exhibition Setting Out (2016). Her digital artworks were presented on ISEA (2017), Chinagraph (2022), and the The 1st Annual METAVERSE Art @ VENICE - Metacuration Panel (2022). At the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, she participated in projects such as Space Art Workshop Series (2020-2021), and Data Park (2021), a data-driven digital art experience based on Yangtze River area. She is also the candidate for Hyundai Blue Prize Art+Tech 2022 with the curatorial proposal Twin Landscapes.
She has taken involved in a number of multidisciplinary investigations fusing technology and art, such as the Captured Landscape project with NASA scientists, which examined historical and modern imaging technology in the Silicon Valley area and was displayed in the exhibition Setting Out (2016). Her digital art works have been presented at ISEA (2017), Chinagraph (2022), and the Metacuration Panel at The First Annual METAVERSE Art @ VENICE (2022). At the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, she took part in projects including the Space Art Workshop Series (2020–2021) and Data Park (2021), a data-driven digital art experience focused on the Yangtze River area. Additionally, she is a contender for the Hyundai Blue Prize for Art + Technology in 2022 with the curatorial proposal Twin Landscapes.
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2020 Space Art: Innovation Workshop on Art + Aerospace, SDG Open Hack @ Tsinghua University
2021 Data Park: Ecological Data-driven Online and Offline Experience Design Research Project
2021 Zero Gravity Fashion Workshop: A Guide to Wearing in Space, Tsinghua International Art & Design Conference 2021
2022 Data-driven Research on Ecological Environment Perception and Artistic Expression