About

Summary

Old media artist.

Was the youngest person in the world.

Works in the nexus of game design, coding, 3D modeling, performance, moving images, fabrication, drawing, printmaking, theater, writing, curating, and education.

Experience

Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021-2023

  • 3D Modeling and Motion (DESMA 156), Undergraduate, 22 students
  • Drawing and Color (DESMA 21), Undergraduate, 18 students

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020-2021

  • Teaching assistant for Casey Reas (Coding), Eddo Stern (Game Design), and Jenna Caravello (Animation)

Lecturer, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2019

  • Open source coding, Undergraduate, 30 students

Assistant Coordinator, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, 2018

  • Responsible for the coordination with the Manchester Camerata and pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Visual Director, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2018

  • Using motion capture and software to generate 3D images on holographic films
  • Supervising and coordinating the work of scripts, dancing, visual design and funds

Selected Exhibitions  

  • Broken mirrors, Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, 2023
  • Symbiosis Future, Venice Arsenale, Venice, 2022
  • Kungfu, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, 2021  
  • Organs Underground, MWOODS, Beijing, 2020  
  • The Beautiful Women and Angry Men – A Zheng Fang Solo Exhibition, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles, 2020
  • Stiff Neck – A Zheng / Fengtian Dual Solo Exhibition, Chen Gallery, Beijing, 2019  
  • Self Domestication – A Zheng Fang Project, Plate Space, Beijing, 2019
  • Riding a Bike, Keyi Gallery, Hefei, 2019

Talks

  • Domestic Art Galleries: A Transnational and Post-Socialist Network, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2023
  • Does ChatGPT represent a turning point in the development of artificial intelligence?, Server Art, 2023
  • Old Media Art, Çankaya Belediyesi, Ankara, 2023
  • What is the New Style? Myths about Generative Adversarial Networks and Diffusion Models, Server Art, 2023

Press

  • Zhijun Xu, “A Practical Perspective: The Art Criticism of Jasagala”, Huakan, 2022
  • Killscreen, “Down a Rabbit Hole”, 2021

Education  

University of California, Los Angeles. Master of Fine Arts, Design Media Arts, June 2021

  • GPA: 4.0  Areas of Focus: Game Design, Generated Images, Machine Learning, Photogrammetry

Central Academy of Fine Arts. Bachelor of Arts, Printmaking, June 2018

  • China National Scholarship (2015), ASA Foundation Scholarship (2014), CAFA Scholarship (2014-2017)

Communities  

  • Jasagala, Co-founder and Editor, 2017-2021
  • Student Union of Printmaking Department, Vice President, 2017-2018
  • The Blank Poet Society, Chief, 2016-2017
  • CAFA Art Museum, Volunteer, 2014-2017

Skills  

  • Software: Unity (URP, HDRP), Cinema4D (Hard Surface Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Rendering), Shader Graph, VFX Graph, C#, Processing, p5.js, three.js, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photogrammetry (RealityCapture, 3DF Zephyr), R3DS Wrap, Arduino, Adobe (PS, AE, PR, AI, ID), VR (Unity, Oculus), 3D Printing, Projection-Mapping, HTML, CSS, Google Colab  
  • Craft: Oil Painting, Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint, Photogravure  
  • Languages: Mandarin (native), Cantonese (fluent), English (TOEFL iBT 102), Japanese (beginner)