ABOUT
1994, Chengdu, CN
Residence: Berlin, Germany / Linz, Austria
EDUCATION
PhD University of Arts Linz, Media Design (Prof. Alexis Dworsky)
Guest Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Emergent Digital Media class (Prof. Hito Steyerl / Dr. Francis Hunger)
MFA Berlin University of the Arts, Art in Context, honored with Outstanding Graduate
BA Sichuan institute of Fine Arts, Graphic Art
AWARDS
2024 Shortlist, Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum
2023 Best Category Prize, Art Dream Fund, APENFT Foundation
2021 The Lumen Prize, London, was nominated for the Shortlist
Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Shortlist
SAP Art Award, ARTCLOUD China SAP Art Award, won the emerging artist
Upapāduka· the Prologue of Crypto Art Competition, third prize
2020 Elite Young Artist Program 2020, Elite Young Artist Program, Finalist
2019 Shortlist, Experimental Art Section of National Art Exhibition, 13th National Art Exhibition
Ruptopia - 2019 iART Youth Art Project, third prize
Today Art Museum X InArt "Future Art", winning artist (first prize)
RESIDENCY
2024 Cultures d’Avenir, HKW(Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin), Germany (Phase I)
Cultures d‘Avenir, Centre Pompidou , Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France (Phase II)
Cultures d‘Avenir, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (Phase III)
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
SOLO & PROJECTS
2023 Verbuchstabieren Trilogy: On the Dilemmas of Language, Identity and Culture, X Virtual, X Museum, Beijing, China
2022 Intercultural - Cultural Identity in Context, Art Nova 100, Online
2021 Verbuchstabieren, Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
GROUP
2025 The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
EVA 21, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Territory of emptiness, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Beyond the Soil - Art on Ecology, 3723 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Launch, Firefighting, and Ignition, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024 Cultures d‘Avenir (by Centre Pompidou, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, CCCB and Gaîté Lyrique), CCCB Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
HOPE – who will turn the tide - Ars Electronica Festival 2024, PostCity, Linz, Austria
AI+ Artificial Intelligence and Art, splace am Hauptplatz, Linz, Austria
EVA 21 , School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok university, Bangkok, Thailand; College of Fine Arts Ladkabang, Bangkok, Thailand;
Faculty of Architecture art and design, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty, Burapha
University, Chon Buri, Thailand; Fine Arts Department, Architechture Faculty, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkabang,
Bangkok, Thailand
2023 Art Basel 2023, Film Program, Art Basel, Hong Kong
In Search of Identity at Loop Festival, Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
Localize - Von Amts Wegen, Potsdam City all, Potsdam, Germany
From the Other Hill, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
Quadrants In Ecology, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023, Ash Gallery, Shanghai, China
BYoUSB, rhizome + dnr, New York, USA
Days of Contemporary Art 2023, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow, Russia
BORDERLINE, Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
2022 Ars Electronica Festival 2022, Linz, Austria
Digitale Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
The BOLOHO Series (curated by BOLOHO), Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cosmicus Ephemeroptera, Space Art Dao, online / outer space
Are You Sure You Want To Leave?, OSTRALE Biennale, Budapest, Hungary
Under Construction, GEH8 – Kunstraum, Dresden, Germany
Pool Party, Microscope Gallery, New York, USA
SEEN, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
SIMULTAN Festival XVII, Comenduirea Garnizoanei, Timișoara, Romania
Crypto Shanghai, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
The 1st Annual METAVERSE Art @ VENICE, Arsenal, Venice, Italy
#Post RE:SET@New Future, goes :art, Vienna, Austria / online
Home|Away: Narratives of Dislocation and Estrangement, The Bhavan, London
YAF, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
2021 Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Online
Virtual Niche, UCCA Lab, Beijing, China
OSTRALE Biennale, Dresden, Germany
Rundgang Preview, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
CCI Lab, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria / online
Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis Exhibition, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
The Secret Code of Satellite City, Enjoy·Art Museum, Beijing, China
YAF, Beijing Times Museum, Beijing, China
Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
D-Normal, JCCAC, Hongkong, China
It’s time to reduce the backlog, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, USA
SAP Emerging Artists Special Exhibition, iADC Design Museum, Shenzhen
Yanjiao Biennial, Yanjiao, China
2020 Flash Point, LUXELAKES· A4· Art Museum, ARIE, Chengdu, China
Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2020, Online
The New Art Fest 2020, Lisbon, Portugal
NOW & AFTER 2020, Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
Days of Contemporary Art 2020, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow
HOT STEAM III, MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA
Young Dreams – Discover Young Talent, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
Cyberfeminism, No Space, London, England/ Beijing, China
2019 The 13th National Art Exhibition, Experimental Art Exhibition Area, Langfang / Beijing, China
Today Art Museum x InArt | "Future Art", Today Art Museum & InArt, Beijing, China
The 2019 iART Youth Art Project, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2018 Continuity and Far-reaching: Print Art Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China Printmaking Museum，
Shenzhen
LECTURE, TALK& INTERVIEW
2025 Video Games and, Artistic Intervention, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024 The Cultural Narratives in Video Games, CMA Lab, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
2023 Good Prospect!, artist talk with Videotage, Art Basel, Hongkong
2022 The BOLOHO Series, artist talk with BOLOHO Collective, online
2021 CCI Lab, exhibition interview, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
2025 30th ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art Proceedings, published by ISEA International Association, Nabi Art Center, Seoul
National University College of Culture and Arts, and Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2024, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
2022 Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2022, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2021 BREATHTURN – Catalogue of Exhibitions for the OSTRALE Biennale, OSTRALE Center for Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany
Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
Institute für Kunst im Kontext - Masterarbeiten im postgradualen Studiengang , "Art in Context" 2020/2021
2020 D-Normal/V-Essay Video-Zine Issue #02, Hong Kong, China
Eigenart, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
2019 The 13th National Art Exhibition Experimental Art Exhibition Section Portfolio, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China
ZHOU Yinglin is a video and new media artist with an MFA from the
University of the Arts Berlin, a PhD candidacy at the University of the Arts
Linz and studies under Hito Steyerl at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. She explores
identity, digital space, and cultural equality. Her work, marked by satirical
wit and political insight, addresses themes such as identity recognition,
displacement, and post-colonial disparities through a futuristic lens. She was
selected for the film exchange program Cultures d’Avenir by Centre Pompidou,
Gaîté Lyrique Paris, HKW Berlin, CCCB Barcelona. Academically she was a visiting
scholar at HKUST (GZ), Her papers have appeared in top conferences on media art
such as ISEA.
Her works have been exhibited in major national and international art
institutions and exhibitions, recently at Ars Electronica Center Linz; Art
Basel Hong Kong's Film Program; CCCB Barcelona；Loop Festival; UCCA Lab at
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art; A4 Art Museum; 13th National Art Exhibition,
etc.
The artist has received awards such as "the
Lumen Prize", Shortlist; "Future Artist" of the Today Art Museum
X InArt, first prize; Lentos Freunde Art Award, Shortlist; "Ruptopia"
iART Youth Art Program, third prize; "SAP Art Award", Emerging Artist
prize; and "Upapāduka· the Prologue of Crypto Art", third prize.
︎Refering to the artist's CV for more detail.︎
ZHOU Yinglin
1994, Chengdu, CN
Residence: Berlin, Germany / Linz, Austria
EDUCATION
PhD University of Arts Linz, Media Design (Prof. Alexis Dworsky)
Guest Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Emergent Digital Media class (Prof. Hito Steyerl / Dr. Francis Hunger)
MFA Berlin University of the Arts, Art in Context, honored with Outstanding Graduate
BA Sichuan institute of Fine Arts, Graphic Art
AWARDS
2024 Shortlist, Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum
2023 Best Category Prize, Art Dream Fund, APENFT Foundation
2021 The Lumen Prize, London, was nominated for the Shortlist
Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Shortlist
SAP Art Award, ARTCLOUD China SAP Art Award, won the emerging artist
Upapāduka· the Prologue of Crypto Art Competition, third prize
2020 Elite Young Artist Program 2020, Elite Young Artist Program, Finalist
2019 Shortlist, Experimental Art Section of National Art Exhibition, 13th National Art Exhibition
Ruptopia - 2019 iART Youth Art Project, third prize
Today Art Museum X InArt "Future Art", winning artist (first prize)
RESIDENCY
2024 Cultures d’Avenir, HKW(Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin), Germany (Phase I)
Cultures d‘Avenir, Centre Pompidou , Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France (Phase II)
Cultures d‘Avenir, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (Phase III)
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
SOLO & PROJECTS
2023 Verbuchstabieren Trilogy: On the Dilemmas of Language, Identity and Culture, X Virtual, X Museum, Beijing, China
2022 Intercultural - Cultural Identity in Context, Art Nova 100, Online
2021 Verbuchstabieren, Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
GROUP
2025 The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
EVA 21, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Territory of emptiness, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Beyond the Soil - Art on Ecology, 3723 Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Launch, Firefighting, and Ignition, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024 Cultures d‘Avenir (by Centre Pompidou, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, CCCB and Gaîté Lyrique), CCCB Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
HOPE – who will turn the tide - Ars Electronica Festival 2024, PostCity, Linz, Austria
AI+ Artificial Intelligence and Art, splace am Hauptplatz, Linz, Austria
EVA 21 , School of Fine and Applied Arts, Bangkok university, Bangkok, Thailand; College of Fine Arts Ladkabang, Bangkok, Thailand;
Faculty of Architecture art and design, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand; Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty, Burapha
University, Chon Buri, Thailand; Fine Arts Department, Architechture Faculty, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkabang,
Bangkok, Thailand
2023 Art Basel 2023, Film Program, Art Basel, Hong Kong
In Search of Identity at Loop Festival, Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Pavilion, online
Localize - Von Amts Wegen, Potsdam City all, Potsdam, Germany
From the Other Hill, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
Quadrants In Ecology, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023, Ash Gallery, Shanghai, China
BYoUSB, rhizome + dnr, New York, USA
Days of Contemporary Art 2023, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow, Russia
BORDERLINE, Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
2022 Ars Electronica Festival 2022, Linz, Austria
Digitale Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany
The BOLOHO Series (curated by BOLOHO), Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cosmicus Ephemeroptera, Space Art Dao, online / outer space
Are You Sure You Want To Leave?, OSTRALE Biennale, Budapest, Hungary
Under Construction, GEH8 – Kunstraum, Dresden, Germany
Pool Party, Microscope Gallery, New York, USA
SEEN, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
SIMULTAN Festival XVII, Comenduirea Garnizoanei, Timișoara, Romania
Crypto Shanghai, Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
The 1st Annual METAVERSE Art @ VENICE, Arsenal, Venice, Italy
#Post RE:SET@New Future, goes :art, Vienna, Austria / online
Home|Away: Narratives of Dislocation and Estrangement, The Bhavan, London
YAF, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
2021 Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2021, Online
Virtual Niche, UCCA Lab, Beijing, China
OSTRALE Biennale, Dresden, Germany
Rundgang Preview, Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
CCI Lab, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria / online
Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis Exhibition, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
The Secret Code of Satellite City, Enjoy·Art Museum, Beijing, China
YAF, Beijing Times Museum, Beijing, China
Art Nova 100, Guardian Art Center, Beijing, China
D-Normal, JCCAC, Hongkong, China
It’s time to reduce the backlog, LATITUDE Gallery, New York, USA
SAP Emerging Artists Special Exhibition, iADC Design Museum, Shenzhen
Yanjiao Biennial, Yanjiao, China
2020 Flash Point, LUXELAKES· A4· Art Museum, ARIE, Chengdu, China
Ars Electronica, Ars Electronica Festival 2020, Online
The New Art Fest 2020, Lisbon, Portugal
NOW & AFTER 2020, Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
Days of Contemporary Art 2020, The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies, Moscow
HOT STEAM III, MIT Museum, Cambridge, USA
Young Dreams – Discover Young Talent, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
Cyberfeminism, No Space, London, England/ Beijing, China
2019 The 13th National Art Exhibition, Experimental Art Exhibition Area, Langfang / Beijing, China
Today Art Museum x InArt | "Future Art", Today Art Museum & InArt, Beijing, China
The 2019 iART Youth Art Project, Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China
2018 Continuity and Far-reaching: Print Art Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China Printmaking Museum，
Shenzhen
LECTURE, TALK& INTERVIEW
2025 Video Games and, Artistic Intervention, Media Design, University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria
2024 The Cultural Narratives in Video Games, CMA Lab, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
2023 Good Prospect!, artist talk with Videotage, Art Basel, Hongkong
2022 The BOLOHO Series, artist talk with BOLOHO Collective, online
2021 CCI Lab, exhibition interview, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria
PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
2025 30th ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art Proceedings, published by ISEA International Association, Nabi Art Center, Seoul
National University College of Culture and Arts, and Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
2024 Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2024, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
2022 Catalogue of Ars Electronica 2022, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2021 BREATHTURN – Catalogue of Exhibitions for the OSTRALE Biennale, OSTRALE Center for Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany
Catalogue of Lentos Freunde Kunstpreis, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
Institute für Kunst im Kontext - Masterarbeiten im postgradualen Studiengang , "Art in Context" 2020/2021
2020 D-Normal/V-Essay Video-Zine Issue #02, Hong Kong, China
Eigenart, Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany
2019 The 13th National Art Exhibition Experimental Art Exhibition Section Portfolio, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, China