viola he
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b. 1996, Shanghai China. Lived & Worked in LA, Brooklyn, and Shanghai.
Education
- 2022 MPS Interactive Telecommunications, New York University
- 2018 BA Communication, University of Southern California
Teaching
2024-Present Interactive Media Arts, NYU Shanghai
2022-2023 MFA Interaction Design, School of Visual Arts
Residencies & Incubators
- 2025 NEW INC Y12, Art & Code | NEW MUSEUM, NYC
- 2024 Onassis ONX Studio Member | Onassis ONX, NYC
- 2023 Wave Farm Artist-in-Residence | Wave Farm, NY
- 2022 Future of Memory Residency | China Residencies, Online
Talks & Presentations
- 2024 Wordhack: Live Laugh Code | Wonderville, NYC
- 2023 Livecoding as WorldBuilding | Hybrid Live Coding Interfaces Conference, Online
- 2023 Artist Talk at Yao Collaborative 10 Year Anniversary | Farm to People, NY
- 2023 How About Talking To Neighbors | HASTAC Conference, Pratt Institute, NY
- 2022 Future of Memory Residency Presentation | Future of Memory Festival, Online
- 2021 VIOLASTREAM | Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X, Online
Selected Performances
2025
- With All Due Respect | Onassis ONX, NYC
- UFO Terminal Loading… Project | West Bund Art Park, SH
- Finder Shanghai NY Tour+ | Trans Pecos, NYC
- A {room} of one’s Own | Under the Radar Festival, NYC
2024
- Finder Shanghai Japan Tour | SPACE Tokyo
- Odd Species* | SYSTEM, SH
- Hong Kong International Poetry Festival Shanghai | Theatre YOUNG, SH
- Internet Friends 4ever EP Release* | Chemistry Creative, NYC
- Alice the Club: Elsewhere Pride | Elsewhere, NYC
- Onassis ONX Summer Showcase | Onassis ONX, NYC
- Friends:Forever | SXSW Music Festival, Austin TX
- Wise: Algorave | SXSW Music Festival, Austin TX
- Livecode at dadaLab, dadaLab, Austin TX
- Artifice Presents: Black Box 001+ | Evol, NYC
2023
- ANTI-PATTERNS* | Hex H0use & Festival Tsonami, Chile
- Hexcode | Gray Area, San Francisco
- Livecode at Spectra* | Spectra Studio, LA
- LivecodeNYC presents Queer Coded* | Wonderville, NYC
- human.machine.interface | Persona Studio, NYC
- LivecodeNYC presents CRTical Mass+ | Wonderville, NYC
- PlayHouse | _iidr Gallery, NYC
2020-2022
- Moving into Sync* | Willie Mae Rock Camp, NYC
- Neon Genesis Kybernetes | Visural NYC
- Body, Embodiment, Digital Self | _iidr Gallery, NYC
- Death of the Wild Birds* | Wild Birds, NYC
- Sonar Flare | Hex H0use, NYC
2017-2019 (theatre credits)
- Producer, Near Dawn | Hollywood Fringe Festival, LA
- Immersive Tech Designer, Mr.Crow | Son of Semele Theater, LA
- Producer, I(HIM+HER) | Ground Zero, LA
- Director, Hope it Finds You Well | Cammilleri Hall, LA
- Producer, White Orchid | Bovard Auditorium, LA
* for organizer, + for technical support
Media & Features
- Computer Ears and Who Wants to be Heard, Shifting the Angles of Shine
- The Power of Small Hidden Networks, Institute of Networked Cultures
- Livecoding with Viola He, USURPATOR Podcast