Born in Hangzhou, 1987, Chun Shao still lives and works there. Shao graduated from the China Academy of Art in 2010 and the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 with a master’s degree. From 2014 to 2018, she had been studied for a doctoral degree, while working as a teaching assistant, at the University of Washington in Seattle. Shao’s creations include multimedia installations, E-textiles, post-internet art and Design Fiction. The artist has long explored the digital intimacy between the human body and interactive interfaces, and the resulting emotional dependence. Her recent research project is dedicated to combining traditional handicrafts with electronic programming, aiming to launch experimental creations about interactive aesthetics, thereby reflecting on current digital life.

Her recent major exhibitions include: “Riddle Bodies” (Macalline Center of Art, Shanghai, 2022), “SILICONE LOVE—HER GARDEN” (Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, 2018). Her works also were presented in UCCA Edge (Shanghai, 2022), OCAT Biennale (Shenzhen, 2021), UCCA Dune (Qinhuangdao, 2021), BAO COLLECTION (Shanghai, 2020), Jacob Lawrence Gallery (Seattle, 2017), Bellwether Art Walk (Seattle, 2016), Sullivan Gallery (Chicago, 2013), Grace Space (New York, 2012) and others. After obtained her Ph.D. in 2019, she was awarded the artist residency supported by FeralAIR and went to Austria, in the same year, nominated Lumen Prize, and selected to participate Switzerland TaDA Textile and Design Alliance, further conducting the research project of E-textiles. In addition, she won New Media Artist Award by Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle (2018), the Jury Selections of 19th Japan Media Arts Festival (2015), the Kurtich Traveling Fellowship of Art Institute of Chicago (2013).