Born in Guangzhou, 1990, Shuyi Cao currently lives and works in New York. She received a Bachelor of Laws (2013), an MA in Public Administration (2016) from Fudan University, Shanghai, and an MFA in Fine Arts (2018) from Parsons School of Design, New York. Through archeological speculation and ecological fiction, she contemplates the porous plurality of relations between sciences, techno-cultures, mythologies, and cosmologies. Her multi-medium sculpture and installation traverse enormous and microscopic scales, involving more/less/other-than-human worlds. Her making methods synthesize dynamic spatiotemporal configuration and material transformation, from ceramic and glass making with wild clay, sand, mineral, and earth elements to digital fabrication such as 3D printing and virtual environment simulation.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibition “Undercurrent Softness” (Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2023); dual exhibition “Strange Stranger” (Para Site, Hong Kong, 2023); and exhibitions at Aranya Art Center, Hyundai Motorstudio Beijing, Long March Independent Space, Today Art Museum, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Contemporary Gallery Kunming (CGK), Chronus Art Center, Banff Centre for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Agnes Varis Art Center, A.I.R. 13th Biennale, MASS MoCA, among others. She is a visiting assistant professor at Pratt Institute and a faculty member at Parsons School of Design.