Biography
Youyang Hu is an interdisciplinary artist and Ph.D. researcher at The University of Tokyo. His work spans bioengineering, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction, where he explores biohybrid experimental creations. By leveraging the calculable and augmented aspects of life as extensions of perception, he redefines the relationship between life and nature. As a member of the Yasuaki Kakehi Laboratory and co-founder of the Synphysica art collective, he continues to push the boundaries of research and creativity, pioneering novel paradigms within the more-than-human framework.
His artwork has been showcased at internationally renowned venues, including multiple exhibitions at the Ars Electronica Festival, the Asia Culture Center, the ETH AI Center, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Museum of Natural Science. His academic contributions have been presented at leading conferences such as CHI, ACM Multimedia, SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, and ISEA. His works are also part of esteemed collections, including those of Columbia University’s E3B program and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Asian Cultural Council.
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