Email: zgaoap@connect.ust.hk

Research Area(s):  Education in Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Museum Study, Game Design, Philosophical Aesthetics, Chinese classical and Extended Reality.

Ze GAO is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and media art researcher based in New York and Hong Kong. He studied Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art and held an MFA with honor in the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has recently been a Ph.D. candidate in Computational Media and Arts(CMA) and Lab of Extended Reality and Immersive Media (XRIM) in HKUST. His research was published on the ACM Multimedia, ACM ICMI and ISEA, etc. mainly in Emerging Technologies and New Media Art. Mr. Gao’s photography, augmented reality, motion capture performance, and interactive video installation have been showcased internationally in China, North America, and Europe.

personal website: www.zegaoart.com