Vivian Xu

Assistant Professor of Media and Arts at Duke Kunshan University

DKU Faculty

vivian.xu@dukekunshan.edu.cn

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Academic Experience
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Research
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Publications
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Artistic Works / Events
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Teaching
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Advising & Mentoring
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Professional Activities
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Artistic Works

Horologic Solum

New Media January 1, 2020 https://www.vivianxu.studio/horologic-solum

The Silkworm Project

New Media January 1, 2019 https://www.vivianxu.studio/silkworm-project

Skin Series

New Media January 1, 2018

The Bioharmonic Quartet

New Media January 1, 2018 https://www.vivianxu.studio/bioharmonic-quartet

Living Devices

New Media January 1, 2013 https://www.vivianxu.studio/living-devices

Exhibitions, Screenings, & Performances

Craft as Myth: Between Ideal and Real Life - Silk Stories

Museum of Decorative Arts Dresden · June 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025

The Via Combusta

Three Shadow Photography Art Center (Beijing) · May 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024

The Via Combusta

Fotograpfiska Museum (Shanghai) · March 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024

Blue-Cables Vercel

Power Station of Art · January 1, 2021 https://blue-cables.vercel.app

The Fiber Code

China Design Museum · January 1, 2021

Under the Viral Shadow: Networks in the Age of Technoscience and Infection

Art Laboratory Berlin · January 1, 2021 Art Laboratory Berlin Archive

The Final Prophet

Shenzhen Bay Science Technology and Arts Festival · January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021 Exhibition Review

Quasi-Nature: Bio Art, Borderline and Laboratory

Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing · January 1, 2019 Hyundai Motorstudio, Beijing Exhibition Article

The Silkworm Project Solo Exhibition

Kapelica Gallery · January 1, 2019 Kapelica Archive

Boundless Encounters: Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Arts

Zhejiang Art Museum · January 1, 2019 Exhibition Review

The Silkworm Project Solo Exhibition

Art Laboratory Berlin · January 1, 2019 Art Laboratory Berlin Archive

Blossoms

Shanghai Symphony Hall, Chamber Hall · January 1, 2018

Trees of Life: Workshop-Shopwork, Knowledge in Material

NTU Center for Contemporary Art · January 1, 2018 NTU Center for Contemporary Art Archive

Shenzhen New Media Festival

Shenzhen · January 1, 2016

Kick!

Gallery Ho, NYC · January 1, 2014

Hyper-Seeing

Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing · January 1, 2014