Deputy Director
DENG Yan, Professor, multimedia artist born in 1980, graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design with a BFA in 2004 and from Parsons School of Design, The New School in New York, with an MFA in 2011.
Deng Yan is currently a tenured professor and doctoral supervisor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. He also serves as the Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Art Museum and as a graduate supervisor for Tsinghua University's Master's Degree Program in Arts Management and Museum Management. Additionally, he is a graduate supervisor for the Tsinghua-Politecnico di Milano Joint Master's Program, a visiting professor at Parsons School of Design, and a graduate supervisor for the International Visual Innovation Program at the University of West Attica.
His creative research focuses on the forefront of international art and design innovation, making significant contributions in the fields of digital image art creativity and intelligent application, scientific and technological information art visualization design, cross-media creative application based on image media, and innovative design for the digital protection and development of cultural heritage. His current research interests include contemporary art, new media art, visualization, and interdisciplinary studies.
He is a member of the Experimental Art Committee of the China Artists Association, the Advanced Imaging Committee of the China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, the Information & Interaction Design Committee of the China Industrial Design Association, and the Expert Committee of Industrial & Engineering Design.
Deng Yan has led and participated in programs funded by the China National Arts Fund, the National Key Basic Research Program, the National Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Art Science Program, and other major national projects.
His work has been exhibited in China and internationally, including at the MOCA Invitational Exhibition (United States, 2012), Kwangju Art Biennial (Korea, 2014), Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), Art Basel Miami (United States, 2015), RushArts Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition (United States), and The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition (United States).
Deng Yan's works have been published in Time Magazine (2011), Ars Electronica (2016), Art Cat, Art Baba, Yahoo Finance, ArtChina (2012), Chinese Art (2013), Art Market (2015), Chinese Photography, Art Observation, and Zhuangshi. He has curated and organized a series of academic exhibitions, including "Art, Music, Fashion, Technology" (2015), "Photo - ADT, Coming Image" (2018), "If Art Can Start Anew" (2017) and "New Media After the Goal of Science and Technology is Blurred" (2019).
