vio zhu

New York - Tokyo
Creative Technology
VJ & Audio-Visual
Software Engineer

Email
@vio.zhu
 ITP Blog


Collaborated with
musician / artists -
DJ Rebolledo
, ASUKA, YY, HACOIRI, Kylie
Manami Sakamoto, Demsky

Performed At
Public Visuals, LVMH Tokyo Summit
WOMB, HVEN,  Mitsuki, Circus


Vio Zhu is a software engineer turned creative technologist and VJ based in Brooklyn, New York and Tokyo.

Now she is attending NYU ITP.



Exhibitions
2024

Rising River
  • GenAI Summit San Francisco 2024 Art Section, CA, US
  • NYU ITP/IMA Spring Show 2024, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, US
  • NYU Tisch International Arts Incubator Exhibition, La MaMa Experimental Theatre, New York City, US
Neural Harmony
  • New York Academy of Science, NY, US 
  • NYU Neuroscience Institute Buzsaki Lab, NY, US
  • The Point, Shanghai, China
  • NYU ITP/IMA Spring Show 2024, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, US


2023

Mirror Self
Light: Hopping
Lancer Make A Way
  • NYU ITP/IMA Winter Show 2023, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, US



Press



Grants & Awards
2024
Official Selection
, International Student Arts Incubator Program
    Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Official Selection, Best Creative Usage of AI Award
    2024 MIT AI Film Making Hackathon, MIT Film Making Association  



Work Experiences
Creative Technologist

Creative Technologist, Qosmo Lab, Tokyo, JP (SU 2024)
Independent Creative Technologist - commissions list (since 2023)

Software Engineer

Software Engineer, Google Maps, Google Japan LLC, Tokyo, JP (2018-2022)
Software Engineer, Google My Business, Google Inc, Mountain View, US (2016 - 2018)
Software Engineer Intern,  Keynotes team, Apple Inc, Cupertino, US 



Education
M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University

B.S. Computer Science, Minor Human-Computer Interaction
School of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University



Skills
Creative Technology




Creative Forms





Software Engineering
TouchDesigner, Unity, Unreal Engine 5
Fusion 360, Blender
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro
MadMapper

VJ,  audio-visual live performance
Interactive Physical Installation
Virtual Production: VR/AR, Game, immersive environment
Projection Mapping


Web application full stack
Mobile native: iOS, Android development 
Python scripting, Graphics(OpenGL, C++)



Latest Commissions and Performances (2024)

Project Commissions

Club HVEN (Tokyo) Grand Opening visual and lighting design, Tokyo, JP 
Fine Line, Hacoiri. Official music video.
    Collaboration with musician Robin Rastenberger, ASUKA and DJ Reina.
Hurt to Heal, Kylie. Official music video.
    Collaboration with singer Kylie.


Audio-Visual Performances

LVMH Tokyo HR Summit, Tokyo, JP
Public Visuals, Tokyo, JP
Public Visuals, Osaka, JP


VJ Commissions

Querico @ HVEN, Nakameguro, Tokyo, JP
Querico @ WOMB, Shibuya, Tokyo, JP
Acid Gakko @ The End Bushwick, Brooklyn, US
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