Yuzhen (Yu Zhen), Chinese digital artist

Building the artistic future of the digital civilization era through tech-art

Digital Artist · Director · Curator · Researcher

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Selected Works

精选作品
XUNKU Project
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XUNKU Project

Flagship

Yu Zhen’s flagship digital art project: film · exhibition · art station · research

XUNKU: Echoes Beneath
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XUNKU: Echoes Beneath

Panoramic immersive film

Flagship panoramic immersive film in the XUNKU series

XUNKU: Detective Dee — Phantom Face
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XUNKU: Detective Dee — Phantom Face

Panoramic immersive film

The core work of the XUNKU panoramic immersive film series

Posthuman · Saier
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Posthuman · Saier

digital life installation

A silicon-based life installation that can converse and respond

Possible Worlds Archive
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Possible Worlds Archive

Curatorial research

An ongoing curatorial research system for future art · since 2021

Future Mobility Cabin
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Future Mobility Cabin

Immersive experience

Immersive experience of future space and mixed reality

《名山寻踪》
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《名山寻踪》

immersive theatre

Immersive works of XUNKU system; digital cultural heritage

Metamorphosis of Sacred Forms
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Metamorphosis of Sacred Forms

Naked-eye 3D Buddhist niche

A naked-eye 3D Buddhist niche tracing millennia of cross-regional Bodhisattva imagery

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About

关于

Yuzhen (Yu Zhen, 于朕) is a Chinese digital artist, director, curator and professor at China Academy of Art. His practice connects digital art, panoramic immersive cinema, artificial intelligence and digital cultural heritage.

Digital Artist  Director  Curator  Researcher  Professor
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Research

研究
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Digital Art StudiesDigital Art Studies

The construction of art theory in the era of digital civilization

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Possible Worlds ArchivePossible Worlds Archive

Future art curation and research system · 2021—

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digital cultural heritageDigital Heritage

Digital preservation and recreation of cultural heritage

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Immersive Narrative & Future MediaImmersive Narrative

Art narrative for future media

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News

新闻
Tide News

360-degree immersion in the cave - using "Artistic Intelligence" to influence artificial intelligence

CCTV.com

China Science and Technology Innovation Gala

Xinhua News Agency

Possible Worlds Archive: 2026 International Tech Art Exhibition opens in Beijing

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Recognition

荣誉
2026

WSXA Paris (Fest Regards / ARFF International)

Finalist

2026

The Buddha International Film Festival

Best Virtual Reality Video

2025

World Film Festival in Cannes

Best Virtual Reality (Short) — "Gold" is the award's own label, not a separate Gold Award; not to be written as Festival de Cannes main competition

2025

Global Film Festival Awards (Los Angeles)

Best Virtual Reality 360 / Best Visual Effects (VFX team honor)

2025

17th Xiamen International Cartoon Festival "Golden Dolphin Award"

Digital Artwork Gold Award

2025

hollywood short film festival

Honorable Mention (credited at the time as Luminous Icons: Echoes in the Sacred Grottoes)

2025

China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival

4th Golden Rooster XR Exhibition shortlist, Deepcore · XUNKU

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Store

商店

Collect works, publications, and cultural editions from the digital art era.

Digital Art Studies Monograph XUNKU Art Catalogue Limited Prints Digital Art Collection
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Collaborate

合作

For works, curation, or academic exchange, please write to us.

Exhibition / Film / Academic yuz@caa.edu.cn
Email yuz@caa.edu.cn XUNKU xunku.art Social Yu Zhen / YUZHEN