Area of Research / Interest:  VR, Sound, Visual Culture, Art and Everyday Life

Undergraduate Education Institution:  Goldsmith, University of London

Undergraduate Major: Fine Art

Biography: Zhang Mengtai employs sculpture, sound, and simulation technology to create ambivalent allegories of power, where personal and sociopolitical factors encounter each other. His current research explores artistic creation in virtual reality by exploring its capacity to construct reality.   

Mengtai's works have been presented internationally, including IDFA, MIFF, Sundance Film Festival, New York Fashion Week, Fridman Gallery, Times Art Museum, and Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. Conferences that have programmed Mengtai’s works include ACM Siggraph, NIME, and ICMC. He has received fellowships from Wave Farm, IDFA DocLab, and Sylff Association. He received the “Best Chinese Work Award” from Sandbox Immersive Festival 2022 for his VR work Diagnosia. Email: zhangm18@rpi.edu.