Zhou Zhou

Zhou is a media artist and PhD researcher based between UAL Creative Computing Institute and London Contemporary Dance School. His interdisciplinary research investigates the frontiers of human-machine co-creation, utilizing computational signal processing, machine learning, and embodied practice. His current doctoral work explores real-time improvisational frameworks between adaptive AI and human performers, specifically addressing agency, ethics, and the dynamics of embodied interaction.

As an artistic director, Zhou treats computational systems as active dramaturgical materials, staging technology-mediated storytelling. His performances have been staged internationally across UK, Europe, and Asia. His contributions to the field have been recognized with international honors, including the MA/IN Award, the Arts and Artificial Intelligence Award, and the frame:work New Talent ’24.

Currently, Zhou is a lecturer at Norwich University of the Arts and an associate lecturer at University of the Arts London, teaching across creative computing, machine learning, and AI.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Lecturer Norwich University of the Arts, UK | Mar 2026 - present
Associate Lecturer University of the Arts London, UK | Jul 2024 - present
Visiting Lecturer University of Roehampton, UK | Jan 2025 - Jul 2025

EDUCATION

PhD, Dance and AI University of the Arts London, UK | 2025 - 2028
MSc, Creative Computing University of the Arts London, UK | 2022 - 2024
BEng, Architecture Central Academy of Fine Arts, CN | 2017 - 2022

PERFORMANCE

(Upcoming) Me See I, London Tech Week, London, UK, 8 Jun 2026
(Upcoming) Inner Room, London Tech Week, London, UK, 8 Jun 2026
Talk, XV Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy, 19 Oct 2025
Resonant Silence, Open Online Theater Festival, London, UK, 7 Jun 2025

Talk, Durham Fringe Festival, Durham, UK, 24 - 28 Jul 2024
Talk, FUSE International, London, UK, 4 Jul 2024
Talk, ARENA Festival, Erlangen, DE, 19 - 23 Jun 2024
Azure Synthetic Souls, Michaelis Theater, London, UK, 3 Jun 2024

Talk, Eagle Wharf Gallery, London, UK, 7, 8, 10 Dec 2023

EXHIBITION

(Upcoming) RBO/SHIFT Festival, Royal Ballet & Opera, London, UK, Jun 2026
Talk, Underground Film and Video Art, Jun 2025
Talk, Matrix of the Not-Yet, New York, US, Apr 2025
Talk, BETA PUBLICA 11th Edition of the International Choreographic Exhibition, Madrid, Spain, Mar 2025

Inner Room, Eagle Wharf Gallery, London, UK, Mar 2024
Wave, Eagle Wharf Gallery, London, UK, Mar 2024

Scooter, Kaleidoverse Virtual Gallery, Nov 2023
Reboot, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, CN, May 2023

RESIDENCY

Choreographic Coding Lab, Royal Ballet & Opera, London, UK, 2026
Open Online Theater, London, UK, 2025

AWARDS

Arts and Artificial Intelligence Award, Beijing, CN, Oct 2024
Third prize at The Tenth Academic Award National Art and Design Competition, Beijing, CN, Aug 2024
MA/IN24 Award – Live Performance/Sound Art, Matera, Italy, Jul 2024
Silver Award at 2024 FA International Frontier Innovation Design Competition, CN, Jun 2024
First Prize at Hong Kong Digital Art Design Competition, HK, CN, Jun 2024
Bronze Award at International Contemporary Youth Art Design Competition, HK, CN, May 2024
Featured Artist at ‘Matrix of the Not-Yet’, New York, US, Apr 2024
frame:work New Talent ‘24, Mar 2024
Finalist in Robots, AI & Creativity (4th edition of The Future Innovation Lab), Tromso, Norway, Feb 2024

PRESS & MEDIA COVERAGE

A ‘Talk’ Without Words, Erlangen Culture, Nuremberg, DE, Jun 2024
Talk, Matrix of the Not-Yet’ New York, US, Apr 2024
Reboot, Design., Beijing, CN, Jun 2022

INVITED TALKS

Bodies Listening Back: AI, Specification, and Co-creation with Machines, ART // TECH // PLAY by Collusion, Norwich, UK, Dec 2025
Decentralization in Media Arts Collaboration, International Woman Scream Festival, São Paulo, Brazil, Mar 2024

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