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About Me
Wenjia Sun is a transdisciplinary designer and artist based in Beijing and Taiwan, with education background including the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins (UAL), was a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University. Her work critically engages with the intersections of Material Science, Bio Art & Design, and Speculative Design. Her practice investigates emerging materialities, hybrid ecologies, and posthuman narratives through experimental fabrication processes. By merging scientific methodologies with speculative aesthetics, she challenges conventional boundaries between organic/inorganic systems. Recent projects explore biofabrication ethics, xenomateriality, and decolonial approaches to technoscientific epistemology production. From 2013 to 2022, she served as a senior academic in the School of Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, China.
Most recent projects:
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Jul 26–31, 2026 | Computer Simulation, Cosmomedia, and Cosmic Imagination: The Cosmic Cognitive Revolution of Space Aesthetics as a Practice of 'Techno-Poetics' | Space aesthetics / cosmomedia & human–computer interaction theory | Full Paper Accepted for presentation at 'HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026)', Montreal Convention Centre, Montreal, Canada (forthcoming)
May 5–9, 2026 | Material Ecologies of Symbiotic Planetary Intelligence: Asymmetric Care After Technological Determinism | Design research / posthuman ethics & planetary intelligence | Full Paper Accepted for presentation at 'Cumulus Athens 2026: Roots | Routes in Design', University of West Attica, Athens, Greece (forthcoming)
Dec 2-5, 2025 | Non-human Rights and Posthuman Governance: How Speculative Design Simulate the Dwelling Politics of 'Cross-species symbiosis lives'?| Design research / Design, Art & Technology | Full Paper IASDR 2025: DESIGN NEXT - International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2025 | Art of Earth Care: Crafting Bioceramics from Kitchen Scraps | Service design / bioceramic material & speculative sustainability | Gold Winner in 'London Design Awards 2025' (Service Design-Art & Design category), London, United Kingdom
June 22-24 2023 | I'm Stuffed | RCA2023 Research Biennale | RCA Copeland Gallery and Battersea Campus, London, UK
Sep 22-23, 2022 | Metabolic Journeys: Mapping Eco-Material Lifecycles into Service Touchpoints for Sustainable Experience Design | Sustainable service design / eco-material lifecycle mapping / speculative experience design | Full Paper Presented at 'Include 2022: Unheard Voices - Global Conference on Inclusive Design', The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Jul 4-8, 2022 | Embodied Data: Designing Tangible Interfaces that Make Algorithmic Decision-Making Perceptible to Users | Tangible interaction / data physicalisation / AI ethics & algorithmic transparency | Presented at 'EVA London 2022: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts', hybrid online & BCS London office, Moorgate, London, UK
Jun 22-23, 2021 | Beyond User-Centeredness: Posthuman Experience Design Methods for Sustainable Product-Service Systems | Creativity & Cognition / Design Research / Interactive Arts | Full Paper Presented at 'ACM Creativity & Cognition 2021 (C&C 2021)', Online Conference hosted from Venice, Italy
May 2019 | The Silence of Togetherness | Cristina Lucas & Eulàlia Valldosera: Patriarcado | Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC), València, Spain
Nov 22-24, 2018 | Designing for Friction, Not Smoothness: Interface Strategies to Expose Risks and Bias in Intelligent Services | Speculative experience design / interaction design / futures of AI-assisted everyday life | Presented at 'The 16th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design (ADADA 2018)', National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
May 18-20, 2018 | Speculative Experience Prototyping: Using Critical Design to Anticipate the Futures of AI-Assisted Daily Life | Presented at the '2018 4th International Symposium of Art and Technology - New Media Art and Foresight Transdisciplinary Education', International Conference Hall, National Taipei University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Sep 22-Oct 7, 2017 | Next Humankind | Urban media / interactive installation / speculative urban design | Presented in 'Beijing Design Week 2017 - Baitasi ReMade Program', Baitasi Hutong District, Beijing, China
Jul 12-16, 2017 | Designing Symbiotic Interfaces: Experience Design Strategies for Human-Nonhuman Collaboration in Everyday Services | Presented at 'IXDC - International Conference of eXperience Design 2017', China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Sep 25-Oct 9, 2016 | Ecological Binding | Experimental eco-materials installation / interactive installation on bio-communication and urban public screens | Exhibited in 'Beijing Media Art Biennale 2016', World Art Museum & CAFA Art Museum, during Beijing Design Week 2016, Beijing, China
Jun 30-Jul 3, 2016 | From Smart Objects to Planetary Services: Rethinking Experience Design for the Age of Distributed Intelligence | UX / interaction design for cross-platform service ecosystems | Full Paper Presented in '2016 International Experience Design Conference (IXDC 2016): Redefine the UX', China National Convention Center, Beijing, China
Mar 2016 | Material Co-Habitation | eco-material experimental installation | Group presentation at The Armory Show 2016, Piers 92 & 94, New York City, USA
Sep-Nov 2015 | A System Held | Sound design work | Presented in AFTERSOUND: Frequency, Attack, Return | Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Dec 3-13, 2015 | Programmable Living Bio-Communication | Bioart / eco-material & biotech experimentation | Presented in 'Mind the Matter: CMU School of Design Senior Exhibition 2015', Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Oct 9-11, 2025 | Symbiotic Interfaces: Design + Performance for Planetary Identities | Speculative / critical visual communication and interface design | Talk presented at '2025 AIGA Design Conference - Design + Performance', The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 1-16, 2015 | Hybrid-Love (Home Intimate Skin-Grafting Device) | Bioart / speculative design installation | 'Some Preservatives,' CMU Senior Art Exhibition | Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Feb 12-15, 2025 | Orbital Ruins: Space Art and Posthuman Image-Making | Art & design theory / media aesthetics of space exploration | Poster presented at 'CAA 113th Annual Conference', College Art Association, New York Hilton Midtown, New York, NY, USA
Jan 2015 | The Cluster Embrace | Experimental eco-materials installation (presentation) | Beaux-Arts de Paris (École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts), Paris, France.
Dec 2014 | A Knot of Interdependence | Invited artist talk and work presentation | Academy of fine arts in Rome, Rome, Italy
Nov 2014 | Living Surface | Experimental eco-materials work | Lecture-demonstration / Artist talk & work presentation | École supérieure d’arts de Brest (now École européenne supérieure d’art de Bretagne, EESAB-Brest site), Brest, France (Nov 2014; within the school’s 'conférences' programme)
Sep 2013 | Structures of Attachment| Presented in PolyU Design Annual Show 2013 (Design Moves) | Jockey Club Innovation Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (3-22 Sep 2013).
Aug 2012 | Skin of the Many | eco-material experimental installation / presentation | California Museum of Photography (CMP), University of California, Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA, USA
Aug 5–9, 2012 | Symbiotic Pigments: Microbial Color for Environmentally Responsive Images and Interfaces | Bioart / microbial pigments & environmentally responsive material interfaces | Poster Presented at ' SIGGRAPH 2012 -39th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques ' , Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sep 2011 |We in the Fold| Focus/11 (Showroom installation ) | Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, London, UK