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Ms. So Wai Yi, Zoie
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Ms. So Wai Yi, Zoie
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Teaching Fellow
Department of Visual Studies
Lingnan University
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Biography
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Zoie SO is teaching fellow at the Visual Studies Department. She is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in cultural criticism and media art. Her studio work is about how people do and should engage with technology. She explores theoretical concepts through art creation. The details of which are found in www.zoieart.com.
She completed her bachelor's degree in Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong in 2004. She is also a MFA graduate of Studio Arts: Open Media from Concordia University in Montreal, where she also worked as a part-time teaching assistant in a video history course and an electronic art course.
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Post
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Teaching Fellow, Visual Studies, Lingnan University.
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Academic & Professional Qualifications
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Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts (Open Media), Concordia University, Montreal QC, Canada, 2006-2008.
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Media, Upper Second Honor in the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2001-2004.
College Education, Jockey Club Ti-I College (Art), Hong Kong, 1993-2001.
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Areas of Interest
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Digital media, interactive media, research-creation, art and technology, new media, art installation, ubiquitous computing, tangible computation, embodied interaction, situated computational design.
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Working Experience
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Counselor, Trails End Camp, Catholic Community Services, Montreal. Late June -early July, 2008.
Part-time Teaching Assistant, IMCA 222, Electronics for Artists, Intermedia /Cyberarts Program (Undergraduate program), the Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, 2007-2008.
Part-time Teaching Assistant, VDEO 350, Video History and Theory, Intermedia /Cyberarts Program, (Undergraduate program), the Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, 2006-2007.
Production Officer, NetAds (Hong Kong) Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2005-2006.
Programme Assistant of China Media Project, Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2004.
Honorary Residence Tutor, Patrick Manson Student Residence, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2004.
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Presentations
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"RadianCE", physical interactive setup for image projection. New Media Art Zone, Innovation Showcase, Retail Asia Expo 2009, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, 2009.
"WOODigit", video of the kinetic sculpture.DE-JAM in the Museo della scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, Italy, 2009.
"Learning Art in Montreal", interviewed in the radio program "人文風景". RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio 1,Hong Kong, 2009.
"WOODigit", Kinetic Sculpture. MFA thesis exhibition, MFA subGallery, Concordia University, Montreal, 2008.
"DIGITuple", Interactive Installation. Strata, Concordia University MFA Group Show 2008, Espace Artefacto, Montreal, 2008.
"Re-Write2", Installation. Compression, Concordia University MFA Group Show 2007, Galerie ArtMûr, Montreal, 2007.
"Re-Write", Program with Flash Action Script.The Writing Machine Collective 2nd Edition, Virtual Gallery,2007.
"Weblog Culture", interviewed in the radio program "人文風景". RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Radio 1,Hong Kong, 2006.
"Goods", Experimental video. Micro-Narratives: invented time & space, co-organized by the Too Art Gallery and the Critical Intermedia Laboratory, Too Art Gallery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2006.
"An Obscure Family Genealogy", generative art, Writing Machine Collective Exhibition. School of Creative Media co-organized with 1 a Space, collaborated with Eva Lam and Suzannie Leung, 2004.
"Inter-Views". Multimedia Installation. Medialogue 7.04 cm Graduation Exhibition 2004. School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 2004.
"Days in Tsinghua: Documentary about HK Exchange students in Beijing". Tsinghua Student TV Channel, Beijing Tsinghua University. 2003.
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Honors and Awards
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CIAM (Centre interuniversite des arts médiatiques) Grant Recipient, Montreal, 2008.
International Tuition Fee Remission Award, Concordia University, Montreal, 2008.
Partial Tuition Scholarship for International Students, Concordia University, 2007-2008.
International Tuition Fee Remission Award, Concordia University, Montreal, 2007.
Partial Tuition Scholarship for International Students, Concordia University, Montreal, 2006-2007.
Dean's List, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2003- 2004.
Distinguished Award, Open Category, Independent Short Film and Video Awards, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2002.
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