Yuan Zhang is an interdisciplinary visual artist and transmedia storyteller working across image, space, interaction, performance, and video. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tsinghua University and a second master’s from the Royal College of Art. She currently serves as a researcher and project leader at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Visual Studies and the Institute for Creative New Media & Performing Arts.
Research Focus
Her work centers on Immersive New Media Art and Spatial Experience, which involves exploring narratives in space, cultural heritage, and examining the practical and theoretical dimensions of historical data visualization.
Grants & Recognition
Her projects have received support from the Global Innovation Center for Children (TUGICC), co-founded by Tsinghua University and UNICEF, the Research Fund on the Design of Science Visualization-based Thematic Scientific Space Display, the Beijing Central Axis Conservation Foundation, and the Beijing Cultural Arts Fund, among others. She is a recipient of multiple National and Academic Scholarships, the OPPO Renovators Global Youth Creativity Award, the Han Meilin Art Scholarship of Tsinghua University, the Tsinghua University Tsung Dao Lee Scholarship, and the Ordos Talent Scholarship, among other honors.
Selected Exhibitions & Presentations
Her work has been presented at top-tier academic venues including SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 (with multiple acceptances) and the SIGGRAPH 2025 Art Gallery. She was also selected for the prestigious IRCAM Forum (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music, Paris). Additionally, her work has been featured at 2025 Shenzhen Design Week: Instant and On-Site—New Media Art Exhibition, the 15th Zhejiang Fine Arts Exhibition, the 5th Young Artists Exhibition, City Light Art Museum, the China VISAP Art Exhibition, the Aranya Theater Festival, the Hong Kong exhibition “Writings of Southern Writers: Entering the Literary Time Scrolls”, the 6th Art and Science International Exhibition & Symposium, the Cumulus Conference, and the Suzhou Museum West, among other venues.
Notable Works
Her practice encompasses a range of interdisciplinary projects, including the ancient architecture segment “Pillars of Eternity” for the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala; the immersive exhibition “The Beauty of Caissons” at the Capital Museum, which explores caisson ceiling heritage; the visual design of the “Winter Paralympic Waltz” for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony; and the stage and installation design for “Butterfly Lovers” at the G20 Summit cultural performance. Other key works include the key visual design for the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition parade floats, the design and production of floats for the 70th National Day Parade, the interior design of Beijing–Zhangjiakou high-speed railway carriages, character and scene design for film and interactive games, and a series of book illustrations for Tsinghua University Press.
张垣是一位跨学科视觉艺术家和跨媒体叙事者（视觉、空间、影像、表演和互动等领域）。她在清华获得学士、硕士学位，并在英国皇家艺术学院获得第二个硕士学位；她还是清华美院新媒体演艺创新研究所（IMPA）的博士生研究生、研究员和项目执行负责人。
研究方向
其主要研究兴趣是沉浸式新媒体艺术与空间体验研究，致力于探索沉浸式空间叙事 | 文化遗产、并研究历史数据可视化的实践与理论维度。
资助与荣誉
其项目获得清华大学和联合国儿童基金会共同建立的全球儿童创新中心（TUGICC）、基于科学可视化的主题科学空间展示设计研究、北京中轴线保护基金会、北京文化艺术基金等基金的支持获得国家学术奖学金、全球青年创意计划创新者、清华大学韩美林艺术奖、清华大学李政道奖学金、清华大学鄂尔多斯奖学金、雨燕奖学金等；
部分展览与发表
其作品屡获顶级学术平台青睐，包括SIGGRAPH Asia 2025（多次入选）及SIGGRAPH 2025艺术展、并获选参加巴黎IRCAM驻留项目（蓬皮杜音乐&声学研究所论坛）蓬皮杜音乐&声学研究所论坛、2025“深圳设计周” 即时即地——新媒体艺术展、第十五届浙江省美术作品展、城市光美术馆第五届青年艺术家展、第十一届中国可视化与可视分析大会艺术展览（China VISAP’24）、第三、四届阿那亚戏剧节、香港南来作家手迹遗物展——走进文学时光的卷轴展览、第六届艺术与科学国际作品展暨学术研讨会、国际艺术&设计与媒体院校联盟学术会议（CUMULUS）、中国苏州博物馆西馆展览等；
代表作品
其创作涵盖跨学科项目，包括2025年春晚古建节目《栋梁》、首都博物馆的《“穹天玉宇”沉浸式藻井数字艺术体验空间》、冬残奥会开幕式中《圆舞曲》、G20国家峰会文艺演出节目《梁祝》装置、2019年世园会花车、清华大学美术学院毕业时装秀等的主视觉设计、以及建国70周年阅兵花车设计标准制定与制作、京张高铁车厢内饰设计、电影影视和游戏的人物场景设计、清华大学出版社的多本书籍插画等。
