Bio
Multi-disciplinary Artist / Creative Technologist
Yun-Hsuan Cheng is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, originally from Taiwan. Her practice spans creative programming, experimental sound, audiovisual design, kinetic installation, and live coding, with a particular focus on the critical and creative applications of artificial intelligence. Engaging with socially and politically charged subjects, her work examines the intersections of personal and collective identity within technological frameworks.
Her work has been exhibited at GLAMFA (Long Beach, California), the Taiwan ART X TECH Festival Exhibition, the Tech Art Campus Exhibition (Taiwan), and the MFA Showcase at the California Institute of the Arts.
Background & Experience
Work Experience
Technical Artist — Freelance
2025 — 2026
Independent contractor specializing in real-time virtual production pipelines. Delivered end-to-end Technical Artist work across live performance, cinematic rendering, and character development — encompassing motion capture integration, MetaHuman rigging, Chaos Cloth simulation, Niagara VFX, and virtual camera design in Unreal Engine 5. Clients include live entertainment productions and collaborative theater companies.
Peppercorns Interactive Media Art
2022 Oct - 2023 Feb
Internship: Software programming, project management, hardware equipment management, exhibition entry, work recording, and video editing.
Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei
2022 Dec - 2023 Jan
Sound effects designer in Event social media filter project
Art X Technology Exhibition
2020 Aug - Present
Member of Sandbox Rebuild Project, Taoyuan
Education
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
2024 - 2026
MFA in Technology and Art
National Tsing Hua University
Interdisciplinary Programme of Technology and Art
2020 - 2024
BFA in Science and TechnologyInterdisciplinary Programme of Technology and Art