Vivian Xu, born in Beijing，China in 1985, graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York in 2013, with a Master of Arts in Design and Technology, currently lived in Shanghai. Her work explores the boundaries between bio and electronic media in creating new forms of machine logic, life and sensory systems generally , and take the form of object, installation and/or wearable. She has been invited by various institutions in China, the US, Germany, and Australia, including the National Art Museum of China (Beijing), the Central Academy of Fine Art (Beijing), the China Academy of Art (Hangzhou), the Chronus Art Center (Shanghai), the Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (Shanghai), the New York Science Museum (New York), Gallery Ho (New York), Art Laboratory Berlin (Berlin), Symbiotic A at University of Western Australia (Perth), and soon at the Max Planck Institute (Berlin) and Kapelica Gallery (Ljubljana) in 2019.
    Vivian co-founded Dogma Lab, a trans-disciplinary design lab in Shanghai , that is dedicated to creating experimental research at the intersection of design, technology, art and science. From 2013 to 2015, she was Research Fellow at New York University Shanghai and taught at various universities and programs, including Shanghai Tech University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong- Shenzhen, Roy Ascott Techneotic Arts program (Shanghai), etc. Her work has been featured in media and press, including VICE China, Elle US, and the China Central TV English Channel, etc.