Gary Zhexi Zhang

Gary Zhexi Zhang’s works explore systemic connections between cosmology, technology and economy. He operates individually, collaboratively and with organisations in various modalities, including installation, film, performance, writing, teaching as well as conducting research within the framework of cultural institutions and think tanks. He recently edited a book of fictions, essays and interviews about finance and time, Catastrophe Time! (Strange Attractor Press, 2023). Dead Cat Bounce, the opera he co-created with Waste Paper Opera, premiered at Somerset House in 2022 and tours in 2024. In 2024, exhibitions included his solo presentation METAMERS at EPFL Pavilions, Lausanne, and participation in the 9th Asian Art Biennial, Taichung.

He has taught as a Lecturer in Critical Studies at Goldsmiths MFA and Adjunct Lecturer at Parsons School of Design in New York, where he also co-founded design studio, Foreign Objects. Books and chapters include Against Reduction (chapter, MIT Press, 2021), Incomputable Earth (chapter, Bloomsbury, upcoming), Platforms: Around, In Between and Through (Singapore Biennale, 2023); Future Art Ecosystems III & VI (co-author; Serpentine, 2022 & 2024).