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Miao Ying
Digital surveillance, AI, and visual manipulation—Miao Ying reveals the darker sides of our connected world. Her solo exhibition at the Belvedere 21 offers a nuanced exploration of the aesthetics of digital control. Through installations, painting, and video, the artist examines global media cultures, mechanisms of censorship, and the power of generative technologies.
Curated by Sergey Harutoonian.
Assistant Curator: Vasilena Stoyanova
Belvedere 21
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Arsenalstraße 1, 1030 Vienna
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Biography
Miao Ying (b. 1985, Shanghai) lives and works in New York and Shanghai. She belongs to the first generation of contemporary Chinese artists to come of age during the internet era, amid increased globalization, social upheavals, including the one-child rule, and China’s massive economic transformations.
Following artistic training in both China and the United States, she has developed a critical and often ironic body of work that probes the intersections of technology, ideology, and digital image culture. In her installations, videos, and paintings, she examines the mechanisms behind digital surveillance, government control, and media manipulation.
In her latest works, Ying creates AI-generated digital images using generative neural networks programmed with predefined parameters. She then translates these digital compositions into analog, painterly formats. This fusion of new technologies and traditional image-making calls into question our perceptions of reality and control.
Miao Ying has previously exhibited her works at MoMA PS1 and the New Museum in New York, M+ Museum (Hong Kong), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin), the Gwangju Biennale (South Korea), and the Chinese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and other international venues.
