About Us
About Youth Digital Group
YDG (Youth digital group) is a platform that brings together pioneering digital artists. Through hosting digital art exhibitions and events across cities, it provides global exposure opportunities for digital creators, helping to expand the international influence of the artist community. The team is initiated voluntarily by young digital artists and collaborates with design education platforms, art media, global youth spaces, and other communities to create a co-building, co-creative, and shared digital media art platform for young digital artists, young curators, and technology art researchers from around the world.
Curation Team
Ruipeng Wang
MAD Architects, Fab-Union, Fiction and Entertainment
Initiator & Chief Planner
the Evolutionary Space Exhibition YDG Founder
Ruipeng Wang is currently studying with Liam Young in the Fiction and Entertainment program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).
He has previously worked at MAD Architects, and Fab-Union. He has participated in several significant projects Lantern in the
Art festival in Fuliang, Hanxi Village, Chongqing Cuntan Cruise Terminal Competition (Winning Bid) and Fab-Union 3D Printing
Virtual Exhibition Hall Design.
During his stay in Dali, he participated in the community event organization and held a dialogue: Narrative Metaverse and Sustainable NFT. He is the initiator of this exhibition and the connected person of 706 Youth Space.
Initiator statements
The Evolutionary Space Exhibition is a platform hosting events and exhibitions with an incredible collective of new-generation talented digital artists.
The aim is to establish a bridge in various global cities between communities, artists, and marketplaces through a revolutionary form of digital art exhibition: an annual simultaneous digital art exhibition and art festival from around the globe.
Qiutong Zhang
Brand Strategist, Designer, Curator Fab-Union, SENSO Lab
University of Melbourne MSD
YDG Cofounder
qiutongzhang.com
Qiutong Zhang is a brand strategist, digital fabrication designer and curator with a special interest in the fusion of converging
technologies with speculative designs.
She received her Master’s degree in Architecture from University of Melbourne MSD, where she investigated in how parametric
design and robotic fabrication can shape urban futures. She was the former Director of FUMeta and Marketing & Branding at
Fab-Union, leading R&D in Metaverse direction, marketing and branding. She was the lead instructor of FUxMetaverse Workshop, and curated the first Global Metaverse Exhibition of DigitalFUTURES 2022, experimenting new forms of communication
and exhibition in post-pandemic era.
As R&D output, the team launched MetaPrinter and created FUDesign brand. She lead curation in participation of WRC2022
(World Robots Conference), WAIC2022 (World Artificial Intelligence Conference), West Bund Art & Design Fair
2022, broadly reported by influencial media such as CCTV, People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, 36Kr. Leading operation of
FUSpace West Bund Gallery, her team curated the first exhibition of FUDesign brand: “Phygital Twin“. Professional projects involved are exhibited in MachineMade Digital Aura, SUSAS(Shanghai Urban Space Art Season) 2021.
Through her career, she grows interest in connecting innovative ideas from talented individuals to platforms and resources, to
develop a methodology encouraging future co-creations. In 2023, she co-founds YDAG (Youth Digital Artist Group), and leads
operation of the brand incubator, SENSO Lab.
Yuting Chen
Cross-Disciplinary Designer, Curator Fab-Union
UCL Bartlett
yutingchendesign.com
Yuting Chen, a visionary cross-disciplinary designer from China, explores the convergence of technology and spatial cognition
through immersive performances and kinetic installations. With a degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology and
distinction from a master’s program at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture, Yuting has honed her craft in architectural studios
and as an assistant curator. She played a role in curating exhibitions such as Chen Qi’s Philosophy and Glow Shenzhen 2020. She
also contributed to “Phygital Twin” for FAB-UNION.DESIGN, which was showcased at the 2022 West Bund Art & Design Fair.
Now, as a professional space and interaction designer in the new media art industry, she channels her focus into AR, VR, kinetic
installations, and robotic arms to unlock the realm of spatial cognition. Her notable projects, such as Pneuma Cycle and Vocal
Candy, invite audiences to contribute their energy and bodily data, forging captivating aesthetic experiences. She also featured
at the London Canal Art Festival, presenting at the 2023 Anaya Theatre Festival.
Shilong Zhu
AIGC Digital Artist, Design Researcher
Managing Designer of InnovitionDAO, SCI-Arc
garyalonealone-studio.com
garyalonealone-studio.com
AIGC Digital Designer, Design Researcher of Design Innovation Institute Shanghai, Lead Designer of InnovisionDAO, Instructor of AIGC program at Baizao Academy.
He graduated from SCI-Arc M.Arch2 program, focusing on exploring frontier collaborative work methods in
multiple mediums and complex contexts. He has been
actively experimenting in the fields of digital fabrication,
artificial intelligence design, multimedia art, virtual reality
technology, and digital education.
His works have been presented at the Digital Design AIGC Builders and Creators Conference in Shanghai,
the 2023 Shanghai Design Week series of exhibitions,
Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023, and the 2023
World Design Cities Conference. YDG Artist Matchmaking Leader, responsible for contacting and matching digital artists and works from all over the world, and promoting the landing of the exhibition venue in Shanghai.
Oneness
Zeng
Director, curator, visual artist, contemporary art scholar, art healer.
Master of Arts in Language Studies from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Studies from London University of the Arts. He was a lecturer at Savana Rock University in the United States and a visiting lecturer at City University of Hong Kong. Mindfulness MBCT at the University of Oxford, Expression Art Therapist at the University of the Arts of London.
With visual art at her core, she experiments with different mediums, including acting, art direction, and the art of the renaissance scene. She uses consciousness and energy as the main theme, and poetically and spiritually intervenes in the spiritual realm and social issues, exploring the possibilities of dreams and reality, history and memory, body and the universe.
As the director, creator, experimental art short film FLANEUR, and as an art director, the short film "Birds and Birds in the World" has won many international A film festival awards such as the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Golden Palm. The MV directed by the Night Wanderer entered the picture of the best MV at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. As an exhibition of visual artists, the photographic and video installations have been held at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, as well as international art exhibitions. As a documentary director, Comrade Ren was selected for the Hong Kong documentary film Narcotics and has been invited to shoot the front and back of the world's major music festivals and musician documentaries. In the past two years, he has started the creation of a combination of experimental theater and conscious dance, and was selected for the Aranya Drama Festival. In-depth exploration of the field of physical and mental spirituality, holding qualifications such as Expression Art Therapist, Nepal Police Sound Therapist, and Integrated Mind-Body Therapy. He practiced oxygen and meditation for ten years, practiced the horological numerology and the mildew of the West, Fu Cheng Eastern Taoism and Western alchemy, and integrated occult rituals into his works of behavioral expenses.
With visual art at her core, she experiments with different mediums, including acting, art direction, and the art of the renaissance scene. She uses consciousness and energy as the main theme, and poetically and spiritually intervenes in the spiritual realm and social issues, exploring the possibilities of dreams and reality, history and memory, body and the universe.
As the director, creator, experimental art short film FLANEUR, and as an art director, the short film "Birds and Birds in the World" has won many international A film festival awards such as the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Golden Palm. The MV directed by the Night Wanderer entered the picture of the best MV at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. As an exhibition of visual artists, the photographic and video installations have been held at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, as well as international art exhibitions. As a documentary director, Comrade Ren was selected for the Hong Kong documentary film Narcotics and has been invited to shoot the front and back of the world's major music festivals and musician documentaries. In the past two years, he has started the creation of a combination of experimental theater and conscious dance, and was selected for the Aranya Drama Festival. In-depth exploration of the field of physical and mental spirituality, holding qualifications such as Expression Art Therapist, Nepal Police Sound Therapist, and Integrated Mind-Body Therapy. He practiced oxygen and meditation for ten years, practiced the horological numerology and the mildew of the West, Fu Cheng Eastern Taoism and Western alchemy, and integrated occult rituals into his works of behavioral expenses.
Team Members
