About

Hengshi Kang is a game and new-media-art technical artist based in Shanghai. His works involve computational graphic, interactive installation, game, AR/VR and AI. His aim is transforming emerging technologies into innovative experiences. He received his B.Eng. from Tongji University in 2018 and finished MA at Royal College of Art in Information Experience Design at 2020 summer. He collaborated with Microsoft, Victoria and Albert Museum and Apple.

hengshi.kang@network.rca.ac.uk

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Experience

Technical Artist, Netease Games, Shanghai, 2020/07 - 2021/11

Technical Artist, IGG, Shanghai, 2021/11 - present

Exhibitions

AI 9-5, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, 15th May 2019

Festival of Play, V&A Museum of Childhood, London, 20 – 21 July 2019

Lucid Dream (Creative Technologist for Machine Learning), 8th Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, 7 Sept - 31 Oct 2019

Performances/shows

Native Instincts - Third Edition, CLF Art Cafe, London, 4th April 2019

Workshops

AR-Lego prototype, Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School, London, 21st June 2019

AR Experience Today at Apple, Apple Regent Street, London, 14th Jan 2020

Education

2018 - 2020 - Information Experience Design (MA), Royal College of Art

2016 - 2017 - Communication Design (B.A.exchange), Folkwang University of the Arts

2015 - 2016 - Media Communication Design (B.A.exchange), Shih Chien University

2013 - 2018 - Digital Meida Design, Tongji University (B.Eng)

Awards

1st prize AI 9-5 project by Microsoft Research