Wendi Yan
Wendi Yan, born in Beijing, China, constructs speculative epistemologies through research-based worldbuilding, using CGI, game engines and documentary practices to interrogate the boundaries of scientific imagination. Her work—spanning films, interactive media, and fictional archival installations—examines the embodied challenges of facing alien epistemic systems across time. She has been commissioned by the Berggruen Institute, and her work has been presented at HEK (Basel), Hyundai Motorstudio (Beijing) and Slash (San Francisco). Yan holds an A.B. in History of Science from Princeton University and a M.S. in Fiction and Entertainment from SCI-Arc. She was an inaugural member of the Steve Jobs Archive Fellowship (2023), created by Laurene Powell Jobs to support young creators practicing between technology and liberal arts. In 2025, Shewon the Grand Prix of the 6th VH Award by Hyundai Motor Group, Asia’s leading media art award.