Ip Yuk Yiu 葉旭耀

Ip Yuk Yiu is a filmmaker, media artist, art educator and independent curator. His works, ranging from experimental films, live performances, media installations to video games, have been showcased extensively at major international venues, including New York Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, European Media Art Festival, VideoBrasil, the Image Festival, Transmediale, NTT InterCommunication Cente (ICC) and ZKM. Ip has over twenty years of curatorial experience in film, video and media art. He is the founder of the art.ware project, an independent curatorial initiative focusing on the promotion of new media art in Hong Kong. Currently, he is an associate professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. His recent works explore hybrid creative forms that are informed by cinema, video games and media art practices. In recognizing his works and artistic achievements, he received the Robert Coover Award by the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) and the Artist of the Year (media arts) Award by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council both in 2019.