Email：xiangfan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Title
Tenured Associate Professor
Contact Info
Personal website: zeelab.xyz
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-0297
Education Background
2011: Master’s degree in Dynamic Media Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
2003: Completed Doctoral Coursework in Media Arts, Graduate School, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan
1992: Bachelor’s degree in Decorative Art Design, Jiangnan University (formerly Wuxi Institute of Light Industry), China
Work Experience
2014-Present: Teaching at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
October 2020-December 2020: Parsons School of Design
September 2018-December 2018: Parsons School of Design
2005-2014: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
2004-2004: Researcher, Tama ART University of Japan
2002-2003: GK Design Group, Japan
Academic Services
October 2020-December 2020: Course Instructor and Academic Support, Parsons School of Design
September 2018-December 2018: Visiting Associate Professor, Parsons School of Design
May 2020-December 2020: Academic Representative of China Biographical Database (CBDB)
Academic Claims
Through the understanding and application of digital visual technology, we can tap into the full reservoir of cultural information accumulated throughout human history to uncover previously unseen facts within large-scale cultural and social data. By expressing these discoveries through visual art, we enable vivid and engaging information dissemination, an approach and capability that have never before been utilized by humanities scholars.
Using cultural and social data as material and visual design as her language, she explores her path of artistic creation through design practice.
Research Interests
Dynamic media design, digital art creation, and digital visual design
Academic Service
2021: SIGGRAPH 2021 Art Paper Jury (Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference)
2020: Journal of Open Humanities Data Paper Reviewer
2019-Present: Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Digital Humanities of Tsinghua University
2012-Present: MIT New Media Action Lab Senior Researcher
Academic Achievements
Awards
2020: Her paper “Enhanced Family Tree: Evolving Research and Expression” won the SIGGRAPH 2021 Best Art Paper Award
2018: The project “Visualization of Award-Winning Oil Paintings from the National Art Exhibition” was selected for the final list of the “Data Stories” competition by Science, the USA
2016: Her paper “AwardPuzzle, A Visualization Platform for Chinese National Art Exhibition Awarded Oil Painting Works” won the 2016 Excellent Paper Award from ZHUANGSHI
The project “Visualization of Award-Winning Oil Paintings from the National Art Exhibition” was selected for the final list of the “Data Stories” competition by Science, the USA
Exhibitions
2021: “FaceType: Expressing Our Spoken Expression,” IEEE VISAP’22, Online: https://visap.net/2021/gallery/
2019: “Ancient Family Tree,” the 5th International Art and Science Exhibition, the National Museum of China, Beijing
2019: “Malevich Driven by Airplanes,” Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui, Zhejiang
2019: “Tai Chi,” the 3rd China Design Exhibition, Shenzhen, Guangdong
2018: “AwardPuzzle,” Data Design Exhibit Data 1, 2, 3, Paris, France
2018: “Specimen of the Ancient Family Tree,” IEEE 2018 VISAP, Berlin, Germany
2018: Ancient Family Tree,” Triennale di Milano (China China Pavilion), Milan, Italy
2017: “Time Spiral,” The First Visualization Conference Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2012: “Visualization Design of Tropical Rainforest Data,” the First China Design Exhibition, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Publications
“Enhanced Family Tree: Evolving Research and Expression,” Leonardo 2020, 53:4, 367-373; Indexed in A&HCI
“Epidemic Flow Maps: Understanding Visualization Technology Application Methods through Design Experiments,” Journal of Digital Humanities, July 2020, Volume 2, pp. 1-10
“Research on Visual Arts in the Context of Visual Design,” Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, March 2020, Volume 2, pp. 46-53
“Cold Reflection Amid the Emotional Wave: A Review of Emotional Design,” ZHUANGSHI, April 2019, Volume 4, pp. 78-80
“The Original Meaning of ‘Distant Reading’: An Observation of Citations and Original Texts Based on Distant Reading,” Library Tribune, November 2018, Volume 38, pp. 4-48 + 43
“Experimental Report on the Drawing of Chinese Family Tree,” ZHUANGSHI, October 2018, Volume 10, pp. 90-93
“A Correction on the Review Part of ‘Analyzing the Autobiography of the Old Man Qi Baishi by Computer,’” Library Tribune, October 2017, Volume 37, pp. 29-33 + 42
“Differences Among Similar Concepts of Visualization in the Context of Chinese, Japanese and English,” ZHUANGSHI, April 2017, Volume 4, pp. 24-29
“AwardPuzzle, A Visualization Platform for Chinese National Art Exhibition Awarded Oil Painting Works,” ZHUANGSHI, July 2016, Volume 4, pp. 92-94
“Homage to Masaru Katsumie - Innovator Behind the Japanese Design Movement,” ZHUANGSHI, December 2015, Volume 12, pp. 24-28
“Milestones and Development of Information Visualization Design,” Art Guide, September 2011, Volume 3, pp. 41-44
“Milestones and Development of Information Visualization Design,” ZHUANGSHI, June 2008, pp. 132-133
Data visualization designing for discovery in multiple parameter studies, 2011 4th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, 2011-10, Volume 10, pp. 24-28; EI indexed
2022: “FaceType: Crafting Written Impressions of Spoken Expression,” ART PAPER, SIGGRAPH 2022
Publications
Wayfinding Signage Systems Design [M]. Nanchang, Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, 2009
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses: Social Practice, Fundamentals of Digital Media Design, New Media Art Design, Comprehensive Form Fundamentals
Graduate Courses: Data Visualization, Data Visualization Art
