Darren Zhu
Darren Zhu is a synthetic biologist and metascientist based in San Francisco. He explores the epistemic and aesthetic implications of emerging technologies, particularly as they pertain to scientific discovery and creativity. Through a mix of video essay, interactive installation, and experimental documentary, his creative work plays at the boundary of the natural versus artificial and scientific versus speculative.
Darren was a member of Antikythera at the Berggruen Institute, a Creative Science member of NEW INC at the New Museum, and resident at MESH Studio in the Digital Architectures Lab. His work has been supported by the Thiel Foundation, Gates Foundation, Ethereum Foundation, and Protocol Labs. Currently, he is the founder of a new consumer biotech startup, Culture.
exhibition artist