Shaoyu Su is a new media artist, developer, cinematographer and curator. His artistic practices and research employ interdisciplinary methodologies from computer graphics, photography, physics and literature, investigating concepts about deep spacetime-mining: alternative projection from ancient history to the far future. His works have shown internationally, at venues such as J.Paul Getty Museum, International Symposium on Electronic Art(ISEA), IEEE PacificVis, Today Art Museum Beijing and Vortex Immersion Dome L.A.
Su graduated from University of Washington Seattle with BA in Art History and BFA in Photomedia. He completed his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 2016. From mid-2016 to mid-2024, Su had been working at the Immersive Media Lab, USC School of Cinematic Arts as Director of Technology, leading research and production in cinematic and generative XR and real-time animation. Su currently works at ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts as tenure-track assistant professor between School of Art and MIX Center.