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Nova 01 · 2019 · Mixed media · © Cao Fei, courtesy the artist, Vitamin Creative Space and Sprüth Magers
Cao Fei
Multimedia artist mapping the social textures of globalization, urbanization, and digital life through film, VR, and installation.
Cao Fei works from Beijing, building films, digital worlds, and complex installations that track the ways people absorb and reshape the forces of globalization. Her subjects range from cosplayers and factory workers to virtual cities and smart farms — each a site where technology and daily life collide.
The work operates as both document and invention. Early projects like *RMB City* pioneered artist-built virtual worlds; recent work explores algorithmic agriculture and rural transformation. The visual language leans toward the fantastic, but the questions are grounded: how do we live inside these changes?
She exhibits internationally and has shown at MoMA PS1, the New Museum, and Fondazione Prada. The practice is restless, medium-agnostic, and consistently a step ahead of the conversation.
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- 2026-05-12
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