Kristin is a designer and visual artist specializing in live visuals and projection, motion graphics, 3D modeling, and graphic design.

She is currently in creative operation out of Chicago, IL.
For enquiries or collaborations, feel free to email kristinwu [@] uchicago.edu
Experience
University of Chicago, Career Advancement
Graphic Design and Visual Arts Intern
December 2023 - Present
Chicago, IL
University of Chicago, Media Arts, Data + Design Center
Arts Technologies Student Staff
September 2021 - June 2024
Chicago, IL
Video Game Art (VGA) Gallery
Communications Intern
June 2022 - September 2022
Remote
Lawmato
Website and Research Intern
June 2022 - September 2022
Remote
Education
The University of Chicago
BA in Media Arts and Design, Cluster in Creative Computing
Minor in Computer Science
September 2020 - June 2024
Skills
Design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro | Figma
Programming: HTML, CSS, Javascript | Python, Java, C
3D & Game Dev: Blender, ZBrush | Unity
Live Performance: Isadora
Motion Graphics: DaVinci Resolve
Equipment Management: WebCheckout
Digital Fabrication: 3D Printing, Laser Cutting
Geospatial: QGIS
Audio: Reaper, VCV Rack
Language: Mandarin Chinese, French

Select Projects and Installations
"Live-Noding" Visuals   2024
Project defining new format for presenting live-visuals that integrates the performance practice of VJing with the ethos of live-coding and live-process builds.
Category   Projection, Live Performance
Software   Isadora
METAPHY110   May 15, 2024    Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Building Projection Installation.
Category   Outdoor Projection, Live Performance, Motion Graphics
Software   Isadora, Blender
©taggers' World   April 14, 2024    Media Arts Data + Design Center, Chicago, IL
3-Channel Projection Installation featuring 3D modeled and animated low-poly characters, 2D hand-drawn assets, scanned graffiti, and a narrative interweaving themes of cyberculture and technology.
Category   Projection, Motion Graphics, 3D Modeling, Video Editing, LiDAR Scanning
Software   Blender, Adobe Premiere Pro, Polycam, GIMP, Procreate
cherryeighty8 & R0GUE Visualizer   2023
Set visualizer and logo design for two DJ clients.
Category   3D Modeling, Motion Graphics
Software   Blender
DY1NG IN STYL3   2022
Social media graphic for underground music show event promoter.
Category   3D Modeling, Motion Graphics
Software   Blender
SS23 Virtualized Runway   2023
Virtualized fashion show experience featuring personal designs, 3D modeled assets (subway car, chain link fence, personal logo), scanned architecture, and coded user and camera controls.
Category   Fashion, VR, LiDAR Scanning
Software & Coding Languages   Blender, Unity, Polycam, C
C4MSYNTH   2023
Interactive web-based musical instrument that interprets the pixel darkness of user's video feed and applies the logic of a spectrogram (music visualization technique) to produce sound.
Category   Internet Art, Music
Coding Languages   Javascript, HTML, CSS
How Not to Be Seen: Anti-surveillance Garment   2022
Garment prototype to evade body detection from Detectron2 image segmentation. Features custom-designed and hand-dyed urban camouflage pattern abstracted from drone footage of the Chicago skyline.
Category   Fashion, Machine Vision, Video Editing
Software   Detectron2, GIMP, Premiere Pro
FUCKURWORLDVIEW   2022
Engimatic web-project intended to appear as the backend of a simulated society. Features media generated from command line visual effects, photogrammetry and pointcloud representations, and Google Earth and mapping data.
Category   Internet Art, Photogrammetry, Command Line
Software   FFMPEG, Blender, Regard3D, HTML/CSS/Javascript
Arap Camii (Istanbul)   2023
3D, digital reconstruction of mosque in Istanbul. Features audio from imam prayer.
Category   VR, LiDAR Scanning
Software   Blender, Unity, Polycam
Iridescent Brush Prototype   2021
Category   AR
Software   FieldXR