hi there

this version of my bio is in reference to the net art era of the past.

more specifically, this website.

Lily Zhang.

Born in Atlanta.
Student in finance, public health, and all sorts of other things.
New projects: digital galleries and a studio work format @ Vending Machine.
Writing on introspective experiences, life in New York, and coming-of-age.

instagram: @lilyzhaang twitter: @_zzzhang read.cv: here website: here email: lillian.zhang@stern.nyu.edu

what follows is not what I actually do. It is an account of what I would like to do in the future.

Education.

2019-2023. New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business Undergraduate College.
Bachelor's of Science in Business, concentration in Finance; Minor in Public Health.
2025-onwards. Continuing coursework in Art history, history, and public health.
2030-2033. de Appel Amsterdam Curatorial Programme, concentration in digital arts.
Thesis "Measuring the Adoption, Spread, and Cultural Significance of Digital Collections."
2035-onwards. Working business architect and adjunct professor of art, business, and power at NYU.
Select syllabi for "The Narrative of Rags to Riches"; "Organizational Communication through Posters, Diagrams, and Settings"; "The Tech Hero(es): Against Great Man History".

Exhibition History.

NYU Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY. "To the beat of the city".
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. "Tech For Public Health".
The New Museum, New York, NY. "influencer: New Models".
National Arts Club, New York, NY. "Selected representations: New Artists at the Club".

Other Projects.

2022-onwards. Vending Machine collaborator.
Occasional HTML / CSS artist!
Gallery 0: r u mine? pondering on love and/or/nor possession.
Gallery 1: "the epistemic value of" trust. faith and control in a web3 world.
Gallery 2: making between bigger. wondering about the space for neutrality in our present.
2030-onwards. Startup incubator advisor.
Sample cookbook. Digitally published for free.
A Map of the Internet.
An analysis of the best water bottle for me.
Pet parent. Happy human to a shiba inu.

Websites of friends.

My favorite pieces of content.

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.
Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Introducing Myself by Ursula Le Guin.
Notes on Camp by Susan Sontag.
The 36 Questions That Lead to Love: New York Times article.
Higher by Rihanna, the ANTI album.
Yesterday by The Beatles.
hell is where I dreamt of you by Blackbear.
Forensic Architecture.
sunday sites.
Atlas of Places.
xanadu Project.