Aoshuang Zhang is an Immersive Designer based in New York who is passionate about new forms of storytelling. She has worked across a variety of media including theatre, film, installation, and visual programming. Aoshuang draws inspiration from the minutiae of daily life and relishes exploring contradiction, ambiguity, and the bizarre. She intends to design open system worlds in which participants engage in intimate and unusual ways. Aoshuang thrives in collaborative environments and strives to create experimental immersive experiences. She holds a BA, MFA and Ph.D. from Beijing’s Central Academy of Drama and is the first Mainland Chinese student to graduate from NYU Tisch Design for Stage & Film (MFA).

 

Recent work includes the world premiere of Daughter's Daughter at TIFF 2024 and Ramona at Midlife at the Bentonville Film Festival. Her set design for the opera The Hunt was lauded in The New York Times and The Observer, described as "playful" and "contemporary." Aoshuang is the recipient of the prestigious ARIA award and is currently developing a groundbreaking VR Opera, Talking Pupil, which will debut at the Duderstadt Center University of Michigan.

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Aoshuang is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

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