Artist Profile
Jessien
Born in 1993, Hubei, China.
Jessien
Born in 1993, Hubei, China
Jessien’s works aim to explore the narrative language of Virtual Reality as a new medium.
Jessien studied Architecture during undergraduate and postgraduate period. While studying at University College London, he started creating VR experiences. Based on years of architectural research and the study of “Human Perception of Space”, he invented a set of highly experimental and pioneering spatial narrative methods including a national patented algorithm named “Interactive Redirected Walking”.
Since 2018, his VR projects have been selected or won awards at various international film festivals.
2025
WHAT IS VIRTUAL ART – VOLUME 1
Selected for the Best of Worlds section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy.
Nominee for the Best Art Experience at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival, London, UK.
2023
THICKNESS OF CALLIGRAPHY
Winner of the Best Immersive Art Experience at the 31st Raindance Film Festival, London, UK.
Official Selection at the Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2023, Toronto, Canada.
Exhibited at the Vision Lab of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, Shanghai, China.
2021
HYPNOSIS REVERIES
Winner of the Best Chinese Work at the Sandbox Immersive Festival 2021, Beijing, China.
Official Selection at the 11th Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing, China.
Exhibited at China Science Fiction Conference 2021, Beijing, China.
2019
ANDY’S WORLD
Winner of the Best Chinese Work at the Sandbox Immersive Festival 2019, Qingdao, China.
Winner of the Excellence in Experience Design at the Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2021, Los Angeles, USA.
2018
THE APPLE
Winner of the Best Immersive Multiplayer Experience at the 26th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK.
2018
FIVE BY TEN
Exhibited at the Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen, China.
2017
SIMULACRUM
Exhibited at the Best of British Show, Shanghai, China.
Exhibited at the B-Pro Show, London, UK.
Demonstrated at Zaha Hadid Architects, London, UK.