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Shiqing (Licia) He

Curriculum Vitae

Email: liciahe[AT]gencraftlab.com

Education

Ph.D. in Information Science

2015-2021

Advisor: Dr. Eytan Adar

Research Area: Generative Art, Fabrication, HCI, InfoVis, Robotics

Dissertation: "Finding the Grammar of Generative Craft"

Committee members: Eytan Adar (chair), Sophia Brueckner , Ron Eglash , Matthew Kay

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Studio Art

2011-2014

Union College

New York, U.S.A.

Phi Beta Kappa , Union Scholar

Computer Science Honor Thesis: Structuring the Unstructured Note: " Automatic Organizing and Formatting for lecture notes," advised by Dr. Kristina Striegnitz

Studio Art Honor Thesis: "Childhood Memory," advised by Sandy Wimer

Professional Experience

2023-present

Founder , The Generative Craft Lab, LTD

2021-2023

Assistant Professor , Department of Visualization, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.

2015-2021

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant , School of Information, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.,

2019.5-2019.8

UX-Data Visualization Intern , People Analytic Product Lab, Google , Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A.

2014-2015

Thomas J. Watson Fellow , Watson Foundation , Funded Independent research, Multiple Locations across 10 Countries

2013.6-2013.8

Research Intern , IBM Beijing Research Lab, Beijing, China

Publication

Conference and Journal

2022

John Joon Young Chung, Shiqing He , and Eytan Adar. Artist Support Networks: Implications for Future Creativity Support Tools , DIS'22: ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Shiqing He , and Jasmine Jones. Collaborative Creative Coding Through Drawing Robots , TEI'22: Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

2021

Elsie Lee-Robbins, Shiqing He , and Eytan Adar. Learning Objectives, Insights, and Assessments: How Specification Formats Impact Design , VIS'21: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics

John Joon Young Chung, Shiqing He , and Eytan Adar. The Intersection of Users, Roles, Interactions, and Technologies in Creativity Support Tools , DIS ’21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

2020

Shiqing He , and Eytan Adar. Plotting with Thread: Fabricating Delicate Punch Needle Embroidery with X-Y Plotters , DIS ’20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference Honorable Mention Award, Top 5% Submissions}, AR:24%

2018

Shiqing He , Allen Yilun Lin, Eytan Adar, and Brent Hecht. "The_Tower_of_Babel.jpg: Diversity of Visual Encyclopedic Knowledge Across Wikipedia Language Editions" ,ICWSM '18 International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media} (2018). Best Paper Award, 1/295}, AR:16%

2016

Shiqing He , and Eytan Adar. "VizItCards: A Card-Based Toolkit for Infovis Design Education" , VIS '16 IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics (2016)},AR:22%

Book

2023

Artworks included in "Tracing the Line: the art of drawing machines and pen plotters" , Vetro Editions and Generative Hut. Featuring 100 contemporary cutting-edge artists.

Exhibition and Art Residency

Solo Exhibition and Events

2014

Childhood Memory , Senior Honorary Exhibition, Union College Visual Art Gallery, NY, U.S.A.

2013

Human Body , Scholar Project Exhibition, Union College Visual Art Gallery, NY, U.S.A.

First Times , Bittleman Drawing Award Winner Exhibition, Union College Visual Art Gallery, NY, U.S.A.

Group Exhibition

2024

Dialogue () Asian Generative Art Exhibition 2024 , NEORT, JGAF, Volume DAO, AEON STUDIO, and N POLE ART. Featuring 40 artists . Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, and Beijing.

Magical Moments : Bright Moments Finale Collection , Bright Moments . Featuring 60 artists . Venice, Italy.

Art & Systems , 37xDubai . Featuring Cory Haber, Florian Zumbrunn, Mutahhar Khan, David Mrugala, Julien Espagnon , and Licia He . Dubai, United Arab Emirate.

2023

Ties , VolumeDAO . Featuring Alvis Lee, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Licia He , Natelie J, Newyellow, , and SamuelYAN . Taipei, Taiwan.

this.generation , Sunaparanta Goa Center for the Art . Curated by Srinivas Mangipudi . Featuring Nasreen Mohamedi, Sol LeWitt, John Simon Jr., Nikhil Chopra, Sasha Stiles, Licia He , Eva Hauschild, Siddharth Gosavi, Ira Greenberg, Laya Mathikshara, Ryan Woodring, MCHX, Karthik Dondeti, Anushka Trivedi, TimeBlur, Bhisaji Gadekar, Tallulah D’Silva, Climate Recipes , and khwampa ( Brochure ). GOA, India

Seeing and Believing : Dimensionality , TENDER . Featuring Qubibi, Licia He , Zach Lieberman, Anna Lucia, Cory Haber, Emily Edelman, Marcel Shwittlick , and Aranda\Lasch . Untitled Art Fair, Miami, U.S.A.

Vertical Lines 2023 : ON/OFF SCREEN , VerticalCrypto Art . Curated by Micol AP and Blockbird . Featuring Anna Beller, Licia He , Fingacode, William Watkins, Takawo, Dmitri Cherniak, Emily Xie, Iskra Velitchkova, Kim Asendorf, Matt Deslauriers, Melissa Wiederrecht, Mpkoz, Studio Yorktown, Thomas Lin Pendersen, Tyler Hobbs , and William Mapan . London, UK

Fictional Lullaby : +GRAPH , Feral File . Curated by Casey Reas . Featuring Aleksandra Jovanić, Iskra Velitchkova, James Merrill, Julien Gachadoat, Licia He , and Joanie Lemercier . Virtual.

GEN/GEN: Generative Generations , Gazelli Art House , Featuring Loren Bednar, Darien Brito, Sougwen Chung, Harold Cohen, Brendan Dawes, Ernest Edmonds, Licia He , Tyler Hobbs, Ben Kovach, William Latham, Rhea Myers, Piter Pasma, Monica Rizzolli, Melissa Wiederrecht , and Stephen Willats. London, UK

Sparkling Goodbye : Bright Moments Tokyo , Bright Moments , Featuring Alexis Andre , Jeff Davis , Kjetil Golid , Kim Asendorf , Lars Wander , Licia He , Melissa Wiederrecht , Spongenuity , Takawo , Qubibi , and Zancan . Tokyo, Japan

Input Outputs , The Generative Art Museum , Featuring Anna Carreras , DEAFBEEF , and Licia He . Virtual

Gen XX , Seattle NFT Museum , Curated by Joana Kawahara Lino . Featuring Aleksandra Jovanić, Alida Sun , Anna Lucia , Emily Xie , Jen Stark, Licia He , Mieke Marple , and Monica Rizzolli . Seattle, U.S.A.

Drifting Dreams : Companions of Code , Vertical Crypto Art and The NFT Gallery . Curated by Micol . Featuring Alexander Grasser , Alexis Andre , DistCollective , Helena Sarin , Licia He , Lisa Orth , Luca Ionescu , Makio135 , Michael Connolly , and Orr Kislev . London, UK, and New York City, U.S.A.

2022

Trust The Bloom , Screensguru. Curated by Peter Yu , Wai Lung Lp , and Luba Elliott . Featuring Ivona Tau , Arabelle Zhaung , Anna Carreras , Sasha Stilies, Devi Parikh, Sarah Ridgley, Licia He , Portrait XO, Maneki Neko, Violeta Lopez , and Marjan Moghaddam . Virtual.

Artists And The Machines , Seattle NFT Museum , Curated by Joana Kawahara Lino . Featuring Pindar Van Arman , Aaron Penne , Phil Bosua , Botto , Ben Mauro , Manoloide , Eponym , Zach Lieberman , Licia He , and yungwknd . Seattle, U.S.A.

Artists Who Code , Vellum LA and Artsy . Curated by Mieke Marple and Sinziana Velicescu , featuring Morehshin Allahyari, Aya, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos , Sofia Crespo , Emily Edelman , Mia Forrest , Carla Gannis , Licia He , Patricia Infinity, IX Shells, Aleksandra Jovanic, Göksu Koçakcıgil, LIA, Anna Lucia, Maya Man, Mieke Marple, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Marjan Moghaddam, Lisa Orth, Ellie Pritts, Barbara Rehbehn, Sarah Ridgley, Helena Sarin, Anne Spalter, Alida Sun, Kaoru Tanaka, Ivona Tau, Waambat, Sammie Veeler, Shawna X ,and Emily Xie . Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2021

Endless Monologue : -GRAPH , Feral File . Curated by Casey Reas . Featuring Aleksandra Jovanić, Iskra Velitchkova, James Merrill, Julien Gachadoat, Licia He , and Tyler Hobbs . Virtual.

2016

FREE WET HUGZ: 94th Annual All Media Exhibition , Ann Arbor Art Center . Featuring Jean-Paul Aboudib , Lucia Behmer , Louis Boyang , Cj Breil , Larry Butcher , Yuling Chuang , Paul Collins , Spencer Corbett , Jason DeMarte , Rocco DePietro, Melissa Dorn Richards , Myles Gallagher , Bruce Giffin , Feng Guo , Shiqing He , Analicia Honkanen , Chia-Yi Huang , Dennis Jones , Haena Kang , Philippe Hyojung Kim , Ruth Koelewyn , Lucas Korte , Candace Law , Loraine Lynn , Nathan Margoni , John McLaughlin , Robert Mirek , Julia Pangborn-Harley , Gloria Pritschet , Roberta Rousos , Linda Seckinger , Lawrence Sekulich , Jacqueline Simon , Margaret Squires , Jack St. John , Cedric van Eenoo , Cristen Velliky , and Yuge Zhou . Ann Arbor, U.S.A.

2013

First Intercollegiate Art Competition , Lower Adirondack Regional Art Council . Glens Falls, NY, U.S.A.

Drawn to Print , Union College Visual Art Gallery. Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Selected Work 2013 , Union College Visual Art Gallery. Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

2012

Steinmetz Exhibition , Union College Visual Art Gallery. Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Selected Work 2012 , Union College Visual Art Gallery. Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Student Invitation Exhibition , Union College Visual Art Gallery. Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

Residency

2024.5-2025.5 (expected)

Embodied Agents in Contemporary Visual Art (EACVA): How Robotics and A.I. Could Influence Creativity by Goldsmiths, University of London and Konstanz University. Artist in residence cohort: Anna Mirkin, Partik Tressen, Gretta Louw , and Licia He . London, UK and Konstanz, Germany.

2015.5-2015.7

Empty Space . Chiang-Mai, Thailand.

Award, Fellowship, and Grant

2020

Arts Integrative Interdisciplinary Research (AiiR) Grant . ArtsEngine, University of Michigan

Rackham Graduate Research Award . Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan

2018

Best Implementation Award . UIST'18 Student Innovation Contest

2014

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship . Watson Foundation

Meritorious Prize in The Mathematical Contest in Modeling . The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)

2013

Honorable Mention in The Mathematical Contest in Modeling . The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)

Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship . AnitaB.org

Honorable Mention in the First Intercollegiate Art Competition . Lower Adirondack Regional Art Council, Glens Falls, NY, U.S.A.

Arnold L. Bittleman Memorial Drawing Prize . Union College

Teaching

2022 Fall, 2021 Fall

Special Topic in Visualization (VIZA689) . Instructor, Texas A&M University

2022 Spring

Computing for Visualization I (VIST270) . Instructor, Texas A&M University

2021 Winter

Information Visualization (SIDAS522) . Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan

2020 Fall, 2020 Winter, 2019 Fall, 2018 Winter, 2017 Fall, 2016 Fall

Information Visualization (SI649) . Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan

2017 Summer

Tableau Bootcamp . Instructor, University of Michigan

Presentation

Invited Talks and Conference Presentation

2024

Conference Presentation

Invited Presentation

Curating the Future: Insights from London's leading experts on digital craftsmanship .
The Collector's Club and Digital Art Week London . London, UK

Panel Discussion

2023

Sparkling Goodbye: Behind the Scene
Bright Moment , London, UK

Invited Presentation

Finding a Path in Art through Coding
Code/Art Org , Virtual

Invited Presentation

A Talk On Generative Art
The NFT Gallery , London, UK

Panel Discussion

2022

Art in Tech
Girls Who Code , Virtual

Panel Discussion

Conference Lightening Talk

2020

Plotting with Thread
DIS'20, Virtual Conference, Conference Presentation

Conference Presentation

2019

From Data Visualization to Generative Art
We are GWE'19, Google, CA, U.S.A.

Conference Presentation

The_Tower_of_Babel.jpg
Wikipedia Research Showcase, Virtual

Conference Presentation

2018

The_Tower_of_Babel.jpg
ICWSM'18, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.

Conference Presentation

2016

VizitCards for Infovis Design Education
INFOVIS'16, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

Conference Presentation

VizitCards for Infovis Design Education
The Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC), MI, U.S.A.

Invited Presentation

2015

The Fading Color: Natural Color Production Around the Globe
TJW Fellow Conference'15, Virtual

Invited Presentation

2013

Structuring the Unstructured Note
Steinmetz Symposium, NY, U.S.A.

Invited Presentation

Guest Lecture and Workshop

2024

Painting with Plotters
Carnegie Mellon University , Virtual

Lecture

2023

Painting with Plotters
Vertical Crypto Art , London, UK

Workshop

2022

Introduction to Generative Plotter Paintings
Seattle NFT Museum , Seattle, U.S.A.

Workshop

Drawing with Machines
The Winsor School, Virtual

Lecture

2021

Drawing with Machines
Carnegie Mellon University , Virtual

Lecture

Craft of Computing (CS110)
Berea College, Virtual

Lecture

2020, 2019, 2018

Data Mining: Methods and Applications (SI671)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Lecture

2017

Introduction to Information Studies (SI110)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Lecture

Poster and Demo

2019

Generative Art
PIRC'19 (Google), Mountain View, CA, U.S.A.

Poster

2018

DoodleIT: a Heartbeat-driven Drawing Robot
UIST'18, Berlin, Germany

Demo

2016

AI, Human, Programmer
UIST'16, Tokyo, Japan

Demo

VizitCards
CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop, CA, U.S.A.

Poster

Service and Professional Development

Community Service

2023 - Present

Community Coordinator , Generative Artists Club . Virtual.

2018-2020

Community Coordinator , DoIIIT Studio (The Designers of Interactive, Intelligent, Internet of Things ). University of Michigan. Michigan, USA.

2016-2020

Committee Member , DoIIIT Studio (The Designers of Interactive, Intelligent, Internet of Things ). University of Michigan. Michigan, USA.