NIKKO ZIXUAN ZHOU

Nikko Zixuan Zhou

She/her

• 2024-2027 MFA in Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA
• 2020-2024 BA in Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China, Beijing

Films

• Triangle(2023) -Stop-motion Animation -Selected By North Park Film Festival, Swedish International Film Festival, Rome Prisma Film Awards, Korea International Short Film Festival, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
• Surrealism Experience(2024)-Stop-motion Animation -Selected by Experimental Film Fest
• Transformart(2024)-Stop-motion Animation
• Emotion Hazard I(2025)-Mix Media, Stop-motion -Selected by Current New Media Festival
• Emotion Hazard II(2025)-Mix Media, Stop-motion -Selected by Palm Springs International Film Festival

• 2025 Director Assistant Intern, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing

Zixuan works across experimental animation, moving image, and tactile material installation. Her practice explores human perception, emotion, and the tension between goodwill and malice through multi-sensory encounters of sound, image, and texture.

zixuanzhou@students.calarts.edu

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