Leia S. Chang (they/them, b. 1995) is an artist, creative technologist, and educator exploring the complexities of identity from their perspective as a second-generation non-binary Asian American. With a strong command over creative fabrication and materiality, Leia integrates digital media into physical forms to build interactive installations that spotlight the connection between memory, identity, and storytelling. Leia's work captures ephemeral moments in both poetic texts and tangible objects made from wood, resin, and other found material.
Leia is currently an exhibit developer at the Exploratorium. They have been a member of Gray Area Incubator and have shown work at La Mama, The Blanc Gallery, Gray Area SF, SYZYGY CoOp, and Resistor NYC, has co-curated an exhibition on Useless Machines with artist/educator Blair Simmons. They organize and facilitate workshops on digital fabrication and creative coding, as well as gather the creative community across the Bay Area. Leia holds an MPS from NYU TISCH’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (2023), and a BS in Computer Science from California Polytechnic University of San Luis Obispo (2017).
Currently thinking about ... Fidget Camp 2025, fiber art and woven material, typeknitting, what is a body, plot田, sunlight, this website.
Once, a long time ago, a professor looked at a todo list I'd made for the day, and called it the best poem he'd read all week.
also seen at ...
Shows
- CultureHub Re-Fest | NYC La Mama - 2025
- Bart Basel | SF - 2024
- Incubator Artists Show | Gray Area - 2023
- Words to Remember By, a solo show | Studio 45 - 2023
- After the Imagination | NYC resistor - 2023
- Co-Curator Useless Machines | Blanc Gallery - 2023
- Sell Out Art Show | SYZYGY SF - 2022
Teaching/Facilitating
- Organizer FidgetCamp | MadSci SF - 2024
- Creative Code & Design Technology Teacher | Lick Wilmerding HS - 2023-2024
- Graduate Assistant Useless Machines (Blair Simmons) | NYU IMA - 2023
- Graduate Assistant Digital Fabrication (Phil Caridi) | NYU IMA - 2022
- Facilitator Feedback Collective | NYU ITP - 2022-23
Guest
- Guest Critic IMA Capstone (Blair Simmons) | NYU IMA - 2025
- Guest Critic ITP Thesis | NYU TIP - 2025
- Speaker at tiat 5 & 6 | SF - 2023
- Guest Speaker for Geopositioning Genealogy (Tanika I. Williams) | NYU IMA - 2023
- Guest Critic Largescale Kinetic Sculptures (Phil Caridi) | NYU IMA - 2023
Mentions
- From Arrangement to Engagement: shuang’s Curation as Art Practice - 2025
- SPAMtember | All St Gallery - 2023
- ITP Instagram project spotlight - 2023
- Adjacent Issue 10: endoscope - 2023
-last updated Apr 2025-