Daisy Ziyan Zhang is an observer; fluid, flowing, and rooting adventitiously. She crafts films and artifacts that question established norms of building, and embraces the often unnoticed and marginalized. Between the tenderness and unease of being, dancing; her body of work constructs a reverie for new imaginaries of the everyday. She was trained and practiced as an architect, and holds a Master of Architecture from MIT. She is now an independent filmmaker.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including Venice Architecture Biennale, Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Venice Architecture Film Festival, Image Forum Festival, etc., and acquired by MIT Museum as a permanent collection. Her debut film, part of which she worked on at MacDowell, was recently awarded ZONTA Prize at the 71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
