Biography
Liv Tsim is an interdisciplinary artist, biomaterial designer and researcher. She has a MA in Biodesign with Distinction from Central Saint Martins and a BA in Visual Arts in Hong Kong.
Trained as an artist working with organic matter in installations, Tsim has a strong desire to understand biological materials at closer range rather than interpret their reactions solely from a human perspective. Through design-led and critical lens, she examines biological needs, behaviours and habits. She regards translation between artistic and biological languages as a way of respecting the living organisms with which she works.
Her research and creative practice explore biomaterial culture, ecological justice and situated knowledge through mixed-media installations. Her recent work focuses on microbial pigments and pattern formation, investigating how colour and form can become a language between humans and other living organisms. Having worked closely with a microbiologist for years, she uses interdisciplinary collaboration to expand knowledge and contribute to more inclusive ecological futures.
In 2026, Her demonstration project, “Pattern 2.1: Co-culturing Self-pigmenting Bacterial Cellulose” was presented at the Biodesign Conference 2026 and published by Cambridge University Press. In 2023, Tsim received the CreateSmart Young Design Talent Special Award from the Hong Kong Design Centre, was awarded the Media Art Scholarship from the Department of Cultural Affairs in Salzburg, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Green Trail Awards LVMH Maison/0 CSM. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including Living Assembly: Building with Biology (London Design Biennale, 2025), Pioneering Biomaterials: Academia and Industry Convergence (Novack Gallery, San Francisco, 2024), Post-Human Narratives (Cattle Depot Artist Village and Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, Hong Kong, 2020–2022), Living with the Livings (Hypha Studio, London, 2024), #CreateCOP Exhibition (Shanghai Center of Photography, China, 2024), Art Central (Hong Kong, 2024), and Tokens of Remembrance (Galleria Myymälä2, Helsinki, 2024).
詹昫嵐是一位跨領域藝術家、生物材料設計師與研究員，出生於香港。她現為英國諾森比亞大學訪問研究員，並與「建築環境生物科技中心」（Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment）的研究團隊合作。
2023年，她以優異成績畢業於中央聖馬丁藝術與設計學院生物設計碩士課程，並擁有香港浸會大學視覺藝術學院的藝術學士學位。 她的研究與創作實踐著重於生物材料文化、生態公義與處境知識之間的交織關係，以混合媒介裝置為主要創作形式。近年來，詹昫嵐專注於微生物的色素與圖案結構研究，探索顏色與圖案如何成為人類與其他生命體之間的溝通語言。她深信跨學科合作能拓展知識邊界、凝聚推測性願景，並推動更具包容性的未來建構。
詹昫嵐於2023年獲得香港設計中心「創意智優」青年設計才俊特別獎，並獲薩爾斯堡文化事務部頒發的媒體藝術獎學金，同時入圍2023 Green Trail Awards LVMH Maison/0 CSM。她的作品曾在國際上展出，包括「Living Assembly: Building with Biology」（倫敦設計雙年展，2025）、「Pioneering Biomaterials: Academia and Industry Convergence」（美國舊金山 Novack Gallery，2024）、「後人類敘事」（香港牛棚藝術村和香港醫學博物館，2020–2022）、Living with the Livings（倫敦 Hypha Studio，2024）、「#CreateCOP展覽」（中國上海攝影藝術中心，2024）、Art Central（香港，2024）、「Tokens of Remembrance」（芬蘭赫爾辛基 Galleria Myymälä2，2024）等。
Email: livtsim@gmail.com
Instagram: @livtsim_
Awarded:
Distinction of Master of Art Biodesign,
Central Saint Martins 22/23, University of Arts London
CreateSmart Young Design Talent Special Award,
DFA Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award 2023
Shortlisted:
Mills Fabrica Innovation Award 2023
Global Design Graduate Show 2023
in collaboration with Gucci
#CreateCOP28 by Art Partner 2023
Biodesign Challenge New York, 2021
Nominated:
Green Trail Awards LVMH Maison/0 CSM 2023
Exhibitions
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
“Living Assembly: Building with Biology” London Design Biennale, 2025, London, Project team: Living Construction Group at Northumbria University & Beckett Lab at UCL
“Figure 1.A. The Scientific Art Exhibition 2025", Forum of Hôtel de Ville, Lausanne, Switzerland, collaborated with Dr. Kaveh Emami
“Pioneering Biomaterials: Academia and Industry Convergence”, Novack Gallery, 2025, San Francisco, Project team: Living Construction Group at Northumbria University
“Heavy Metal and Remediation Lab Exhibition”RE: Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong, commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Centre
"BioAlchemy Capital", WURE AREA, Hong Kong
"Practicing Coexistence with Disasters", Mum's not Home, Hong Kong
"Living with the Living", Hypha Studio, London
“Tokens of Remembrance”, Galleria Myymälä2, Helsinki
“The Art Central 2024”, Hong Kong
“#CreateCOP Exhibition”, Fotografiska Shanghai Centre,
China
“The Bio-Calibrated: Tools and Techniques of
Biodesign Practices Symposium” Exhibition
Intercontinental Bienal 2023,
Colombia, Argentina & Brazil
Valency, APT Gallery, London
“Post Petri” Graduation Showcase,
Central Saint Martins
“Diachronic Echoes”, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School
of Creativity Gallery, Hong Kong
“BIODESIGN IN PROCESS”, Central Saint Martins, London
“Post Human Narratives - In Name of Scientific Witchery”
commissioned by Para Site*, Hong Kong
“Biodesign.one”, Virtual Exhibition, London
“Over The Sea, Over The Ocean”, Current Plans, Hong Kong*
“Post-Human Narratives - The Co-existing Land“,
Cattle Depot, Hong Kong*
“Beyond Animal”, 7 Mallory Street, Hong Kong*
“ Art Basel 2021”, Hong Kong
Infection Invader, 1a space, Hong Kong
Dear Dong,, Hong Kong
Beyond Animal, Hong Kong
Outside the dwelling, Budapest Art Quarter, Budapest
The Tongue．The Snail．The Mimosa Pudica, AVA Gallery, Hong Kong
Hashtag, PING PONG, Hong Kong
CROSSING BORDER I BORDER CROSSING,
International Festival of Intermedia, Hong Kong
The BA Visual Arts Graduation Show 2016
of Baptist University, Hong Kong
From here to there - IAM international art moves. Kunstquartier Bethanien, Germany
“MYTH” Exhibition. Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Hong Kong
“Wear Next_”, Artisan, St, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
“Wear Next_. ENABLING TECHNOLOGY”, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
“Symposium: Beyond the Sound”,‘Living Sound’ Exhibition, Le French May, Hong Kong
“Visual Arts Annual Exhibition: Balance”, AVA Gallery, Hong Kong
“5 Minutes Older”, PMQ, Hong Kong
“Face to Face”, Thematic Installation, The 1st Hong Kong - Shenzhen Design Biennale