Kyra Zhang is a Chinese artist based in London. Her practice centers on participatory and socially engaged experiences, working across installation, workshops, and event-based formats. Rooted in an interest in collective interaction, her work invites audiences into temporary environments that prioritize presence, co-creation, and play.
Central to Kyra’s practice is the use of gamification—as both an engaging and entertaining device and a subtle critical strategy. By applying systems of rules, choice, and chance, her works open up new frameworks for engagement where meaning is produced collaboratively and often unpredictably.
Kyra’s installations are not fixed objects but dynamic platforms activated by the people who enter them. Each project becomes a social space in flux, shaped by movement, dialogue, and mutual attention. Through this approach, she explores how art can become a rehearsal for new forms of relation—temporary yet impactful, structured yet open-ended.
Ultimately, Kyra’s practice explores the social potential of shared space. By foregrounding process, ambiguity, and collective agency, she creates conditions where meaning emerges through interaction. These temporary environments blur the line between art and life, inviting participants to inhabit a space of possibility—one where new ways of relating and being together can briefly take shape.
EDUCATION:
2018 - 2022 BA FINE ART, Goldsmiths, University of London
2024 - 2026 MFA FINE ART, Goldsmiths, Univerity of London
EXHIBITIONS:
June 2019 “Extension Degree Show”, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
December 2020 “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
January 2021 “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
May 2021 “SOME Exhibition”, Online Exhibition, Goldsmiths, UK
Feb 2022 “Respiration”, The Great Hall, Goldsmiths Univeristy of London, London, UK
March 2022 “It’s all fun until...”, Safehouse 1&2, London, UK
July 2022 Degree show of Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
August 2022 “Concept 2022”, CICA Museum, Seoul, Korea
October 2022 “REA Art Fair’, Milan, Italy
November 2022 “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
July 2023 Curated “The Rebellious Room”, SET Kensington, London, UK
June 2024 “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
July 2024 “The Alternative Village Fete”, Meanwhile Gardens, London, UK
Feb 2025 “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
May 2024 “The Invisible Room” , BOLD Elephant, London, UK
2018 - 2022 BA FINE ART, Goldsmiths, University of London
2024 - 2026 MFA FINE ART, Goldsmiths, Univerity of London
EXHIBITIONS:
June 2019 “Extension Degree Show”, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
December 2020 “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
January 2021 “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
May 2021 “SOME Exhibition”, Online Exhibition, Goldsmiths, UK
Feb 2022 “Respiration”, The Great Hall, Goldsmiths Univeristy of London, London, UK
March 2022 “It’s all fun until...”, Safehouse 1&2, London, UK
July 2022 Degree show of Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
August 2022 “Concept 2022”, CICA Museum, Seoul, Korea
October 2022 “REA Art Fair’, Milan, Italy
November 2022 “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
July 2023 Curated “The Rebellious Room”, SET Kensington, London, UK
June 2024 “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
July 2024 “The Alternative Village Fete”, Meanwhile Gardens, London, UK
Feb 2025 “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
May 2024 “The Invisible Room” , BOLD Elephant, London, UK