Kyra Zhang
b. 1999
Artist, Community Facilitator
Kyra Zhang is a Chinese artist based in London. Her practice centres 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 prioritise 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.
Exhibition:
2025 “Mundane Shrine”, BOTH Gallery, London, UK
2025 “The Invisible Room” , BOLD Elephant, London, UK
2025 “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
2024 “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2022 “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
2022 “REA Art Fair’, Milan, Italy
2022 “Concept 2022”, CICA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2022 BA Degree show of Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
2022 “It’s all fun until...”, Safehouse 1&2, London, UK
2022 “Respiration”, The Great Hall, Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
2021 “SOME Exhibition”, Online Exhibition, Goldsmiths, UK
2021 “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
2019 “Extension Degree Show”, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Curations/Productions:
2025 Public Programme Managing for “The Invisible Room”, BOLD Elephant, London, UK
2025 Curation & production for “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
2025 Event Management for ‘STOMP Junk Percussion’ in collaboration with Carl Smith, London, UK
2025 Event Management for ‘Spring Festival Celebration’ in collaboration with Loom Club, London, UK
2024 Curation & production for “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Community Quilt Making’ in collaboration with Liza Dickson and Gen Community, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Home Sweet Home’in collaboration with Hey! Food is Ready, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Speed Drawing & Creative Social’ in collaboration with Island Drawing Lab and Loom Club, London, UK
2023 Curation & production for “The Rebellious Room”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2022 Exhibition Production for “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
2021 Project Managing for “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 Project Managing for “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
Facilitations:
2025 Cookery Class with Hey! Food is Ready for Osborne Clarke Law Firm, Reading, UK
2025 ‘Silent Construction’ Workshop with Folk Co-living (Florence Dock), London, UK
2025 ‘Community College’ Workshop with Andsoul Community, London, UK
2025 ‘Object Collage’ Workshop with Loom Club, London, UK
2025 ‘New Year Relay Race’ Event with Loom Club, London, UK
2024 ‘Home Sweet Home’ Event with Hey! Food is Ready, Synonym Lab, London, UK
2024 ‘Windcharm Making’ Workshop with Sharmain Forde for Gerry’s Pompeii, at The Avenue Youth Club, London, UK
2024 “The Alternative Village Fete”, Meanwhile Gardens, London, UK
2024 ‘Launch Party’ with Synonym Lab, London, UK
2024 ‘Community Tapstry Making’ with Xuan Yeo for Free Book Festival, London, UK
2024 ‘Comedy Night’ at SET Kensington, London, UK
2023 ‘Object Collage’ Workshop with The Ministry, London, UK
2023 ‘Silent Construction’ Workshop for Goldsmiths University of London
Projects:
2025 - Ongoing 30 Voices 1 Borough, London, UK
2023 - 2025 Synonym Lab, Founder, Operations Director, London, UK
2022 - 2025 YDMD Studio, Founder, Operations Director, London, UK
2020 - 2022 229 Scribbles, Project Manager, London, UK
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.
Exhibition:
2025 “Mundane Shrine”, BOTH Gallery, London, UK
2025 “The Invisible Room” , BOLD Elephant, London, UK
2025 “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
2024 “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2022 “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
2022 “REA Art Fair’, Milan, Italy
2022 “Concept 2022”, CICA Museum, Seoul, Korea
2022 BA Degree show of Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
2022 “It’s all fun until...”, Safehouse 1&2, London, UK
2022 “Respiration”, The Great Hall, Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK
2021 “SOME Exhibition”, Online Exhibition, Goldsmiths, UK
2021 “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
2019 “Extension Degree Show”, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Curations/Productions:
2025 Public Programme Managing for “The Invisible Room”, BOLD Elephant, London, UK
2025 Curation & production for “Anticipation”, SET Ealing, London, UK
2025 Event Management for ‘STOMP Junk Percussion’ in collaboration with Carl Smith, London, UK
2025 Event Management for ‘Spring Festival Celebration’ in collaboration with Loom Club, London, UK
2024 Curation & production for “Rarely Seen, Little Known”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Community Quilt Making’ in collaboration with Liza Dickson and Gen Community, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Home Sweet Home’in collaboration with Hey! Food is Ready, London, UK
2024 Event Management for ‘Speed Drawing & Creative Social’ in collaboration with Island Drawing Lab and Loom Club, London, UK
2023 Curation & production for “The Rebellious Room”, SET Kensington, London, UK
2022 Exhibition Production for “ Choreo Archive”, Dinner Party Gallery, London, UK
2021 Project Managing for “Redirecting”, Tree Art Museum, Beijing, China
2020 Project Managing for “Accidenting”, Online Exhibition, CSSA Goldsmiths
Facilitations:
2025 Cookery Class with Hey! Food is Ready for Osborne Clarke Law Firm, Reading, UK
2025 ‘Silent Construction’ Workshop with Folk Co-living (Florence Dock), London, UK
2025 ‘Community College’ Workshop with Andsoul Community, London, UK
2025 ‘Object Collage’ Workshop with Loom Club, London, UK
2025 ‘New Year Relay Race’ Event with Loom Club, London, UK
2024 ‘Home Sweet Home’ Event with Hey! Food is Ready, Synonym Lab, London, UK
2024 ‘Windcharm Making’ Workshop with Sharmain Forde for Gerry’s Pompeii, at The Avenue Youth Club, London, UK
2024 “The Alternative Village Fete”, Meanwhile Gardens, London, UK
2024 ‘Launch Party’ with Synonym Lab, London, UK
2024 ‘Community Tapstry Making’ with Xuan Yeo for Free Book Festival, London, UK
2024 ‘Comedy Night’ at SET Kensington, London, UK
2023 ‘Object Collage’ Workshop with The Ministry, London, UK
2023 ‘Silent Construction’ Workshop for Goldsmiths University of London
Projects:
2025 - Ongoing 30 Voices 1 Borough, London, UK
2023 - 2025 Synonym Lab, Founder, Operations Director, London, UK
2022 - 2025 YDMD Studio, Founder, Operations Director, London, UK
2020 - 2022 229 Scribbles, Project Manager, London, UK
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