Zai aka etoy.ZAI is a founder and one of the key personalities of the art group etoy. Zai served as etoy CEO for 14 years and is a member of the board. With etoy Zai won international awards such as Prix Ars Electronica, Namics Media Art Award, Telefonica Foundation’s Vida Award for Artificial Life and several Swiss grants. The work of etoy has been published by die Gestalten Verlag, M.I.T. Press, Dumont, Tate Publishing and is shown in museums worldwide: Palais de Tokyo Paris, Secession Vienna, Kunsthaus St. Gallen and Zug, Manifesta, ICC Tokyo or the National Art Museum of China.
Beyond his commitment for etoy, Zai was head and professor at the media & interaction design unit of ECAL (University for Art and Design in Lausanne) from 2003 to 2009.
Today he works as artist (etoy), instructor / researcher / creative director for NGOs, universities and corporate clients such as futureLAB / dizmode. Zai holds a master's degree in visual communication from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
