ZHAO JIAJING
赵嘉旌
Acousmatic Compositions
Installations & Multimedia
3D Sound Studio
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Bio.
Zhao Jiajing (family name–given name, b. China) is an electroacoustic composer and sound artist based in London.
Zhao’s practice encompasses acousmatic music, sound installation, performance, and new media. Since 2019, he has been deeply engaged in spatial sound, creating multichannel compositions and installations. His work explores themes such as temporality, technology, digital cultures, and nature. He regularly works across disciplines, collaborating with visual artists, theatre-makers, technologists, and scientists.
His work has been presented internationally at venues and events including IRCAM (FR), ZKM Karlsruhe (DE), Soundcinema Düsseldorf (DE), Barbican Centre (UK), Sound/Image Festival (UK), Espacios Sonoros (AR), ICMC (Int’l/US), NYCEMF (US), ISCM New Music Miami (US), and Musicacoustica (CN), among others. He has received awards and finalist recognition from The Engine Room (2025), Musicacoustica (2024), and Luminous by LG Display and RCA (2022).
Zhao holds an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and is currently pursuing a PhD in Electroacoustic Music at the University of the Arts London (CRiSAP), supervised by Adam Stanović. He is also a mentor and visiting lecturer for the MA in Designing Audio Experiences at University College London.
Email: jiajingzhao96(at)gmail(dot)com
Instagram @zhao_jiajing_
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Since 2019, I have become deeply immersed in the world of spatial sound, exploring its diverse forms, from Ambisonics to multichannel sonic installations. I am captivated by the way space can be designed as an instrument, transforming both the aural and bodily experience. At times, I perceive myself as both artist and architect when navigating the delicate intersection between fictional and physical spaces. I am drawn to the potential of space as an expressive artistic medium that can articulate diverse concepts beyond sound and music.
My practice spans disciplines and often involves collaboration with visual artists, theatre-makers, scientists, and technologists. I draw inspiration from the theories and aesthetics of these fields, which inform my work with sound and space, creating a dynamic exchange that also influences those fields in return. I am always in search of the magical moment when new forms and ideas emerge from the collision of influences across disciplines.
Music and art, for me, are ways to address the collective anxiety of our hyperactive world. My reflections on contemporary crises—such as temporality, accelerationism, and technology—serve as central inspirations, while my work also engages with broader themes, including surveillance, the attention economy, nature, and post-humanism.