aorbital ( Ao Lei ) is a London-based sci-art artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the intersections of quantum physics, the history of science, and surrealism. His work investigates how phenomena beyond human perception can be translated into tangible visual experiences. Moving between precision and absurdity, he constructs a visual language that oscillates between science and imagination. His works have been exhibited at venues including COEX Center, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Tsinghua University Science Museum, Millennium Film, TNT Art Center, University of Oxford, and Unit London.
EDUCATION
- Tsinghua University BEng Engineering Physics
- Royal College of Art MA Innovation Design Engineering
- Imperial College London MSc Innovation Design Engineering
- Goldsmiths, University of London PhD Computational Arts
SOLO EXHIBITION
- Poetry of Probability Cloud, 2025, Tsinghua University Science Museum, Beijing
GROUP EXHIBITION
- You Are Amazing, 2019, Gallery of Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- Diaoyutai No.1, 2020, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing
- Absolute Empathy, 2020, ArtScope Studio, Shenzhen
- Coral Chair, 2021, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai
- Comfortably Numb, 2021, ACT Art Center & TNT Art Center, Shenzhen
- 80 Minus, 2021, RCA Show, Imperial Business School, London
- Radioactive Creatures, 2022, Creative Machine, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
- Radioactive Skeletons, 2023, Creative Machina Oxford, Jesus College, University of Oxford, Oxford
- Simulation Hypothesis with Maxim Zhestkov, 2024, Unit London, London
- Type-II Superconductor, 2024, Kupfer Gallery, London
- Traveling Soliton, 2024, ZArt Lab & UKTA, London
- Fundament, 2024, New Forest, Brockenhurst
- Optical Intermediate, 2025, Deptford Town Hall, London
- Time Folded, 2025, Independent & Image Art Space, Chongqing
- Quantum Intimacies, 2025, Millennium Film Workshop, New York
- Manifold 2.0, 2025, St. James Hatcham Church, London
- Strata, 2025, Wild Art Project, Xinjiang
- TEMPOLUMEN RHYTHMOS, 2025, Handbag Factory, London
- IDEA! Emerging Artist, 2025, XLYMOMA, Chengdu
- NanoArt International Festival,Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan
- Formless, 2025, Zhongfangjiao Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIP
= First prize in China mathematical modeling contest, China, 2017
- Honor museum collection by Tsinghua University Art Museum, China, 2020
- China Emerging Sci-Tech Artist Award, Raiden Institute, China, 2022
- Best of COMEUP 2024, COEX, South Korea, 2024
- Winner of Anomalous Mathematical Patterns Sci-Art Contest, Isaac Newton Institute, UK, 2025
TALK
- Art and Science: Beyond Computational Universe, Creative Computing Institue, UAL, 2025
- Visual Hypothesis, Tsinghua University Science Museum, 2025
- Non-figurative Physics,
Berggruen China Center
, 2025