Jingrong Zhang | 张镜荣

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Jingrong’s work explores the intersection of art, design, science, and cities, with a focus on social behavior in public spaces, racial and gender equity, and urban greenery and biodiversity. Her projects have been featured and supported by the Council for the Arts at MIT, World Economic Forum, Venice Biennale, and Shanghai Library. Trained in urban planning, she holds a master’s degree in Applied Urban Science and Informatics from New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress.  


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• + Street Scores 
  
• + Dust Bloom 
  
• + Tree-D Fusion  
  
• + Beijing Inside Out 
  
• + Senseable Global Labs 
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• + Metropolitan Cuneiform

• + The Electric Commute 
  
• + Word as Image 
  
• + In Search of Authenticity 
  

Email: jingrong.zhang@nyu.edu 

CV  

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Experience  Research Fellow
MIT Senseable City Lab 
2023 - present

GIS and Mapping Specialist
Data Services, NYU Division of Libraries 
2022 - 2023

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EducationNew York University
MS in Applied Urban Science and Informatics
2022

Tianjin University
BEng in Urban Planning 
2020  

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ExhibitionMetropolitan Cuneiform
Data Through Design (DxD) 2026, echo{logies}, BRIC, NYC 

Street Scores
Interactive Installation & Performance, MIT Open Space  
2025 

Eyes on the Street
19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2025 

Re-Leaf
19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2025 

Word as Image 
Shanghai Library  
2023  

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Talks   Visual Empathy in the Age of Data
Data | Art Symposium, Harvard University
2025

Visualizing Seshat: Unveiling Patterns in Human History with Seshat Databank
Complexity Science Hub
2024

The Electric Commute: Envisioning 100% Electrified Mobility in NYC
NYC Open Data Week  
2023

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Services  
NYC Open Data Ambassador Trainee

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 [Metropolitan Cuneiform]

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About Metropolitan Cuneiform transforms New York City’s environmental and urban datasets into hand-engraved clay tablets inspired by ancient cuneiform writing. Using symbols derived from street trees, building activity, population exposure, and atmospheric conditions, while embedding urban heat vulnerability directly into the clay’s material color and texture, the work treats contemporary data as future archaeological evidence. By translating open data into tactile inscriptions, the project reframes urban ecology as a system of trace, erosion, and memory—inviting viewers to read the city through material marks shaped by both human and environmental forces.

Explore at https://datathroughdesign.com/ 

Contribution: solo artist



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