Bo Wang is a researcher, filmmaker and artist. He is currently finishing his PhD dissertation on the cultural politics of technology in post-socialist China at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, UvA. As a filmmaker and artist, he has exhibited internationally and is a recipient of major awards, including New:Vision at CPH:DOX, Golden Dove at DOKLeipzig, O.F.F. Prize at Sesc_Videobrasil, among many others.

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Fields of interest

• experimental and documentary film
• cultural analysis
• critical theory
• post-socialism
• STS

Grants and awards

2025 The UNDO Fellowship, UnionDocs, New York
2024 Audience Award, Chinese Film Festival Hamburg, Hamburg
2024 Special Mention, Label Jeune Création et Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Brive Film Festival
2024 Honorable Mention, e-flux Film Award, New York
2023 Winner Documentary Short, Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah
2023 Grand Prix André S. Labarthe, Festival Entrevues Belfort, Belfort
2023 Ostrovsky Family Fund Award, the 22th Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo
2023 Golden Dove Award, DOK Leipzig, Leipzig
2023 Cosmos Award for the Best Innovative Film, Curtocircuito Int'l Film Festival, Spain
2023 New Jury Award, Curtocircuito Int'l Film Festival, Spain
2023 Award for Excellence, Image Forum Festival, Tokyo
2023 Arkipel Award, Arkipel, Jakarta
2023 Forum Lenteng Award, Arkipel, Jakarta
2023 New:Vision Award, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
2018 Award for Excellence, Image Forum Festival, Tokyo
2018 ACC Cinema Fund, South Korea
2014 Honorable Mention, UCF/IAMCR Urban Communication Research Grant
2013 Fellow, The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar

Curriculum Vitae

2025 PhD Candidate, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Universiteit van Amsterdam
2011 MFA Photography, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York
2007 MS Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
2004 BS Physics and Mathematics, Tsinghua University, Beijing