EDUCATION
Master of Philosophy in Film and Screen Studies, University of Cambridge (2023 –2024)
§ Distinction
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (2019 – 2023)
§ First Class Honours
Level-3 Foundation Diploma in Arts and Design, Royal Drawing School (2018 – 2019)
§ Distinction
SELECTED AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
§ 2025 Bronze Award in Experimental Film and Video Art at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
§ 2025 Chicago Women Film Festival (nomination)
§ 2023 Central Saint Martins Graduate Award
§ 2023 Central Saint Martins Museum Fund
§ 2023 LVMH Maison 0/This Earth Award (shortlist)
§ 2023 Evening Standard Art Prize (shortlist)
§ 2021 Global Undergraduate Award in Music, Film and Theatre (European Regional Winner)
§ 2020 -2021 Barbican Centre Young Visual Arts Group
SELECTED PRESS
2023 Evening Stardard Art Prize Press Release
2021 Artist Zhilin Xu in Conversation with Matthew Turner, Lead of Barbican Creative Learning
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Global Undergraduate Award Library
The Inducement and Ethical Potential of Affective Spectatorial Experiences in Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite (2019)