Voyo Woo is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice expands traditional paper cutting into immersive, participatory installations integrating sculpture, performance, sound, and biofeedback technologies. Her work centers on cultivating calm as a form of societal infrastructure—creating conditions that foster connection and support empathy, kindness, connections and peaceful coexistence across human, natural, and technological systems.
Woo holds an MA in Curatorial Studies in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her background spans television production, U.S. diplomatic exchange initiatives, and facilitation of energy balancing practices, all of which inform her interdisciplinary approach.
Her recent projects include Head in the Clouds, a bio-responsive installation centered on a reclaimed “Tree of Life,” and Gratitude Dinner, a participatory experience using EEG-driven water cymatics to visualize collective intention. She has exhibited at venues including Montclair Art Museum, Shanghai Fengxian Museum, Katzen Arts Center, J&M Studios/NARS Foundation, White House Visitor Center, Sotheby's New York and the Ford Foundation Live Gallery at New York Live Arts, and was selected for a juried international paper biennale in Shanghai (2025).
Woo is a 2025 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship recipient in Sculpture and a mentee in the 2026 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program.
Contact: iamvoyo@gmail.com
Residencies:
2027 Interlude Artist Residency, NY
2026 Acentricspace Residency, Shanghai, China
Arts 14C Special Project Residency, Jersey City, NJ
Chez Fifi Artist Residency by Kathy Battista, Branford, CT
Awards and Fellowships:
2026 A Blade of Grass Design Justice Network Field Fund recipient, NYC
New York Foundation for the Arts 2026 Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program for Visual & Multidisciplinary Artists, NY
New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program Summer Camp
Pollinator Coop 2026 Participant through In Situ Polyculture Commons
2025 FY2025 New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowship - Sculpture Fellow, NJ State Council on the Arts
New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program Summer Camp
Finalist for “Mirrors and Masks” International Online Juried Exhibition, Asian Art Contemporary, New York, NY
2024 Finalist in the International Juried Competition PAPERWORKS 2024 by b.j. spoke Gallery, NY, (Juror Julian Sanchez
Gonzalez)
One with Universe, Shortlisted as a Finalist for 2024 Global Asian Creative Awards
A Typical Family Portrait, 1st place in the juried exhibition “Flowers” by Upward Gallery
2016 One of Five National Winners for “This Art is Your Art” National Juried Competition by White House Historic Association
and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Selected Teachings and Workshops:
Session Leader | New York University ITP Camp 2025, Brooklyn, NY
Guest Lecturer | Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Guest speaker | Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
Live Workshop | Smithsonian Museum Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington D.C.
Live Workshop | International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Live Workshop | Macy’s Court at Tysons Corner Center, Tysons, Virginia
Live Workshop | KID Museum Bethesda Maryland
Live Workshop | Healing through Recycled Paper Vase Making, FOU Gallery, Manhattan New York
Live Workshop | The Women’s Club of Upper Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Online Workshop | Valley National Bank, Multiple Locations in NY, NJ and FL, United States
Selected Exhibitions:
2026 JC Poetry Festival Showcase, Monira Foundation, Mana Contemporary, NJ
An Endless Meeting: Slow Burn Groupshow by CAO Collective, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Field of Water Group Exhibition, Acentric Space, Shanghai, China
JRACraft Juried Group Exhibition, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
An Eulogy to Earth, New York University ITP Camp Show All Things Show, NYC
NYFA IAP Program Group Presentation, Flux Factory, NYC
Head in the Clouds, J&M Studios/NARS Foundation, NYC
Head in the Clouds, Arts 14C, Jersey City, NJ
In-Between reclamation mirrored Group Exhibition in collaboration with NYFA, Ford Foundation Live Gallery/New York Live Arts, NYC
Spring of Riots Group Show, Gallery 14C, Jersey City, NJ
Gratitude Dinner, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
The Eighth Dimension, Solo Exhibition, The Space, Montclair, NJ
Under the Influence, Juried Group Exhibit, Arts 14C, Gallery 14C, Jersey City, NJ
2025 2025 Shanghai International Paper Biennale, Shanghai Fengxian Museum, Shanghai, China
Special Project Gratitude Dinner, Arts 14C, Jersey City
The Eighth Dimension, Solo Exhibition, Usagi NY, New York, NY
Things We Carry, Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
State of Art 2025, Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Crossing Paths Group Show, USAGI NY Gallery, New York, NY
All Things Show, New York University ITP, New York, NY
Public Installation “Phoenix Rising in Bloom”, AAPI Lantern Festival, Montclair Edgemont Memorial Park, NJ
“Mirrors and Masks” International Online Juried Exhibition, Asian Art Contemporary, New York, NY
Golden Threads of Time, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2024 Dwelling in Hope 2024 Photography Exhibition Juried by Joel Morgovsky, Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Inspired by Family and Community Group Exhibit, Montclair Art Museum, NJ
PAPERWORKS 2024 Virtual Group Exhibit, b.j.spoke Gallery, NY
State of the Art 2024 Group Exhibit, Leach Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2022 “ALL LIVES MATTER” Fresh Air Montclair Public Window Display, Montclair, NJ
2017 “An Old Story Retold” Installation Art – Sotheby’s Auction House, New York, NY
2016 “THIS ART IS YOUR ART” Video Installation at White House Visitor Center, Washington D.C.