Munus Shih
b. Hsinchu, Taiwan. Lives and works in New York.
munusshih.com | munusshih@gmail.com
Education
M.F.A. Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, The New School
B.S. Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University
Teaching Experience
Aug 2025 - Present
Assistant Professor of Critical Technology, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
Adjunct Faculty, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY, USA
Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
Adjunct Faculty, Parsons School of Design - The New School, New York, NY, USA
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
Teaching Assistant, Parsons School of Design - The New School, New York, NY, USA
Aug 2020 - June 2021
Teaching Assistant, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Professional Experience
Aug 2025 - Present
Designer in Residence, Processing Foundation, New York, NY, USA
May 2023 - March 2025
Creative Technologist, Athletics, Brooklyn, NY, USA
June 2023 - Sep 2023
Open Source Developer, Google Summer of Code x Processing Foundation, USA (Remote)
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Design Engineer, Design Systems International, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
Graphic Designer, 15x15 Studio, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Research Collaborator, Data Analysis and Interpretation Lab, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
Publications for Creative Practice
Oct 2025
Meet Munus Shih, Bold Journey
May 2025
Bridging Worlds: Taiwanese Creative Technologist Munus on Innovation, Identity, and the Power of Open Source, Vocal Media
Apr 2025
Meet Munus Shih: Creative Technologist, Designer & Educator, ShoutoutLA
Apr 2025
Meet Munus Shih, Bold Journey
Mar 2025
NYC-Based Creative Technologist Munus Bridges Design and Technology Through Community and Code, MSN.COM
Feb 2025
Munus Shih on Capturing the New York Design Aesthetic: A Fusion of Code, Culture and Creativity, 1883 Magazine
Feb 2025
Creative Technologist Munus Shih on Fusing Together Art, Design and Code, London Daily News
Oct 2024
Meet Munus Shih, Canvas Rebel
Exhibitions
Mar 2026
Noise In the Field, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Curated by I-hao Liao. Noise: An analysis from the (A) scientific, (B) cultural & (C) personal lens, Practicing Ecological Distance: Metal Stools
Mar 2026
Tricky Collaboration, Accent Sisters 重音社, New York, NY, USA. Curated by Anna Mikaela Ekstrand. Threads of Memory
Dec 2025
A Story That Lives Within US: Ada, Crossing Art, Chelsea, New York, NY, USA. Curated by Tzu-Ying (Naomi) Chan. (Guest Stop) In Transit.
Nov 2025
Recreational Timebank (Offline Branch), Beholding Cell, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 2025
Ghosts in the Feedback Loop, Underground Art and Design x New Art City (Virtual). Curated by Amy Xiaofan Jiang.
Jun 2025
Embodied Algorithms / Collective Mechanics, DEMO Festival, NEW INC & NEW MUSEUM, New York, NY, USA. Curated by Sheldon Gooch. Produced by Ben Kudler. Syllabus (Subject to Change).
Dec 2024
Our Memories: Local Hakka Memorial, Taipei Hakka Council, Taipei, Taiwan. (4066.62, 62).
Jun 2024
Scaling Utopia, DEMO Festival, NEW INC & NEW MUSEUM, New York, NY, USA. Curated by Mia Matthias. Produced by Cy X. Duty Free.
May 2023
Entropy, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA. p5.genzine: Zine as Coding Connectivity.
Nov 2022
Plenty More: Exploring Design & Possibilities, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan. Generative, Parametric and Creative Coding.
May 2020
Where We Live, National Tsing Hua University Library, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Jan 2020
Collaborative Installation: Immersive Improvisation in Interactive Art, EUR ArTeC - Université Paris 8, Paris, France. I Don't Know Nature.
Lectures, Presentations, Symposia, Workshops
Mar 2026
UnxDesign 2026: HarvardxDesign Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
Mar 2026
p5.book: A Generative Approach to Book-making, Virtual
Jan 2026
2026 Learning To Teach: (Re)Designing Creative Tech Pedagogy for the GenAI Era, A Virtual UnSymposium hosted by the Integrated Design and Media (IDM) program at NYU Tandon
Dec 2025
Jestering A Creative Dance, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 30, 2025
Homing.zip ft. Tzuyun Wei, For Future 未來學家, Taiwan (Remote)
Oct 29, 2025
Free 99: Creative Coding and Collecitve Practice, Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), New York University, NY, USA
Sep 27, 2025
p5.js 2.0 Workshop: Combinatory Poetry with Variable Fonts, Processing Foundation (Remote)
Sep 21, 2025
Techno Mirage, Underground Art and Design x Index Space, New York, NY, USA
Jun 29, 2025
Combinatory Poetry with Variable Fonts ft. Nikki Makagiansar, Typelab x Typographics, New York, NY, USA
Jun 19, 2025
Touching Computers: NFC as Ritual, Memory, and Interface ft. Spencer Chang, Formosan Association for Public Affairs, New York, NY, USA
May 2025
Is Artschool The Uptopia We Were Promised?, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Feb 2025
After MFADT, Could Salon, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Feb 2024
Techniculture: A Critical Lens on Modular Type and Generative Design, Type Electives, New York, NY, USA
Jan 2024
Dragon Bytes: Coding Chinese New Year with p5.js and AI ft. Roy Yang, CC Festival, The Dalton School, New York, NY, USA
Dec 2023
Taiwanese Queer Sound Map: From Design Inspiration to Social and Technological Praxis, Women Techmakers Tracks x Google Developer Group devfest, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 2023
Creative Coding: SVG and Canvas Workshop Series, Institute of Applied Art, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sep 2023
Hello Zine! 從小誌到開源藝術, Processing Community Day Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Jul 2023
Why I Love p5.js & Creative Coding, Type@Cooper, New York, NY, USA
Jun 2023
Processing Community Catalog Launch Party NYC, Hex House, Brooklyn, NY, USA
May 2023
Entropy: MFA Design & Technology Thesis Symposium, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Apr 2023
2023 Open Source Art Contributor’s Conference, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
Mar 2023
p5.js Community Salon, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Nov 2022
Coding Diversity: Tool-making & Crit Education, Creative Coding Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 2022
Design & Tech: Alternate Possibilities in Design Profficiency, MOE Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 2022
Meta, Prototype, System: Design Cyborg, Visual Communication' at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Nov 2022
Will You Still Love Me If I’m A Designer?, Tzaiwu College at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Jun 2022
CSS Magic! Transition, Transform and Animation, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
Jun 2022
p5.(Gen)Zine V.2, Creative Coding Festival, New York, NY, USA
Jun 2022
p5.(Gen)Zine, Code Decolonized' with POWRPLNTS, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Dec 2021
Prints as Interfaces, Visual Communication' at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Dec 2021
Flexible Design Systems & Dynamic Visual Identities, TedX NTHU (Remote), Hsinchu, Taiwan
Oct 2021
Communication Design: An Outlier’s Perspective, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA
Oct 2021
*New* Graphic Design: Program, Data, Custom Algorithm, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Awards, Honors, Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants
May 2024
We Remember: Local Hakka Memorial, Hakka Affair Council, Taipei, Taiwan
Dec 2022
BeginContour 從等高線開始, Processing Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Community Engagement
Nov 2025
Praxis!, New York
Co-organized with Binna Lee
Jul 2025
Co-op Bookclub, (Remote) Taiwan
Organized by Co-Assembly (Tzuyun Wei, I-Hao Liao)
Sep 2023
Code as Acts: Processing Community Day Taiwan with SpOnAcT!, (Remote) Taiwan
Organized by SpOnAcT! (Tzuyun Wei, I-Hao Liao, Yu-ying Lu, Billy Ho, Kiki)
Sep 2021
Speculation + Art & Design + Science & Technology Studies Book Club, "Posthuman Art Collective" at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2020 - 2021
Free Friday Design Forum, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2018 - 2020
Tzaiwu Graphic Design Club, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Co-organized with Yangching Lu
Dec 2022
BeginContour 從等高線開始, Processing Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Co-organized with Yangching Lu