Elie Zananiri

ELIE ZANANIRI is an award-winning new media artist, designer, computer programmer, and educator. Zananiri specializes in large-scale installations, graphics programming, and virtual reality that redefines social boundaries in public spaces through immersive experiences and generative compositions.

Zananiri has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, notably an Emmy Award for Zero Days VR (2018). Zananiri’s work has appeared in numerous exhibitions around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival (USA), Tribeca Film Festival (USA), Sónar (Spain), Venice Biennale (Italy), Plásmata Exhibition (Greece), Typ09 (Mexico), Resonate (Serbia), and FILE (Brazil).

Zananiri currently teaches at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and develops media exhibits for the American Museum of Natural History. Zananiri holds a BCS from Concordia University and a MPS from New York University (ITP). Zananiri is a regular contributor to open-source software projects, including the Processing and openFrameworks creative coding toolkits.