Matthew Niederhauser
Matthew Niederhauser is an artist, photojournalist, and educator. His latest work pushes the limits of emerging interactive and immersive technologies within a wide range of mediums including virtual reality, installation, and video. Previously he studied anthropology at Columbia University and worked on longterm documentary projects across China. This work was supported by the Pulitzer Foundation and featured in publications such as The New Yorker, Wired, The New Republic, Vice, Bloomberg Magazine, and The New York Times.
Matthew then earned his MFA in Art Practice and Theory from SVA while also a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU), Visiting Artist at the MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology (CAST), and Member of New Museum's New Inc. At New Inc, he cofounded Sensorium, an experiential studio working at the forefront of immersive storytelling with projects premiering at Sundance New Frontier, Tribeca Immersive, and IDFA DocLab.
Matthew continues to develop new projects both independently and with Sensorium while also acting as a Studio Fellow and Technical Director at ONX, an XR production studio and exhibition space in midtown Manhattan. When he can find time, he also teaches courses at NYU Tisch and Tanden on immersive storytelling and virtual production.
Notable experiential credits include: Creator and Director, Realtime (IDFA DocLab '22), Creator and Producer, Metamorphic (Sundance New Frontier ’20) Creator and Technical Director, Zikr: A Sufi Revival (Sundance New Frontier ’18); Creator and Technical Director, Objects in Mirror AR Closer Than They Appear (Tribeca Storyscapes ’18); Technical Director and Cinematographer, Lincoln in the Bardo (Emmy-nominated 360 Video for NYTVR); and Technical Director and Cinematographer, Hamlet 360: Thy Father’s Spirit (Google Daydream).