Hongjun Wu
New York City
I’m Hongjun Wu — a technical artist and researcher working at the intersection of technology and art.
Seattle
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The story starts on the art side. At the University of Washington I studied Interdisciplinary Visual Arts — drawing, photography, and the habit of looking closely at how things are made.
Somewhere between the darkroom and the computer lab it became clear the two interests were the same interest: tools shape what you can make, so learn to build the tools.
Cornell Tech
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Cornell Tech added the engineering half: dual Master of Science degrees in Information Systems and Applied Information Science.
The work spanned game development, machine learning, and user experience — always with the same question underneath: how do you make technology feel like craft?
New York
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Today I lead AI/ML engineering at a stealth startup in NYC, working where Web3, machine learning, and creative tooling overlap.
Before and around that: pipelines for artists, film digitization rigs, Maya and Rhino tooling, and a long trail of side projects that each taught one thing worth keeping.
This Site
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The rest of life gets documented here: recipes cooked enough times to write down, reviews from theatre seats around the city, and photo logs shot mostly on film.
When you get down to it, that's the real secret — making things is more fun when you keep notes. It makes the next attempt better.
