Christina Cappelli

Creative Technologist & Designer 







Education



MPS Emerging Technology & Innovation
New York University, ITP 
2023

BFA Performing Arts & Media Production 
New York University, Tisch  
2015

Exhibitions



Dream Collector
Art-A-Hack™ 
SVA Graduate Center, New York, NY
2025 (upcoming

Mycellium Rock Wall
All Fungi Art Exhibition 
BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2024

The Void
PixelMouth: Cult of Consumption

Grace Exhibition Space, New York, NY
2025

Candid Contrasts
BraiNY: Beauty and the Brain
Biobus, Harlem & Genspace, Brooklyn, NY
2023

Self-Destructive Bioplants
The Prototyping Fund
New York University Tandon, Brooklyn, NY
2022, 2023

Dumpling House
The New Arcade Exhibition
Wonderville Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2022

Something between Science & Magic
ITP Winter Show
New York University, Brooklyn, NY
2023  

Liminal Lens
ITP Winter Show
New York University, Brooklyn, NY
2022

Publications



Contributing Author
Metagenomes and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Tidal Lagoons at a New York City Waterfront Park, bioRxiv preprint
2025

Contributor
Material Kitchen
Sustainable Material Research Lab ITP/IMA, NYU, Brooklyn, NY
2023

Contributor
Ecoscope Adjacent Magazine
NYU, Brooklyn, NY
2023






Presentations



Biome Boba  
Presentation, MIT Media Lab, How to Grow Almost Anything Program, Online
2024

BrainNY SciArt
Genspace, Brooklyn, NY
2023

Something between Science & Magic
Thesis Presentation
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program, Brooklyn, NY
2023

Teaching



K-12 STEAM Instructor
JavaScript, Engineering principles, Scientific thinking 
MakeInspires, New York, NY
2024 - 2025 

Bioplastics
New York University ITP
Brooklyn, NY
2023












Additional Education



Introduction to Additive Manufacturing ASU Coursera
Online, 2024

Programming with JavaScript
Meta Coursera 
Online, 2023 

Introduction to Front-End Development
Meta Coursera 
Online, 2023

























































Creative technologist and designer exploring overlooked microcosms through generative AI, programming, and mixed media, inviting audiences to reimagine their relationship with the unseen forces that shape our reality.