Cao Shu mainly works in new media art, and is based in Hangzhou, China. More recently, Cao Shu has begun to use personal and historical memory as a work interface, while continuing a creative practice that includes a variety of media-based interactions. In recent years, Cao Shu has been an artist in residence at atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland(2017), Koganecho Bazzaar Art Festival, Yokohama (2019), and Muffatwerk, the venue for international art and culture, in Munich (2020).
Cao Shu’s works have won such awards as the Exposure Award 2021 of PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, the New Narrative Award from the Long Week of Short Films, and the Beijing International Short Film Festival Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. Recent exhibitions include Cao Shu Solo Exhibition-The Ocean of Solaris（Zhejiang Museum，Hangzhou，China，2019)；Cao Shu Solo Exhibition-Flux(ShanghaiTech University，Shanghai，China); Solo Programme-Monster outside the windows(Koganecho，Yokohama，Japan,2019), and others.
曹澍1987年出生，他所运用的媒介包括且不限于数字模拟影像装置、空间环绕式配乐以及互动游戏装置等，他通过对日常经验的跨媒介转化和数字空间搭建来构造出潜在的关联，称自己的工作类似于一种在迷宫中不断迷失并寻找线索的侦探行为。曾于浙江美术馆，上海科技大学展览厅，日本横滨太平庄等地举办个展和个人项目。曹澍近年分别作为瑞士巴塞尔Atelier Mondial （2017），日本横滨黄金町艺术节（2019），德国Muffatwerk文化艺术中心（2020）驻地艺术家。曾获2021PHOTOFAIRS|Shanghai曝光奖、上海短片电影周新叙事奖、北京国际短片联展杰出艺术探索奖等。近期作品展出于UCCA沙丘美术馆，亚洲协会香港中心，北京民生美术馆，OCAT 深圳馆，汉堡法尔肯贝格大厅等。除此之外，曹澍的作品也在世界各地的影展主竞赛单元展出，包括莱比锡纪录片与动画电影节，米兰电影节，昂西国际动画节，渥太华国际动画节，汉诺威国际短片节等。作品收藏于澳大利亚白兔美术馆、以色列尧山当代艺术基金会、浙江美术馆等。现生活工作于杭州。
