Nikolas Ettel

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Deputy Director of Bachelor of Arts in Global Creative Industries and Senior Lecturer
nettel@hku.hk

Dr. Nikolas Ettel is a multimedia artist and researcher working at the intersection of digital heritage and spatial technologies. His work has been exhibited and published internationally including in South China Morning Post, Dezeen, and Der Standard, among others and shared in a TEDx talk (HKU, 2021). Nik's latest exhibition, Alleys in Wonderland (PMQ, 2019; City Gallery, 2021), a Design Trust Seed Grant–awarded VR project about the Greater Bay Area's creative back-alley occupations, was displayed at the Hong Kong Pavilion for the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Born in Vienna, he received his BArch from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, a Master of Arts (Architectural History) from The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a Doctor of Technical Sciences from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He holds an Ir. Arch. from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and is the founder and principal of 2×2 Studio Ltd. Since 2018, he has been an editorial board member of ADATO, a Luxembourg-based art and architecture magazine. He is a Fellow of Advance HE and the director of Infinite Frames, an annual student short film festival at Tai Kwun.