Zhang Ga is a media artist, curator. He has exhibited internationally including the Ars Electronica Center (Austria), Adelaide Art Festival (Australia), Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Artport of Whitney Museum of American Art and Singapore Art Museum among others, organized conferences and digital salons, written and lectured on new media art practice and criticism, and served on jury duties for media art grants.

He is artistic director and curator of China International New Media Arts Exhibition 2008, a major cultural event presented by the National Art Museum of China during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

He was the co-artistic director and curator of the Millennium Dialogue: Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium 2004, 2005 and 2006, His most recent curatorial projects include, Code:Blue, 3rd Beijing International New Media Art Exhibition, European Media Art Festival 2006 (guest curator), Container Culture – ISEA2006 / ZeroOne, a global festival of art on the edge.

Prior to joining New York Institute of Technology as associate professor of communication arts in 2005, he taught for many years at MFA Design and Technology Department at Parsons School of Design. He is also a guest professor of Information Art and Design of the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, China. Zhang Ga studied at the University of Arts in Berlin (UDK) and holds an MFA from the Parsons School of Design in New York City.