Munus Shih

Munus Shih is a Taiwanese Hokkien-Hakka creative technologist and educator building tools and spaces for decolonial, queer, and collective use of technology. They are a co-founder of Free99, a creative coding practice, and Co-Assembly/SpOnAcT!, a Taiwan-based cooperative exploring data storytelling through research and organizing. In 2023, Munus co-organized Processing Community Day Taiwan, curating a landmark event centering queer, femme, and grassroots voices in creative tech.

Their work, including p5.zine, Syllabus (Subject to Change), and Duty Free, has been exhibited and supported by NEW INC x New Museum DEMO Festival, the Taiwanese Hakka Affairs Council, and the Open Source Art Contributors Conference. They have presented talks and workshops at institutions such as NYU ITP, Cooper Union, SVA, Type@Cooper, Typographics, The Dalton School, Type Electives, and Google Developer Group DevFest. A Processing Foundation Fellow, Munus holds an M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design and teaches at Pratt Institute as an Assistant Professor of Critical Technology.

M.F.A. Design and Technology,
Parsons School of Design at The New School

B.S. Engineering and System Science,
National Tsing Hua University