Tong Geng

Tong Geng studied Fine Art at the Alanus University of Art and Social Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia, specialising in photography, design, installation, 3D painting and watercolour. Her work has been exhibited in Venice (2021), Bonn (2021) and Shenyang (2016/17), amongst other places. During her studies, Tong Geng focused increasingly on digital art and the promotion of artistic work via social media. Among other roles, she worked in marketing and social media within the education sector at KS Bildung in Essen/Duisburg and at the Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum in Düsseldorf. From 2024 to 2026, Tong Geng worked as an arts outreach and social media officer at the MiR.LAB of the Musiktheater im Revier. There, she was responsible for visual communication, marketing and multimedia project development. For the puppet theatre production ‘Jede Menge Unsterblichkeit’ (dir. Nora Krahl), she collaborated with Dominik Hallerbach to create film footage for the stage. In the cyber-operetta ‘Göttinnen’ (dir. Nora Krahl), she was responsible for AI-based image production and video editing. Together with game designer Jan Schulten, she also led the ‘Cyberflöte’ gaming workshop and is releasing the MiR’s first musical theatre game.