Avital Meshi is a new media and performance artist whose work explores AI’s impact on human identity and social interaction. Using interactive technologies and wearable devices, she creates performances and installations that engage viewers with AI in playful, critical ways. Her practice examines how algorithms shape behavior, perception, and self-expression, encouraging awareness and agency in living alongside these systems.

Meshi is pursuing a PhD in Performance Studies at UC Davis, with a Designated Emphasis in Science and Technology Studies. She holds an MFA from UC Santa Cruz, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and degrees in Behavioral Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her projects have been showcased at venues such as NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, CURRENTS New Media Festival, Women Made Gallery, SIGGRAPH, and ISEA, among others.

Participation in IMA projects
Prolog Reenacting Dartmouth