Michelle Huang

Michelle is an artist-researcher designing experimental architectures of care: interfaces that support emotional infrastructure, spatial belonging, and collective well-being.
She is the founder & CEO of Akiya Collective, a non-profit and community-driven initiative that revitalizes abandoned houses in rural Japan (akiya) into creative residencies, installations, and spaces to advance human well-being. Akiya Collective also operates a social R&D lab: architecting experiments for changing collective behavior, preserving public goods, and developing new community infrastructure for the 21st century.
Her previous projects include work in genAI x mental health, large-scale art installations, citizen science initiatives, biosensor art, algae-yarn wearables, and other forms of fabrication. Her work has been featured on Business Insider, NPR, Vox Media (Now This), ABC, CNET, The Independent, BBC, and more.