Zeynep Abes is an artist, researcher, and educator from Istanbul, Turkey. She holds a B.A. in Interactive Media from Emerson College and an MFA in Design Media Arts from UCLA. Her professional background includes work with artists affiliated with LACMA's Art+Tech Lab and the curatorial team with the Sundance Film Festival's New Frontier exhibitions. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Media Arts and Practice program at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.

Her work explores the intersections of memory, identity, and technology through archival media, 3D scanning, AI, and XR. She asks what it means for a memory to exist as a point cloud, a gaussian splat, or an AI hallucination, and how these forms shape trust, remembrance, and emotional connection to the past. Rather than treating these technologies solely as archival tools, she uses them as instruments for memory-making and storytelling, navigating themes of alienation, cultural history, and loss. Her work has been featured in notable festivals and conferences like Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, ISEA, IEEE and the LA Art Show.