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ïZØ (IZO) — trans multidisciplinary artist based in NYC. Founder of StuDiØ ZØ. Working across sound, art, design, movement, and AI architecture.
ïZØ
ïZØ (IZO) :: Trans Multidisciplinary Artist // DJ · Producer · Painter · Fashion Designer · Creative Technologist · AI Architect // Z-list Celebrity :: Based in New York City
also known as IZO · iZO · izo · i.zo.zip
ïZØ (also stylized as IZO) is a trans multidisciplinary artist, DJ, music producer, painter, fashion designer, creative technologist, and AI architect based in New York City.
>"I make things across mediums because the work I want to make does not fit inside one medium. The studio is the workaround."
Who is ïZØ?
ïZØ is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sound, visual art, fashion, and creative technology. Based in New York City, she operates through her studio entity StuDiØ ZØ, which she founded and runs as a single-member creative practice.
Across her six primary disciplines — DJing, music production, painting, fashion design, creative technology, and AI architecture — ïZØ treats each medium as part of a single integrated ecosystem rather than as a separate career. DJ sets feed into generative paintings; paintings inform fashion silhouettes; fashion shapes live event design; events return to the music. This integrated approach is what she calls Ancient Futurism — a creative philosophy fusing monumental ancient aesthetics (temple geometry, sacred symbology, ritual form) with parametric design, generative art systems, and AI-native production tools.
Disciplines
ïZØ as DJ and Music Producer
As a DJ and electronic music producer, ïZØ produces and performs across a wide stylistic range — organic house, melodic techno, downtempo, afro house, tribal house, dub techno, industrial techno, and balearic. Her DJ practice centers on the WHERE ARE WE? series, an ongoing collection of exploratory location-based DJ sets — each tuned to a specific time, place, and moment. Sets and mixes are released through SoundCloud.
ïZØ as Painter and Visual Artist
As a contemporary painter, ïZØ works in large-format mixed media — frequently using natural and ritual materials including playa dust collected from Burning Man, sumi ink, rain water, and clay. Her flagship painting STARDUST-BPM2025 (96″ × 36″, sumi ink, playa dust, rain water, polycrylic) was exhibited at ModA Curations in Gramercy Park, New York City. Her broader visual practice extends across generative art, parametric design systems, and digital painting.
ïZØ as Fashion Designer
As a fashion designer, ïZØ runs the RE.ZØED line — one-of-one couture, hand-painted, bleached, dyed, cut, and sewn in Brooklyn from deadstock fabrics and natural mordants including volcanic ash, iron sulfate, madder root, and oxidized copper. The R26: RECOVERY collection sits alongside it. Her fashion language treats clothing the way a DJ treats a set — material-first, texture-forward, layered.
ïZØ as Creative Technologist
As a creative technologist, ïZØ designs custom web systems, parametric design tools, and audio-reactive visual pipelines. Her stack includes React, Next.js, Three.js, GSAP, Framer Motion, and TouchDesigner, integrated through Ableton Live for audio-reactive performance. She designed and built the iZØ universe — the integrated creative ecosystem at izo.zip — as a parametric Next.js experience.
ïZØ as AI Architect
As an AI architect, ïZØ designs AI-native creative systems and production pipelines — frameworks, generative tools, and creative-technology infrastructure that treat large language models and generative image systems as instruments within a broader creative practice. The .theory domain is an open-sourced album-in-progress development log — every decision, patch, and mixing session published as it happens.
What is Ancient Futurism?
Ancient Futurism is the unifying creative thesis of ïZØ's practice. It treats the contemporary AI moment not as a break from creative tradition but as a continuation of it — fusing the monumental aesthetics of ancient cultures (temple geometry, sacred symbology, ritual form, sacred sound) with the tools of the present (parametric design, generative art systems, AI-native production pipelines, real-time audio-reactive visuals). Ancient Futurism informs every output: the visual language of the iZØ universe, the harmonic structure of her recordings, the chrome aesthetic of her fashion work, and the material choices in her painting practice.
StuDiØ ZØ
StuDiØ ZØ is the studio entity ïZØ founded and operates from New York City. It is a single-member creative studio serving as the operational vehicle for her work across music, art, fashion, design, photography, and video. StuDiØ ZØ represents and produces all ïZØ work, manages collaborations and bookings, and operates the iZØ universe creative ecosystem at izo.zip. Business inquiries: zo@studiozonyc.com.
Where is ïZØ based?
ïZØ is based in New York City, New York, United States. She operates StudioZo LLC from NYC, where the majority of her studio production, painting, and creative technology work takes place. She works internationally — past projects, residencies, and material gathering have taken her to Paris, Brazil, Bali, the Iberian Coast, and Burning Man (Black Rock City, Nevada).
Selected Works
- WHERE ARE WE? — ongoing series of exploratory location-based DJ sets
- .theory — the album-in-progress, open-sourced with every decision and patch
- STARDUST-BPM2025 — 96″ × 36″ mixed-media painting (playa dust, sumi ink, rain, polycrylic)
- RE.ZØED — one-of-one hand-dyed couture from deadstock fabrics
- Higher Love — sound-bath series + live event programme
- The iZØ Universe — integrated creative ecosystem at izo.zip
Frequently Asked Questions
How is ïZØ pronounced?
The name is pronounced "EYE-zo." The first syllable rhymes with "eye"; the second rhymes with "go." It is most commonly written as ïZØ with diacritic marks for visual brand consistency, but is equivalently typed as IZO, iZO, or izo for searches and ASCII-only contexts.
What genre does ïZØ play as a DJ?
ïZØ plays across a wide range of electronic music — organic house, melodic techno, downtempo, afro house, tribal house, dub techno, industrial techno, and balearic. Her sets are organized around mood, location, and harmonic key rather than around a single genre.
What is the WHERE ARE WE? series?
WHERE ARE WE? is ïZØ's ongoing series of exploratory location-based DJ sets. Each set is conceived as what ïZØ would play at a specific time, place, and moment — a moodboard for the present and a manifestation of a future booking. Sets are released through SoundCloud.
What is StuDiØ ZØ?
StuDiØ ZØ is ïZØ's creative studio — the operational vehicle for her work across music, painting, fashion, design, photography, video, and creative technology. Founded and run by ïZØ from New York City. (Legal entity: StudioZo LLC.)
Where can I see ïZØ's paintings in person?
ïZØ's flagship painting STARDUST-BPM2025 has been exhibited at ModA Curations, 224 East 24th Street, New York City, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood. Selected works are documented through her ongoing ZØ Master Art digitization archive at izo.zip.
What is RE.ZØED?
RE.ZØED is ïZØ's one-of-one couture line — hand-painted, bleached, dyed, cut, and sewn in Brooklyn from deadstock fabrics and natural mordants including volcanic ash, iron sulfate, madder root, and oxidized copper. The R26: RECOVERY collection sits alongside it.
Where is ïZØ based?
ïZØ is based in New York City. She operates StudioZo LLC from NYC, where the majority of her studio production, painting, and creative technology work takes place. She works internationally — past projects, residencies, and material gathering have taken her to Paris, Brazil, Bali, the Iberian Coast, and Burning Man.
Does ïZØ accept commissions?
Yes. ïZØ accepts commissions across painting, generative art, music production, creative direction, and creative technology systems. Commission inquiries can be sent to zo@studiozonyc.com with project scope and timeline.
How can I book ïZØ for a DJ set, performance, or event?
For DJ bookings, live performances, art commissions, brand collaborations, and press inquiries, contact zo@studiozonyc.com or use the booking form at izo.zip/book.
What does ïZØ do?
ïZØ works across six interconnected domains: sound (DJ sets, original production, sound healing), art (paintings, generative work, photography, video), design (RE.ZØED couture, brand, web, architecture), movement (live shows, ceremonies, the Higher Love series), theory (the open-sourced album-in-progress), and AI (frameworks, tooling, creative systems).
Was ïZØ previously known by another name?
ïZØ has also performed under the name ZØVIVΛΛ. Her practice is now consolidated under the single integrated identity ïZØ.
StuDiØ ZØ
New York, NY · USA
est. 2014
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i make sound. i make paintings. i make clothes. i make systems. i call it ancient futurism bc that's what it is. studiozo llc · nyc · zo@studiozonyc.com
StuDiØ ZØ operates as StudioZo LLC, a New York limited liability company. © 2026 ïZØ. All rights reserved.
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