Xinyi Cheng (b. 1989, Wuhan, China) currently lives and works in Paris. In Cheng’s artistic practice, reflecting upon people’s life and playing with internal layers in the background, she carefully constructs scenes of interactions and intimacies. Those scenes mirror the characters’ inner world and further create a sensual experience for the viewers.

Her work was the subject of a major solo exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France (2022); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (2020); Condo London (Antenna Space x Carlos/Ishikawa), London, UK (2019); Antenna Space, Shanghai, China (2018) among others. She has also participated in recent group exhibitions at the Renaissance Society, Chicago, US (2021); 13th Shanghai Biennale at Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China (2021); Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France (2021); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2020); Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2018), among others.

Cheng studied at the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and at the Maryland Institute College of Art. In 2019, Xinyi Cheng was awarded the Baloise Art Prize 2019 of Art Basel. From 2016 to 2017, she participated in the residency program at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in the Netherlands. In 2014, she participated in the Artist Residency program at Skowhegan, Maine.

Selected solo exhibitions: Seen Through Others, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France (2022); The Horse with Eye Blinders, Hamburger Bahnhof—Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany (2020); Statements, Art Basel: Cheng Xinyi’s solo presentation with Galerie Balice Hertling, Basel, Switzerland (2019); Parure, Condo London: Antenna Space × Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK (2019); Harnessing the Power of Wind, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China (2018); The hands of a barber, they give in., Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, France (2017) among others.

Selected group exhibitions: Significant Form, Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles, US (2022); Smashing Into My Hart, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, US (2021); The Displacement Effect, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany (2021); The 13th Shanghai Biennale: Bodies of Water, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China (2021); Anticorps, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2020); Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York, US (2020); More, More, More, TANK, Shanghai (2020); Private Passions, Karpidas Collection, Dallas, UK (2020); Transcendental Empathy, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China (2018); Ruis! Frans Hals, Otherwise, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2018); Painting: Now and Forever, Part III, Greene Naftali Gallery and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, US (2018); Ormai, Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris, France (2018); Rijksakademie OPEN 2017, Sarphatistraat 470, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2017); Coiffeur, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK (2017); Scraggly Beard Grandpa, Capsule, Shanghai, China (2017); Cul-De-Sac, Antenna Space, Shanghai, China (2017) among others.