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.

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: Evelyn Taocheng Wang & Xinyi Cheng: Between the Shadow and the Light, Antenna Space, Beijing (Duo, 2025); Xinyi Cheng: Sing to It, Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles (N Orange Grove), USA (2025); Xinyi Cheng, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, US (2022); 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.

Select group exhibitions have been presented at: The George Economou Collection, Athens, Greece (2026); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2026); Antenna Space, Hong Kong (2026); Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz (2025); Songeun, Seoul (2024); Lafayette Anticipations, Paris (2024); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2023); Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); The Renaissance Society, Chicago (2021); Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2021); The 13th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2020); Gladstone Gallery, New York (2020); TANK, Shanghai (2020); Karpidas Collection, Dallas (2020); Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2018); Greene Naftali Gallery and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2018); Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris (2018); Sarphatistraat 470, Amsterdam (2017) among others.