Cheng Xinyi, born in 1989, currently lives and works in Paris, France. 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 completed BA in Sculpture at Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, in 2012 and multi-disciplinary MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014. She won the Baloise Art Prize 2019 of Art Basel. Her work has been featured in Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); Hamburger Bahnhof—Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (solo; 2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2020); Gladstone Gallery, New York (2020); Karpidas collection, Dallas (2020); Condo London, London (solo; 2019); CAC Brétigny, France (2019); Bétonsalon, Paris (2019); Antenna Space, Shanghai (solo; 2018); Gallery Greene Naftali and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2018); Frans Hals museum, Haarlem, Netherlands (2018); Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris (solo; 2017); Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (2016); Thomas Erben Gallery, New York (2016); Practice, New York (solo; 2015); Boston Center for the Arts, Boston (2015); The Bronx museum of the Arts, the Bronx, New York (2015); Bannerette, Brooklyn, New York (2014); Platform Gallery, Baltimore, US (2014); Gallery CA, Baltimore (2014); Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, New Jersey (2014), among others.