5min

Exhibition

Xinyi Cheng, Seen Through Others / Designing the exhibition

Christina Li, curator of the exhibition, explains how the exhibition came about and gives some insight into the original arrangement of the works, which invites new connections between the paintings.

Cheng studied at the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and the Maryland Institute College of Art.

From 2016 to 2017, she participated in the Rijksakademie Residency in the Netherlands, and in 2019 she was the recipient of Art Basel’s Baloise Art Prize.

She was the subject of major solo exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2020) and at Lafayette Anticipations, Paris (2021). She has also participated in recent group exhibitions at venues including Lafayette Anticipations (2024); the 13th Shanghai Biennale at Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); Bourse de Commerce, Paris (2021); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2020); Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands (2018).