ZHENG ZHILIN
b. 1991, ChinaZHENG Zhilin was born in 1991 in Guangdong, China, and currently lives and works in Guangzhou. She graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, where she received her BFA in 2014 and MFA in Painting in 2017. Fascinated with distorted and deviated perspectives, Zheng’s work enthralls the viewer with a vivid tableau unfolded by the strong tension between the imaginative space and eccentric body. While preoccupied with an alternative expression, oscillating between solidity and fluidity, of the power in the self-sustained body, her painting presents an intricate interplay between the eyes and the object. Through her subtle rendering of light and the omnipresent wandering eyes, Zheng’s work traverses between the eternal and the ephemeral, exploring the individual’s relationship with its surroundings.
Her recent solo exhibitions: “Ten Concrete Moments”, 2026, LINSEED, Shanghai; “Moving”, 2024, LINSEED, Shanghai; “illuminated standstill”, ZONAMACO, 2023, LINSEED, Mexico City; “Pedesis”, 2022, LINSEED, Shanghai. Her recent group exhibitions include: “Back to Basics”, 2025, LINSEED, Shanghai; “Hang Over Shanghai 2025”, 2025, with LINSEED, Shanghai; “Vitalisms”, 2025, The Institute of Contemporary Arts at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai; Basel Social Club, 2025, Basel; “I See My Body In Your Eyes”, 2025, Frieze LA with LINSEED, Los Angeles; “Deli Dali”, 2024, Galerie Marguo, Paris; “Gestures of Resistance”, 2023, LINSEED in collaboration with A.I., London; “X Museum Triennial 2023: Home Is Where the Haunt Is”, 2023, X Museum, Beijing; “NEW/NOW”, 2023, ART SG with LINSEED, Singapore; “Watch the Fire from the Shore”, 2021, LINSEED, Shanghai.
Courtesy LINSEED Projects
Works at LINSEED Projects
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