Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Ian Cheng  郑曦然   
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Ian Cheng

 
 

郑曦然

 
     
 

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Ian Cheng  郑曦然  pinyin Zheng Xiran

   

1984

Ian Cheng  郑曦然 was born in Los Angeles, United States.

 

 

 

After high school in Van Nuys, he studied at the University of California at Berkeley.

2006

He obtained a Bachelor in ( Cognitive Sciences ) and another in ( artistic practice ).

 

 

2009

He continued his studies at Columbia University in New York.

 

He graduated with a Master's degree ( Visual Arts )

   
 

His work focuses on change and the ability of men to adapt to changes.

   
 

He created :

2013

 - Entropy Wrangler Cloud  - made up of first generation, Oculus Rift headsets,

 

this work was made for virtual reality..

   

2015/2017

-  Emissary - this trilogy of simulations on past or future cognitive evolution

 

was made up of three interconnected episodes centered on the life of an emissary.

 

  -  Emissary Forks At Perfection - Emissary In The Squat Of Gods - Emissary Sunsets The Self.

   

2018

  -  BOB ( Bag of Belief ), an artificial creature evolves over the exhibitions.

   
 

He lives and works in New York  United States.

   
  Daniele Sicard
   

   
  Awards  selection
     

2006

Eisner Award for Film and Video

Berkeley Pacific Film Archive

2013

New Director’s Showcase

Cannes Lion

2017

The Award for Filmic Oeuvre

Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris  France
     
   

   
  exhibitions selection
   

2014

Ian Cheng Triennial of Milano  Milan  Italy

2015

Real Humans, with Wu Tsang, Jordan Wolfson  Solo exhibition Kunsthalle Düsseldorf  

 

Düsseldorf  Germany

2015

Co-Workers  Modern Art Museum of Paris  Paris  France

2015

Emissary Forks At Perfection   Solo exhibition  Pilar Corrias Gallery  London  United Kingdom

2015

Emissary in the Squat of Gods  Solo exhibition  Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation  

 

Turin Italy

2016

Suspended Animation  Hirshhorn Museum  Washington  United States

2016

Overpop Yuz Museum  Shanghai  China

2016

Forking at Perfection  Solo exhibition  Migros Museum   Zurich  Switzerland

2017

Emissaries  Solo exhibition  MoMA PS1  New York  United Sates

2017

The Garden   K11 Art Foundation chi art space  Shanghai  China

2017

Suspended Animation: Headlong into digital space - Les Abattoirs, Museum, FRAC Occitan

 

Toulouse  France

2017

Être moderne: Le MoMA à Paris  Louis Vuitton Foundation  Paris  France

2018

Biennial of Moving Images  Genova  Switzerland

2018

Collection  Contemporary Art Museum  Lyon  Lyon  France

2018

Au Diapason du Monde  Louis Vuitton Foundation Paris France

2018

Ian Cheng   Solo exhibition Serpentine Galleries  London  United Kingdom

2018

Emissaries Solo exhibition Julia Stoschek Collection  Berlin  Germany

2018

Emissary Forks at Perfection   Solo exhibition Espace Louis Vuitton  Venice  Italy

2019

May You Live in Interesting Times Venice Biennial Venice  Italy

2019

BOB   Solo exhibition  Gladstone Gallery  New York  United States

2020

Emissaries  Solo exhibition  Fernando de Castro Foundation    Madrid  Spain

   

   

 

Collections  selection

 

 

China

Shanghai

Yuz Museum

France

Paris

Louis Vuitton Foundation

Germany

Dusseldorf

Julia Stoschek Collection

Norway

Oslo

Astrup Fearnley Museum

Switzerland

Zurich

Migros Museum

United States

New York

Modern Art Museum

New York

Whitney Museum of American Art

 

 
 

Ian Cheng  郑曦然   -  Emissary Forks at Perfection  -  Video  -  2015

Ian Cheng  郑曦然  -  Emissary Forks at Perfection  -  Video  -  2015

 

Ian Cheng  郑曦然  -  Emissary Sunsets The Self  -  Video  -  2017

Ian Cheng  郑曦然  -  Emissary Sunsets The Self  -  Video  -  2017

 

 
 

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