Shiyi Sheng

Biography

born in Jinhua, Zhejiang of China, earned her BFA from Normal University of Zhejiang and her DNAP at Ecole Supérieure des Beau- Arts de Marseille in France. She has traveled and shown extensively in Europe, the United States and Asia. Currently she lives in both New York and China.
Currently she lives in New York and China.

Shiyi has distinguished herself from other young Chinese artists with her works based on contemporary evolution of Chinese culture, influenced by philosophy of Kong Zi, Lao-zi, Zhuang-zi and Zen Buddhism. Her artworks are known for their subtlety, depth and insight that express her love for Chinese culture and her excitement and anxiety over what may be lost in the current revolution. In each piece Shiyi thoughtfully explores her concepts in a variety different media including video, installation, photograph, performance.

She was personally selected by the world renowned artist Xu Bing to exhibit her works with him in the "Archaeology of the Future: the Second Triennial of Chinese Art", at the Nanjing Museum in 2005 .
Her videos were shown at the Fountain Art Fair in Miami, 2007; at the 3rd Annual New Video Art Exhibition (SCOPE) in New York, 2008; and at the ''Shoot Me" Film Festival, Netherlands, 2008.

Also her works will be featured in an exhibition at Zhengda Museum of China in Winter 2008 and in 2009 March, MOCA Museum in NY opening group show and annual exhibition at the Wannas Foundation Museum in Sweden .
Additionally, her pieces are part of the permanent collection in several national collections in Europe, China and New York.

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