ZHENG CHONGBIN (B. 1961)

Zheng Chongbin allows ink to take centre-stage in his work and constantly explores and exposes its materiality. He uses white acrylic to “enrich ink painting by adding abstract plastic elements, to create a multi-dimensional environment and increase the tangibility and tactility of the medium. I found that by incorporating acrylic into ink painting, I cleared away barriers to expression: it completed my visual language.” By cutting, dividing and overlapping layers of paper, Zheng actively creates a tangible pictorial space that allows viewers to wander within.
Zheng’s works are contemporary and multidisciplinary and he truly breaks through from the identity of a traditional ink painter. Using innovative materials, his concepts to spatial intervention are thought-provoking and experiential. Zheng’s recent projects include Liquid Space, a light and space installation in a temple in Kyoto, and I Look for the Sky, a site-specific installation suspended at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.