Education
PhD, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Guangzhou (expected 2027) |
MFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
BFA in Painting, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | Strange Tales, Xuyuhuanbian Gallery (须臾欢忭), Zhuhai, China |
2017 | Colorbound, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA |
2016 | Hanging Fruit, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA |
2015 | Golden Heritage Living, Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh |
2014 | Mines' Eye, Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh |
2013 | Puer Aeternus, The Silkscreen Space, Pittsburgh |
Longing for the stars, longing for the moon, CFA Logue, Pittsburgh | |
Unfinished Conversations With My Grandmother, Doherty Open Display, Pittsburgh | |
2010 | Imma gonna eat choo, New York Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
Where’s My Snacky-snacks?, Hapjeong Studio, Seoul, Korea | |
2008 | Mom Said It’s Terrible To Go Through Life Wishing You Were Somebody Else, Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, New York |
What’s Wrong With Bananas And Twinkies, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, New York | |
The Bananas Are Coming, Olive Tjaden, Ithaca, New York |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 | Body Ballade, MIPAF, Macau |
2022 | Look At Each Other, Hou Shan Art Gallery, Zhuhai, China |
Salon Exhibition II, Siwei Art Center, Zhuhai, China | |
Mind-body-problem, Chinese European Art, Xiamen, China | |
2021 | This Sacred Thing, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
Cheating Dysfunction, UNTITLEDSPACE, Shanghai, China | |
2020 | If Rittenhouse --, Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, NY |
Bit Street Hong Kong, (curated by Isaac Leung), Videotage, Hong Kong | |
2019 | 0.1%: Demystifying genomics to inform identity in the age of the quantified self, NAVEL, Los Angeles, CA |
meaning-making machines, Fata Morgana, Berlin, DE | |
Goose and Crocodile, GlogauAIR, Berlin, DE | |
2018 | Skinnable Shadows, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA |
Young Collectors Contemporary, , Memphis, TN | |
Favorites' Favorites, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI | |
2017 | Contemporaneous, Alphabet City, Pittsburgh, PA |
Color: Coded, New Art Center, Newton, MA | |
The Wild Future, Paragon Arts, Portland, OR | |
2016 | Nothing is Itself, Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA |
ISC Awards in Contemporary Art, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ | |
Self-Driving Car, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh | |
Read Between the Lines, Katzen Art Center, Washington, DC | |
SIT STILL: photography, portraits, and doubling, Revision Space, Pittsburgh | |
2015 | Not There But Everywhere, ACRE Projects, Chicago |
Vibrating Camouflage Night Animal Escort Orgy Picture Show, DaysInn, Pittsburgh | |
Intergalactic Human Immigration Office, Open Engagement, Pittsburgh | |
Truth or Dare, Gallery 808, Pittsburgh | |
2014 | LunarmagmaoceanLove, NURTUREart Gallery, New York |
Blame My Parents, Assemble, Pittsburgh | |
Sweet Nothings, The Chocolate Moose, Pittsburgh | |
Drowning in a Sea of Information, Work: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI | |
Side By Side, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh | |
Day of the Painter, Boom Concepts Gallery, Pittsburgh | |
Gross Domestic Product, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh | |
2013 | Phantom Impulse, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh |
Juan Media Festival, Incheon Soccer Stadium, Incheon, South Korea | |
2012 | Cannibal Flower, 1200 Hope, Los Angeles, CA |
People Against Violence Against People, Pica Pica Gallery, Berlin, Germany | |
2011 | Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
Signs on the Road, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY | |
2007 | Run Rabbit Run, Hartel Gallery, Ithaca, New York |
The Way Things Go, Foundry, Ithaca, New York | |
Nothing in Common, Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, New York | |
Sweet and Sour, Experimental Gallery, Ithaca, New York | |
AMO Showcase, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, New York | |
2006 | Rome Exhibition, Palazzo Lazzaroni, Rome, Italy |
Art For The Mind, Ribe Café, Rome, Italy | |
David R. Bean Exhibit, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, New York |
Artist Lectures / Talks
2020 | Maine College of Art, Portland, ME |
2018 | The Launchpad, Carbondale, CO |
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO | |
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA | |
2017 | SVA, New York City |
Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA | |
2016 | Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA | |
Exposures, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA | |
2015 | SIX x ATE: Cut and Paste, Pittsburgh, PA |
Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI | |
2013 | OSHER Artist’s Talk, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
Residencies / Workshops
2022 | The Whole Life Academy: An Archive Project, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE |
Artists For Artists: Language is Never on the Ground | |
2021 | UNTITLEDSPACE, Shanghai, China |
Rogers Art Loft, Las Vegas | |
2020 | Knight Foundation Art + Research Center: "Dreams, Visions, and Visitations"(w/ Godofredo Pereira) |
IMMA Summer School: Statecraft, Art, and Politics | |
Vermont Studio Center Residency | |
2019 | Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, Berlin |
2018 | GlogauAIR Residency |
Brush Creek Artist Residency | |
Anderson Ranch Artist-in-Residence Program | |
Kala Media Arts Residency | |
2017 | I-Park International Artist-in-Residence Program |
Willapa Bay AiR | |
Fountainhead Residency | |
2016 | Lacawac Artists' Residency |
2015 | Ox-Bow Summer Residency |
Signal Fire Residency | |
2014 | ACRE Residency |
Art Farm Nebraska Residency | |
2011 | p:142 Artist-in-Residence, Berlin |
Awards / Grants
2021 | United International College Research Grant, Zhuhai, China |
2020 | VSC/Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship |
2018 | Fulbright Fellowship Recipient, Universität der Künste, Berlin, DE |
2017 | Pittsburgh Creative Development Grant, Pittsburgh, PA |
Kittredge Fund, Cambridge, MA | |
2016 | Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, Hamilton, NJ |
2015 | Professional-Development Honorable Mention in the Visual Arts, College Art Association, New York, NY |
Ox-Bow Residency Award and Stipend | |
Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art @ the Frontier microgrant (the Studio for Creative Inquiry) | |
Albert K. Murray Foundation Educational Fund | |
The Sprout Fund Seed Award Fund for Community Innovation in Pittsburgh | |
2014 | GuSH Research Funding |
FRFAF Microgrants | |
2008 | Elsie Dinsmore Popkin Memorial Award, Ithaca, NY |
Bibliography
2017 | Justin Favela and Emmanuel Ortega. "Zhiwan Cheung," Latinos Who Lunch, 13 July. 2017. |
Justin Favela and Emmanuel Ortega. "The Sunken Place," Latinos Who Lunch, 29 June. 2017. | |
2016 | David Bernabo. "Artist Talk: Zhiwan Cheung," The Glassblock, 9 August. 2016. |
McFadden, Colin. "Self Driving Car at The Miller Gallery," Dear Pittsburgh, 10 Apr. 2016. | |
2015 | Thomas, Mary. "Arts Festival’s juried work taps into the ‘Unseen/Unheard," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11 June. 2015. |