Education

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
meaning-making machines, Fata Morgana, Berlin, DE
Goose and Crocodile, GlogauAIR, Berlin, DE
2018
Skinnable Shadows, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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
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.