Aleza Zheng (born 1999, Shenyang, China) is an interdisciplinary artist working with oil, ink, linen, and silk. The artist was born in China, raised in Canada, and now lives and works in Los Angeles. Her sources come from a third culture experience, navigating the cultural intersection between the East and West in history–from tragist thinking to Daoist thought, Bada Shanren and French Symbolists, to anime and cartoons. The figurative paintings approach philosophical themes with a playful, often ironic, and childlike sensibility. Beneath the ludic surface is an inquiry into contemporary perception and how value is assigned to the world.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions, most recently at Frieze Seoul (2025) with Make Room x Apalazzo Gallery.

alezazheng@gmail.com
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Education

China Academy of Art
Independent Study in Shanshui Painting
2025

ArtCenter College of Design
BFA Illustration
2023

Solo Exhibitions

Forthcoming: In The Land of The Cyclops
Shazar Gallery, NADA, New York, USA
2026

As If
Make Room, Los Angeles
2026

Curatorial Projects

Once Upon A Blue Moon
Bonian Space, Beijing, China
2025

Talks

In Conversation, AsiaSociety
Music Center, Los Angeles, USA

Selected Shows

Forthcoming
Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China
2026

Infinite Plains High II
Loyal Gallery, Lund, Sweden
2026

A Very Good Dinner Party
Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Manantiales, Uruguay
2026

Infinite Plains High I
Loyal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2026

Ritual of Holding: Through the Gateless Gate
Okusendō, Houston, USA
2025

Across the Idyll
Shazar Gallery, Milan, Italy
2025

Vanishing Point
SOOT Tokyo, Los Angeles, USA
2024

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ALEZA ZHENG