Zhiqian Wang is an artist working across a wide range of media, including traditional Gongbi scroll paintings, conceptual installations, video installations, AI-generated films, and experimental films in 16mm and Super 8mm. Taking premises from theoretical physics and philosophy, she uses materials drawn from daily life and media embedded with its own history. Her practice investigates both the limitations and apparatus through which we acquire knowledge, whether through language, logic, or empirical perception, questioning how we arrive at where we are and the conditions that preceded us.
She recently had solo shows: “Twins, Twilight, and Apple Tree”, “Moonlight of the Twins”, “Red or White Roses” and “Earth and Jerry”, and a two-person show: "Capital Investigation." Her works have also been shown at The Jewish Museum, Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Lenfest Center for the Arts, ACT at MIT, and Harvard Medical School. Her AI films were shown internationally, including OSCARS®-Qualifying film festival. She had also participated in performances at MoMA Ps1, Performa Biennial, ACT at MIT, and MassArt Art Museum. She was invited as a guest lecturer in the theoretical computer science department at Harvard University and has collaborated with scholars and researchers in different fields of science. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and currently lives and works in New York City.