Tara Downs

Jiang Cheng

Biography

Jiang Cheng (b. 1985 in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China) lives and works in Shanghai, China. He received her MFA from the University of the Arts Berlin in 2012, and his BA from China Academy of Art 2008. Solo exhibitions include: "The Shiver", Tara Downs, New York, US (2025) (forthcoming); "Whiplash", Tara Downs, New York, US, (2023); "Jiang Cheng", ICA Miami, Miami, US (2022); “The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other”, AIKE, Shanghai, CN (2022); “U”, Tara Downs, New York, US (2021); “U”, AIKE, Shanghai, CN (2020); “Vertigo”, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, CN (2019); “Post Meridiem”, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, CN. Jiang Cheng’s paintings have been presented in group exhibitions including: “Why We Paint?”, Shanghai (2025), Sister, Seoul (2024), Gagosian, Hong Kong, HK (2023); The Margulies Collection, Miami, US (2022); “Regarde-moi”, Perrotin, Paris, FR (2022). His works are included in private and public collections, including: COMMA Foundation, Genk, BE; ICA Miami, US; Long Museum, Shanghai, CN; M Woods, Beijing, CN; Sifang Museum, Nanjing, CN; The Margulies Collection, Miami, US; The Nixon Collection, Yorba Linda, US; X Museum, Beijing, CN.

Exhibition view of 360° why we paint?. BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, 2025.

Jiang Cheng, U-122 Michael, 2023. Oil on canvas, 86 1/2 × 110 1/4 in / 220 × 280 cm

Exhibition view of 360° why we paint?. BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, 2025.

Jiang Cheng, U-150 Michael, 2023. Oil on canvas, 53 1/4 × 39 1/4 in / 135 × 100 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: "Whiplash, Tara Downs, New York, US, 2023.

Exhibition view: Jiang Cheng at Palai, Italy, 2023.

Jiang Cheng, e-97, 2021. Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 × 33 1/2 in / 95 × 85 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: Phantoms. Tara Downs, New York, 2023.

Jiang Cheng, U-91 Michael, 2021. Oil on canvas, 51 1/8 × 43 1/4 in / 130 × 110 cm

Jiang Cheng, U-91 Michael, 2021 (detail). Oil on canvas, 51 1/8 × 43 1/4 in / 130 × 110 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: Uncanny Valley. Gagosian, Hong Kong, 2023.

Jiang Cheng, U-53, 2020. Oil on canvas, 84 5/8 × 96 1/2 in / 215 × 245 cm

Jiang Cheng, U-104 Michael, 2022. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 41 1/4 in / 120 × 105 cm

Exhibition view: Jiang Cheng at ICA, Miami, 2022.

Jiang Cheng, e-98, 2021. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 × 33 1/2 in / 100 × 85 cm

Exhibition view of Regarde-moi. Perrotin, Paris, 2022.

Jiang Cheng, e-85 Venus, 2021. Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 25 5/8 in / 80 × 65 cm

Jiang Cheng, e-85 Venus, 2021 (detail). Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 25 5/8 in / 80 × 65 cm

Jiang Cheng, e-53 Hamlet , 2020. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 × 13 3/4 in / 50 × 35 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: U. Tara Downs, New York, 2021.

Jiang Cheng, U-47, 2020. Oil on canvas, 82 5/8 × 70 7/8 in / 210 × 180 cm

Jiang Cheng, U-70, 2021. Oil on canvas, 35 3/8 × 41 3/8 in / 90 × 105 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: U. Tara Downs, New York, 2021.

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: Shiver, 2021. SAISEN Art, Shanghai.

Jiang Cheng, e-96 Cupid, 2021. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 × 41 3/8 in / 120 × 105 cm

Exhibition view of Jiang Cheng: U, 2020. AIKE, Shanghai.

Jiang Cheng, U-59, 2019. Oil on canvas, 41 1/4 × 45 1/4 inches / 105 × 115 cm

Jiang Cheng, U-22, 2019. Oil on canvas, 68 7/8 × 74 3/4 in / 175 × 190 cm

Biography

Jiang Cheng (b. 1985 in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China) lives and works in Shanghai, China. He received her MFA from the University of the Arts Berlin in 2012, and his BA from China Academy of Art 2008. Solo exhibitions include: "The Shiver", Tara Downs, New York, US (2025) (forthcoming); "Whiplash", Tara Downs, New York, US, (2023); "Jiang Cheng", ICA Miami, Miami, US (2022); “The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other”, AIKE, Shanghai, CN (2022); “U”, Tara Downs, New York, US (2021); “U”, AIKE, Shanghai, CN (2020); “Vertigo”, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, CN (2019); “Post Meridiem”, A+ Contemporary, Shanghai, CN. Jiang Cheng’s paintings have been presented in group exhibitions including: “Why We Paint?”, Shanghai (2025), Sister, Seoul (2024), Gagosian, Hong Kong, HK (2023); The Margulies Collection, Miami, US (2022); “Regarde-moi”, Perrotin, Paris, FR (2022). His works are included in private and public collections, including: COMMA Foundation, Genk, BE; ICA Miami, US; Long Museum, Shanghai, CN; M Woods, Beijing, CN; Sifang Museum, Nanjing, CN; The Margulies Collection, Miami, US; The Nixon Collection, Yorba Linda, US; X Museum, Beijing, CN.