Zheng Ningyuan (b. 1989) is an artist and filmmaker living in Bologna, Italy.
PROJECTS
2023-on going
HMMGG, fiction short
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, 3D animation artist, VFX, sound design, composer
2022-on going
Addio ai Monti, fiction short
in collaboration with Museum Villa Carlotta, curated by Fulvio Chimento
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, sound design, music editor
2022-on going
Mandar(in), documentary, video installation
in collaboration with Alchemilla and Comune di Bologna
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, sound design, music editor
2021-2023
Yizhongren (documentary, urban walking, artist’s book) with WUXU group
in collaboration with Festival Seta di Prato
Premiere at Museum Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, 2D animation artist, sound design, music
2021
Racism is a Virus (documentary)
winner of Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2021, Italy-canada
Producer, director, editor
2021
Teresa Moda, residence at Alchemilla
financed by Fondazione Zucchelli, Bologna, Italy
Artist, screenwriter, Dop, editor, sound designer, composer
2020
Cristina’s Journey (urban walking, video installation) with WUXU group, Seta Festival, Prato, Italy
Producer, artist
2020
Cinesi in Italia (Documentary),
Production University of Turin, Italy
Co-director, co-screenwriter, editor, music editor
2019-present
Project Prato (Program cross-field research program) with WUXU group, Seta Festival, Prato, Italy
Producer
2019
Cantare Battendo sulla Scodella (workshop theatric) with WUXU group in collaboration con Cantieri Meticci, Centro sociale della pace, Bologna, Italy
Producer
2018
The Falconry, with WUXU group
Second Biennal of Yinchuan curated by Marco Scotini, Yinchuan, China
Producer, artist
2017
Founded WUXU group, Bologna, Italy
Artist
GROUP EXHIBITION
2023TOCCAUNOTOCCATUTTI arte e lotte operaie Mostra diffusa
Prato, Italy
2023
Vasi Comunicanti, curated by Alchemilla, Bologna, Italy
2022
Tecnocene curated by Bianca Cavuti and Into the Blackbox, Bologna, Italy
2019
Home Festival (Atlas of Transition biennale) curated by Piersandra di Matteo, DAMSLab, Bologna, Italy
2018
AMNUA International Project III, curated by Wang Yamin, Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, China
2018
Second Biennal of Yinchuan curated by Marco Scotini, Yinchuan, China
2017
TAKE ME (I’M YOURS), Parcheggio soprelevato Giuriolo, Bologna, Italy
2017
OPEN tour, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2014
Première, CERP Centro Espositivo Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy
2013
Libero Libro, Collettiva cura di Marilena Scavizzi, Biblioteca Augus, Perugia, Italy
AS CURATOR
2018
Cinema and Movement ‘68 (exhibition), Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, China
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2023
Asian diasporic film in Europe, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Lecturer
2022
Intervista dalla rivista Gli Asini con il titolo Lotte operaie tra Prato, Cina e Pakistan, Bologna, Italy
Interviewee
2021
Diversity in unexpected places - An invitation to transcultural area studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Lecturer
2020
Arte, Politica, Comunità (online lecture), University of Florence
Lecturer
2020-present
4xDecameron (public benefit, social intervention project),
Coordinator
2020
Wondering Baishizhou (projection+talk with Sabrina Muzi), DAMSLab, Bologna, Italy
Co-organizer, lecturer
2017
Lecture: Warm and Poverty, Dimensions Art Center (DAC), Chongqing, China
Lecturer
2016
Videoart presentation: Giovani artisti cinesi in Italia cureted by Alessandro Mencarelli e Bai Xuehui, le Murate, Firenze, Italy
Artist
PROJECTS
2023-on going
HMMGG, fiction short
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, 3D animation artist, VFX, sound design, composer
2022-on going
Addio ai Monti, fiction short
in collaboration with Museum Villa Carlotta, curated by Fulvio Chimento
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, sound design, music editor
2022-on going
Mandar(in), documentary, video installation
in collaboration with Alchemilla and Comune di Bologna
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, sound design, music editor
2021-2023
Yizhongren (documentary, urban walking, artist’s book) with WUXU group
in collaboration with Festival Seta di Prato
Premiere at Museum Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
Producer, screenwriter, director, Dop, editor, 2D animation artist, sound design, music
2021
Racism is a Virus (documentary)
winner of Canada-Italy Innovation Award 2021, Italy-canada
Producer, director, editor
2021
Teresa Moda, residence at Alchemilla
financed by Fondazione Zucchelli, Bologna, Italy
Artist, screenwriter, Dop, editor, sound designer, composer
2020
Cristina’s Journey (urban walking, video installation) with WUXU group, Seta Festival, Prato, Italy
Producer, artist
2020
Cinesi in Italia (Documentary),
Production University of Turin, Italy
Co-director, co-screenwriter, editor, music editor
2019-present
Project Prato (Program cross-field research program) with WUXU group, Seta Festival, Prato, Italy
Producer
2019
Cantare Battendo sulla Scodella (workshop theatric) with WUXU group in collaboration con Cantieri Meticci, Centro sociale della pace, Bologna, Italy
Producer
2018
The Falconry, with WUXU group
Second Biennal of Yinchuan curated by Marco Scotini, Yinchuan, China
Producer, artist
2017
Founded WUXU group, Bologna, Italy
Artist
GROUP EXHIBITION
2023TOCCAUNOTOCCATUTTI arte e lotte operaie Mostra diffusa
Prato, Italy
2023
Vasi Comunicanti, curated by Alchemilla, Bologna, Italy
2022
Tecnocene curated by Bianca Cavuti and Into the Blackbox, Bologna, Italy
2019
Home Festival (Atlas of Transition biennale) curated by Piersandra di Matteo, DAMSLab, Bologna, Italy
2018
AMNUA International Project III, curated by Wang Yamin, Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, China
2018
Second Biennal of Yinchuan curated by Marco Scotini, Yinchuan, China
2017
TAKE ME (I’M YOURS), Parcheggio soprelevato Giuriolo, Bologna, Italy
2017
OPEN tour, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2014
Première, CERP Centro Espositivo Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy
2013
Libero Libro, Collettiva cura di Marilena Scavizzi, Biblioteca Augus, Perugia, Italy
AS CURATOR
2018
Cinema and Movement ‘68 (exhibition), Art Museum of Nanjing University of Arts, Nanjing, China
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2023
Asian diasporic film in Europe, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Lecturer
2022
Intervista dalla rivista Gli Asini con il titolo Lotte operaie tra Prato, Cina e Pakistan, Bologna, Italy
Interviewee
2021
Diversity in unexpected places - An invitation to transcultural area studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Lecturer
2020
Arte, Politica, Comunità (online lecture), University of Florence
Lecturer
2020-present
4xDecameron (public benefit, social intervention project),
Coordinator
2020
Wondering Baishizhou (projection+talk with Sabrina Muzi), DAMSLab, Bologna, Italy
Co-organizer, lecturer
2017
Lecture: Warm and Poverty, Dimensions Art Center (DAC), Chongqing, China
Lecturer
2016
Videoart presentation: Giovani artisti cinesi in Italia cureted by Alessandro Mencarelli e Bai Xuehui, le Murate, Firenze, Italy
Artist