Zheng Ningyuan (b.1989, China) is an artist, filmmaker, and activist based in Bologna, and founder of the research collective Wuxu Group. His practice investigates global diaspora and geopolitical identities through archival reconstruction and social intervention. He is the winner of the 17th Premio Gianandrea Mutti (2025) and the Canada-Italy Innovation Award (2021) for the project VulCa2021.
With Wuxu Group, he has presented works at the 2nd Yinchuan Biennale (2018) and DAMSLab (Tecnocene, 2022). His curatorial practice includes a research project on the cinema of the Italian '68 movement at AMNUA (Nanjing).
Recent group exhibitions include Selvaggi a Noto (Bologna, 2026), Constellations of Hope: Sharing Grounds at Ausstellungsraum Klingental (Basel, 2025) and the exhibition Arte e lotte operaie (Prato, 2023) by the ToccaUnoToccaTutti collective. Previously, he was an artist-in-residence at Alchemilla (Bologna, 2021), supportedby Fondazione Zucchelli, and participated in theAtlas of Transitions Biennale (Bologna, 2019). Additionally, he co-directed the documentary Cinese in Italia with Susanna Yu Bai, commissioned by the University of Turin.
With Wuxu Group, he has presented works at the 2nd Yinchuan Biennale (2018) and DAMSLab (Tecnocene, 2022). His curatorial practice includes a research project on the cinema of the Italian '68 movement at AMNUA (Nanjing).
Recent group exhibitions include Selvaggi a Noto (Bologna, 2026), Constellations of Hope: Sharing Grounds at Ausstellungsraum Klingental (Basel, 2025) and the exhibition Arte e lotte operaie (Prato, 2023) by the ToccaUnoToccaTutti collective. Previously, he was an artist-in-residence at Alchemilla (Bologna, 2021), supportedby Fondazione Zucchelli, and participated in theAtlas of Transitions Biennale (Bologna, 2019). Additionally, he co-directed the documentary Cinese in Italia with Susanna Yu Bai, commissioned by the University of Turin.