CHENG YONG’s art is instantly recognizable due to its ground-breaking use of Braille script and raised points to realize conceptual ideas. Current works are visually phantasmagoric with their use of transparent and reflective materials, and have a stronger emphasis on the relationship between traditional culture and its mission, gun culture and the present era, as well as how to combine the manifestations and stumbling-blocks of contemporary culture. At the same time his works exude their own unique visual charisma. His creative process frequently shows signs of alienation within an integral concept.

About the Artist:

CHENG YONG (born 1961) is a long-active multimedia artist who currently works in Shanghai and Nanjing. A graduate of Suzhou Art & Design Technology Institute and Nanjing Normal University, he has taught visual art and post-modern art for some years at Nanjing Technical College of Special Education. In 2000, Cheng Yong was made a visiting researcher on contemporary art by KELEA Foundation of Slovenia. In 2006 his performance artwork "Consultation" was widely covered by local and foreign media. He scaled new heights in 2008 with a large-scale solo exhibition “Obstacle” at the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art. Cheng Yong has been long engaged in research and creative output on issues relating to exceptionality and enjoys the status of a reference point in this artistic area.