Born 1979 in Shanghai, Shi Zhiying graduated from the department of Oil Painting at the University of Shanghai. Although a painter she has created animation and performance art with projects combining dance and music. She has won several awards including the 2001 Shanghai Youth Biennale, the second in the New Artist Award at the Shanghai Fine Arts Grand Exhibition (Shanghai Art Museum). She is currently exhibiting her first solo exhibition curated by Yan Peiming at The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA Beijing). Other major exhibitions include “The Changjian River” (2009 Great Hall, Beijing), China Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition (2008 National Art Museum of China, Beijing), 2008 China Contemporary Art Biennale (2008 Shanghai).