Andong Zheng (b. 1992, China) lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Zheng’s works begin from the friction between being translated and translating oneself. Through gaps in history and chance encounters, his curiosity takes shape through lens-based media and their expanded forms. In his practice, the image is a vessel in which contradiction and ambiguity remain unresolved, and a site where asymmetrical power structures surface. By connecting different contexts, he traces how meaning is shaped and translated across geographies and histories, and how it shifts through acts of intervention.
He received a B.Eng. in Automotive Engineering from Tongji University in 2016, an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, and an MA in Photography & Society from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, in 2025.
In 2026, Zheng was nominated for FUTURES Photography by FOTODOK and selected for British Journal of Photography's Ones to Watch. In the same year, he received the Jury Prize of the Harry Pennings Award. He was previously shortlisted for Jimei x Arles Discovery Award (2024).
His work has been exhibited at numerous international institutions and galleries, including Photo Elysée, Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-De-France, Guangdong Times Museum, He Xiangning Art Museum, Fotografiska Shanghai, Ames Yavuz, and ClampArt. His work has also appeared in publications such as The Routledge Companion to Photography, Representation and Social Justice, British Journal of Photography, and Chinese Photography.