Andong Zheng (b. 1992, Hefei, China) lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Emerging from fissures in history and fortuitous encounters, Zheng’s projects unfold through photography, video, and installation. 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 entangled relations across geographies and histories, reflecting on how meaning is shaped and translated, and the ways in which it is unsettled through intervening gestures.
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.
Zheng was recently nominated by FOTODOK for FUTURES Photography and received the jury prize of the Harry Pennings Award 2026. He was also shortlisted for the Huayu Youth Award (2021) and the 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.