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Tingting Cheng is a cross-media artist whose oeuvre is deeply informed by the ritualistic traditions of the Chu state and the cultural hybridity shaped by globalization. Working across diverse media, she mobilizes cultural archives as forms of “contemporary witchcraft,” integrating natural, synthetic, and vernacular materials to cultivate ritualistic engagement with audiences while subverting commodification.

In her exploration of appropriation and the semiotics of advertising, Cheng incorporates elements such as detritus, propaganda imagery, anime, and conspiracy discourses to scrutinize mechanisms of influence and dissemination. By synthesizing poetic and political dimensions, Cheng critiques consumerist ideologies, explores relational poetics, and engages with techno-animism. Cheng received her BFA from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, where she was honored with the K11 Emerging Artist Jury’s Special Recommendation Award in 2021. Her work has also been supported by The Sylvia and David Steiner Film Fund in Carnegie Mellon University.