Aleza Zheng

Aleza Zheng (b. 1999) is a Chinese-born, Los Angeles-based artist working with oil, ink, linen, and silk. She uses the genre of autofiction to explore shared histories between the East and the West, exploring personal and cultural narratives, and traditional media with contemporary subjects. Her practice presents the world through anthropomorphized objects, using empathy as a device to understand disorientation, humanity, and invite a re-enchantment of the world.

Recent solo exhibitions include As If (2026) at Make Room, Los Angeles; and Across the Idyll (2025) at Shazar Gallery Project Space, Milan. Recent group exhibitions include Fantasy in Japan (2026) at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles; Infinite Plains High (2026) at Loyal Gallery, Los Angeles and Lund; A Very Good Dinner Party (2026) at Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Manantiales; Into the Jungle (2025) at Sabbatikal, Santa Monica; and Vanishing Point (2024) at SOOT Tokyo, Los Angeles. Recent curatorial projects include Once Upon a Blue Moon (2025) at Bonian Space, Beijing. Her work has also been presented at Art Basel Miami Beach (2025) with Francois Ghebaly, at Frieze Seoul (2025) with Make Room and Apalazzo Gallery, and at Artesantander (2025) with Shazar Gallery. In 2025, she was a resident at Andrea Zittel's High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree.