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Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Machine(s), 2025
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Machine), 2024
Acrylic on silk over pine stretcher
183.7 × 186 × 4.3 cm / 70.5 × 71.5 × 1.75 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Machine), 2024
Acrylic on silk over pine stretcher
183.7 × 186 × 4.3 cm / 70.5 × 71.5 × 1.75 in
Installation view, Leah Ke Yi Zheng, Machine(s), Layr Singerstraße, Vienna, 2025

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.48/Machine, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
34 × 69.9 × 5.2 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Machine(s), 2025
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Machine), 2025
Silk over acrylic on silk over cherry stretcher
154 × 150.7 × 5.5 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
171 × 212 × 5.6 cm
Installation view, Leah Ke Yi Zheng, Machine(s), Layr Singerstraße, Vienna, 2025

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
171 × 212 × 5.6 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Machine(s), 2025
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Leibniz’s Machine, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
47 × 93.4 × 4.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Leibniz’s Machine, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
47 × 93.4 × 4.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Split), 2024-25
Acrylic on silk
64 × 130 cm (framed dimensions)
31.7 × 36.3 cm each silk (approx. dimensions)

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Machine), 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
161.2 × 177.4 × 5.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Machine), 2024 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
161.2 × 177.4 × 5.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2025
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
159.2 × 142 × 5.2 cm
Installation view, Leah Ke Yi Zheng, Machine(s), Layr Singerstraße, Vienna, 2025

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2025 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
159.2 × 142 × 5.2 cm

Surfacing: On Leah Ke Yi Zheng

The first thing a viewer might notice about Leah Ke Yi Zheng’s Leibniz’s Machine (2024) is that, like all her canvases, it’s not rectangular. The painting’s frame is a bit skewed, a little off, and points to something outside itself that we barely notice, a clandestine convention: that almost all paintings are rectangular. The second thing we grasp, if it wasn’t the first, is that we’re looking at technology – albeit technology circa 1694, when the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz completed his stepped reckoner, the first mechanical calculator, which would have profound effects on navigation, natural science and commerce; this beautiful, highly paintable object, which here seems almost to be transforming into a kind of tiered landscape, is a part of the roots of our modern, finance- and tech-centric world. Yet money and technology today are virtually abstractions, lacking visual signatures. Paying attention to an iPhone, say, there’s not much to see (or paint) except its sleek featureless chassis. Leibniz’s Machine, rewinding into an age of gear-heavy visible materiality, is a painting ‘of’ the unseen omnipresent aspects that govern modern reality, whether we’re standing in a gallery or out in the world.

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Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (no. 30 <-> no.14/ machine), 2024-25Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher61.6 x 61.6 x 3.81 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (no. 30 <-> no.14/ machine), 2024-25
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
61.6 × 61.6 × 3.81 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (no. 30 <-> no.14/ machine), 2024-25 (detail)Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher61.6 x 61.6 x 3.81 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (no. 30 <-> no.14/ machine), 2024-25 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
61.6 × 61.6 × 3.81 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengFather Sogol, 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher22.7 x 22 x 5.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Father Sogol, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
22.7 × 22 × 5.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (no.62/machine), 2025Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher67.31 x 53.34 x 5.72 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (no.62/machine), 2025
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
67.31 × 53.34 × 5.72 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
I-Ching/Machine, 2025
Installation view
Mendes Wood DM, New York City (US) 2025
Courtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi Zheng Untitled (no.49/revolution), 2024Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher190.5 x 208.3 cm, 75 x 82 inCourtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (no.49/revolution), 2024
Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher
190.5 × 208.3 cm, 75 × 82 in
Courtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi Zheng Untitled (no.49/revolution), 2024 (detail)Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher190.5 x 208.3 cm, 75 x 82 inCourtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (no.49/revolution), 2024 (detail)
Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher
190.5 × 208.3 cm, 75 × 82 in
Courtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
I-Ching/Machine, 2025
Installation view
Mendes Wood DM, New York City (US) 2025
Courtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (form moving in between), 2023Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue, and ink on silk over mahogany artist stretcher97 x 107 in / 246.4 x 271.8 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (form moving in between), 2023
Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue, and ink on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
97 × 107 in / 246.4 × 271.8 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
I-Ching/Machine, 2025
Installation view
Mendes Wood DM, New York City (US) 2025
Courtesy Mendes Wood DM, Photo: Dheurle Photography

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.60, 2024Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher94 x 94 cm / 37 x 37 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.60, 2024
Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher
94 × 94 cm / 37 × 37 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo. 4, 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher41.7 x 41.9 cm / 16 3/8 x 16 1/2 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No. 4, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
41.7 × 41.9 cm / 16 3/8 × 16 1/2 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengMachine, 2024Acrylic on silk over pinewood stretcher83 x 64 in / 210.8 x 162.6 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Machine, 2024
Acrylic on silk over pinewood stretcher
83 × 64 in / 210.8 × 162.6 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2024Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher213 x 275 x 5 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher
213 × 275 × 5 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2024 (detail)Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher213 x 275 x 5 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic and pigments with ox-bone glue on silk over mahogany stretcher
213 × 275 × 5 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (window), 2024Acrylic on silk over cherry wood stretcher127 x 118 x 6 cm / 50 x 46 1/2 x 2 3/8 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (window), 2024
Acrylic on silk over cherry wood stretcher
127 × 118 × 6 cm / 50 × 46 1/2 × 2 3/8 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng, 2024
Installation view
Mendes Wood DM, Brussels

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.17<->No.49Acrylic on silk over sapele wood stretcher11.5 x 9 inches

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.17<->No.49
Acrylic on silk over sapele wood stretcher
11.5 × 9 inches

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.45, 2024Acrylic on silk over pine artist stretcher48 x 53 ½ in / 121.9 x 135.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.45, 2024
Acrylic on silk over pine artist stretcher
48 × 53 ½ in / 121.9 × 135.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.45, 2024 (detail)Acrylic on silk over pine artist stretcher48 x 53 ½ in / 121.9 x 135.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.45, 2024 (detail)
Acrylic on silk over pine artist stretcher
48 × 53 ½ in / 121.9 × 135.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher9 ¾ x 12 ¼ in / 24.8 x 31cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
9 ¾ × 12 ¼ in / 24.8 × 31cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (binary machines), 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher58 x 60 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (binary machines), 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
58 × 60 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher58 x 60 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
58 × 60 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Leibniz‘s Calculus machine), 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher27.5 x 44.5 x 4.5 cm / 10 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Leibniz‘s Calculus machine), 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
27.5 × 44.5 × 4.5 cm / 10 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Pasolini’s Riccetto), 2024Acrylic and scorched dust on silk over mahogany stretcher28 x 25 x 4.5 cm / 11 x 9 7/8 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Pasolini’s Riccetto), 2024
Acrylic and scorched dust on silk over mahogany stretcher
28 × 25 × 4.5 cm / 11 × 9 7/8 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo. 58, 2024Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher243 x 196 x 4 cm / 95 5/8 x 77 1/8 x 1 5/8 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No. 58, 2024
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
243 × 196 × 4 cm / 95 5/8 × 77 1/8 × 1 5/8 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo. 60, 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher65.5 x 67 x 4.5 cm / 25 3/4 x 26 3/8 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No. 60, 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
65.5 × 67 × 4.5 cm / 25 3/4 × 26 3/8 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Man in bed of Roger de La Fresnaye), 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher24.5 x 30.5 x 4.5 cm / 9 5/8 x 12 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Man in bed of Roger de La Fresnaye), 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
24.5 × 30.5 × 4.5 cm / 9 5/8 × 12 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher82.5 x 146 x 4.3 cm / 32 1/2 x 57 1/2 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
82.5 × 146 × 4.3 cm / 32 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher49 ½ x 50 in / 125.7 x 127 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
49 ½ × 50 in / 125.7 × 127 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023 (detail)Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher49 ½ x 50 in / 125.7 x 127 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023 (detail)
Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
49 ½ × 50 in / 125.7 × 127 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Ink on silk over pine wood artist stretcher10 ½ x 9in / 26.7 x 22.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Ink on silk over pine wood artist stretcher
10 ½ × 9in / 26.7 × 22.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Fusée), 2023Acrylic, ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over cherry wood stretcher48 x 67 in / 121.9 x 170.2 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Fusée), 2023
Acrylic, ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over cherry wood stretcher
48 × 67 in / 121.9 × 170.2 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher35 ¾ x 33 1/2 in / 90.8 x 85.1 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
35 ¾ × 33 1/2 in / 90.8 × 85.1 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, John Cage & Leah Ke Yi Zheng, 2024
Installation view
Castle, Los Angeles (US)
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (main), 2023Pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher12 x 9 1/4 in / 30.48 x 23.5 cmCourtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (main), 2023
Pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher
12 × 9 1/4 in / 30.48 × 23.5 cm
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Nijinsky), 2023Acrylic and pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher8 x 9 3/4 in / 20.3 x 24.8 cmCourtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Nijinsky), 2023
Acrylic and pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher
8 × 9 3/4 in / 20.3 × 24.8 cm
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, John Cage & Leah Ke Yi Zheng, 2024
Installation view
Castle, Los Angeles (US)
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo. 50, 2023Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher37 5/8 x 59 in / 95.6 x 149.9 cmCourtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No. 50, 2023
Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
37 5/8 × 59 in / 95.6 × 149.9 cm
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo. 12, 2023Acrylic and pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher12 x 9 1/2 in / 30.5 x 24.1 cmCourtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No. 12, 2023
Acrylic and pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher
12 × 9 1/2 in / 30.5 × 24.1 cm
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, John Cage & Leah Ke Yi Zheng, 2024
Installation view
Castle, Los Angeles (US)
Courtesy Castle, Los Angeles, Photo: Evan McQuaid Bedford

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (window), 2023Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher47 ½ x 57 1/4in / 120.7 x 145.4cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (window), 2023
Acrylic, pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
47 ½ × 57 1/4in / 120.7 × 145.4cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.5, 2023Acrylic, ink, and bleach on silk over mahogany artist stretcher83 ¾ x 107 in / 212.7 x 271.8 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.5, 2023
Acrylic, ink, and bleach on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
83 ¾ × 107 in / 212.7 × 271.8 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.12, 2023Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher20 x 24in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.12, 2023
Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
20 × 24in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.12, 2023 (detail)Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher20 x 24in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.12, 2023 (detail)
Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
20 × 24in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (melting woman), 2023Ink and acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher11 3/8 x 14 1/8 / 28.9 x 35.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (melting woman), 2023
Ink and acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
11 3/8 × 14 1/8 / 28.9 × 35.9 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Ram), 2023Acrylic and pigments on silk over purpleheart wood artist stretcher10 ¾ x 14 in / 27.3 x 35.6cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Ram), 2023
Acrylic and pigments on silk over purpleheart wood artist stretcher
10 ¾ × 14 in / 27.3 × 35.6cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Schouwen), 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher32 x 17 x 36 x 24 ¾ in / 81.28 x 43.18 x 91.44 x 62.87 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Schouwen), 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
32 × 17 × 36 × 24 ¾ in / 81.28 × 43.18 × 91.44 × 62.87 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.37, 2023Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher14 ¾ x 11 ¾ x 13 ¾ x 11in / 37.47 x 29.85 x 34.94 x 27.94 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.37, 2023
Oil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
14 ¾ × 11 ¾ × 13 ¾ × 11in / 37.47 × 29.85 × 34.94 × 27.94 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Soul Mapping, 2023
Installation view
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi ZhengFusée (sanity), 2023Acrylic, ink, bleach on silk over mahogany stretcher213 x 160 cmCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Fusée (sanity), 2023
Acrylic, ink, bleach on silk over mahogany stretcher
213 × 160 cm
Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (fusée), 2023Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher29,8 x 25,4 cmCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (fusée), 2023
Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
29,8 × 25,4 cm
Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Helmut Kolle), 2023Pencil and ink on silk over mahogany stretcher22,9 x 17,8 cmCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Helmut Kolle), 2023
Pencil and ink on silk over mahogany stretcher
22,9 × 17,8 cm
Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi ZhengNo.16, 2023Oil on silk over mahogany stretcher98,4 x 73,7 cmCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
No.16, 2023
Oil on silk over mahogany stretcher
98,4 × 73,7 cm
Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Photo: Peter Cox

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher9 ¼ x 12 in / 23.5 x 30.48 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
9 ¼ × 12 in / 23.5 × 30.48 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (mother. saw), 2023Pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher12 x 16 1/4in / 30.5 x 41.3 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (mother. saw), 2023
Pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
12 × 16 1/4in / 30.5 × 41.3 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Pigments with ox bone glue and acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher9 ¾ x 10 in / 24.8 x 25.4 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Pigments with ox bone glue and acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
9 ¾ × 10 in / 24.8 × 25.4 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023Acrylic and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher85 108 in / 215.9 x 274.3cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023
Acrylic and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
85 108 in / 215.9 × 274.3cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2023 (detail)Acrylic and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher85 108 in / 215.9 x 274.3cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2023 (detail)
Acrylic and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
85 108 in / 215.9 × 274.3cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Tree.Machine), 2022Pigments, acrylic and pencil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher32 x 69 3/4 in / 81.3 x 177.2 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Tree.Machine), 2022
Pigments, acrylic and pencil on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
32 × 69 3/4 in / 81.3 × 177.2 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Nijinsky), 2023Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher17.1 x 17.1 x 4.5 cm / 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Nijinsky), 2023
Acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
17.1 × 17.1 × 4.5 cm / 6 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 1 3/4 in

Untitled (Nijinsky), 2023Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher19 x 18 x 4.5 cm / 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 1 3/4 in

Untitled (Nijinsky), 2023
Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany stretcher
19 × 18 × 4.5 cm / 7 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 1 3/4 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (dog-form), 2022Acrylic and pigments on silk over purpleheart artist stretcher9 5/8 x 8 ¼ in / 24.4 x 21.1cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (dog-form), 2022
Acrylic and pigments on silk over purpleheart artist stretcher
9 5/8 × 8 ¼ in / 24.4 × 21.1cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Cosimo Plovasco di Rondo), 2022Pencil and ink on silk over mahogany stretcher6 ¾ x 8 in / 20.3 x 17.1cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Cosimo Plovasco di Rondo), 2022
Pencil and ink on silk over mahogany stretcher
6 ¾ × 8 in / 20.3 × 17.1cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Droctulft),2022Pigments and acrylic on silk61 x 68 in / 154.9 x 172.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Droctulft),2022
Pigments and acrylic on silk
61 × 68 in / 154.9 × 172.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Droctulft), 2022 (detailPigments and acrylic on silk61 x 68 in / 154.9 x 172.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Droctulft), 2022 (detail
Pigments and acrylic on silk
61 × 68 in / 154.9 × 172.7 cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Eye), 2021Pigments on silk with ox bone glue over shaped stretcher11 ¾ x 12 3/4 in / 29.8 x 32.4cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Eye), 2021
Pigments on silk with ox bone glue over shaped stretcher
11 ¾ × 12 3/4 in / 29.8 × 32.4cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled (Fusée), 2021Pigments and ink with ox bone glue on silk over shaped stretcher32 x 35 in

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Fusée), 2021
Pigments and ink with ox bone glue on silk over shaped stretcher
32 × 35 in

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2021Ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over cherry wood artist stretcher79x49 in / 200.7 x 124.5cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2021
Ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over cherry wood artist stretcher
79x49 in / 200.7 × 124.5cm

Leah Ke Yi ZhengUntitled, 2021Ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over rosewood artist stretcher78 x 48 in / 198.1 x 121.9cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled, 2021
Ink and pigments with ox bone glue on silk over rosewood artist stretcher
78 × 48 in / 198.1 × 121.9cm

Leah Ke Yi Zheng
Untitled (Red Desert), 2021
Pigments and acrylic on silk over mahogany artist stretcher
94 × 107 ½ in / 238.8 × 273.1 cm
Leah Ke Yi Zheng and Danny Bredar, 2022, Installation view, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (US)

Leah Ke Yi Zheng

*1988, Wuyishan, China
Lives and works in Chicago

Education

2019

School of the Art Institute of Chicago – MFA in PTDW, Chicago (US)

Solo Exhibitions

2025

The Renaissance Society, Chicago (US) (upcoming)
Machine(s), Layr, Vienna (AT)
I-Ching / Machine, Mendes Wood DM, New York (US)
2024

Leah Ke Yi Zheng, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (BE)
2023

Leah Ke Yi Zheng, David Lewis, New York (US)
2021

Currency @ Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Soccer Club Club, Chicago (US)
2020

Fisherman on the shore, abandoned venture capital office, Chicago (US)
It Will Never Go Back to What It Was, project with Currency, Munster (DE)
Uffizi, Taqueria Los Alamos, Chicago (US)

Group Exhibitions

2025

The New Museum, New York (US) (upcoming)
2024

Everyone Loves Picabia, David Lewis, New York (US)
Naked Name, Derosia, New York (US)
Meet me by the lake, CLEARING, New York (US)
Leah Ke Yi Zheng with John Cage, CASTLE, Los Angeles (US)
How Mundane, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Hong Kong (HK)
2023

Soul Mapping, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Ravens and Crows, Winter Street Gallery, Paris (FR)
(Silence. By this point, everything is different): Five years of Apparatus Projects, Apparatus Project, Chicago (US)
2022

Leah Ke Yi Zheng and Danny Bredar, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (US)
Immagini, Currency at Caffé Centrale, Monte Castello di Vibio (IT)
Loud Lord, Good Weather, Chicago (US)
A Mimetic Theory of Desire, David Lewis Gallery, New York (US)
2021

Sleeping Twin, MICKEY, Chicago (US)
carbon copy 4, John Hancock Tower Parking Garage, Chicago (US)
Leah Ke Yi Zheng and David Hartt, Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago (US)
2019

carbon copy 3: die prosperous, Chicago (US)
carbon copy: þ, The Garden, Chicago (US)
The Turf, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago (US)
With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst (US)
carbon copy: 7 Rings for the Window Elves (thesis exhibition), Sullivan Galleries, Chicago (US)
2018

UCLA Wight Gallery Biennial, Los Angeles (US)

Residencies and Awards

2019-2021

Fellowship from Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago (US)
2019

The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams (US)
2017

Ox-Bow Residency, Saugatuck (US)

CV of Leah Ke Yi Zheng for download

Leah Ke Yi Zheng

Education

2019

Solo Exhibitions

2025

2024

2023

2021

2020

Group Exhibitions

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2019

2018

Residencies and Awards

2019-2021

2019

2017