LUST
FOR LIFE
14 – 23 FEBRUARY
83 High Street, Prahran VIC 3181
Biography
Jincheng Deng
Jincheng Deng is a Hainanese artist based in Melbourne, working across installation,
sculpture, performance, and curatorial practice. He is a PhD candidate in Fine Arts at the
University of Melbourne.
His solo projects have been presented at Trocadero Projects, Kings Artist-Run, TCB Gallery,
and MPavilion Parkville, and he has participated in collaborative projects at Firstdraft.
Alongside his artistic practice, Deng works as a curator and organiser. His curated
exhibitions have taken place at Composition Art Museum in Lingshui, China and at Propane
and 138 Gallery in Melbourne. He is a co-founder of HAIR ARi in Melbourne and the initiator
of the Office of Octo in Haikou.
He was shortlisted for the Incinerator Art Award and received the New Public Arts Curating
Award in China. He is also engaged in scholarly translation work and has translated Graham
Harman’s Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory and Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented
Philosophy and Archaeology into Chinese.
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Works
Fire Extinguishers with Didi&Gogo, Stainless Steel, 1 Edition + 1 AP,118 x 19 (cm),
Hard hat with Bee, 2024, ABS plastic, Fibre glass, 1 Edition + 1 AP, 80 x 35 (cm)
Banana with Wetfloor cone, 2024, ABS plastic, 1edition + 1 AP, 120 x 25 (cm)
Proudly Supported by:
NotFair Art Foundation
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