Zheng Mahler
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Formed by artist Royce Ng and anthrozoologist Daisy Bisenieks, Zheng Mahler (est. 2009, based on Lantau Island, Hong Kong) create digital media, objects, and performance works, grounding their practice in long-term, research-based projects. Examining the broader interactions between nature and technology, Zheng Mahler engage in speculative encounters and interspecies empathy, with a focus on more than human experiences. Their long-term tripartite research project into various inhabitants of Lantau Island, known as the “Lantau Trilogy,” challenges our human-centric understanding of consciousness by positing what it is like to live, feel, and sense the world as water buffaloes, bats, and fungi.
Zheng Mahler have shown work at major institutions, including M+ (Hong Kong); Hammer Museum (Los Angeles); M HKA (Antwerp); Ilmin Museum (Seoul); KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin); Kunsthalle Mainz (Mainz); Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA) (Germany); Johann Jacobs Museum (Zurich); Akademie der Künste der Welt (Cologne); Para Site (Hong Kong); Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong); Singapore Art Museum (Singapore), Macalline Art Center (Beijing); UCCA Dune (Beidaihe), and West Bund Museum (Shanghai). Commissions and projects for biennials and festivals include those for the Klima Biennale Wien 2026; Thailand Biennale 2025; Helsinki Biennial 2023; 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale; Performa 15; and the 13th Shanghai Biennale.
Their work is in the collections of M+ (Hong Kong), IFA (Germany), Fosun Foundation (Shanghai), Cc Foundation (Shanghai), Meta Media (Shanghai), Living Collection (Hong Kong), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg), Johann Jacobs Museum (Zurich), and more.
