Yuhan Zheng (b. 1999, Beijing) is a lens-based artist living in Toronto. Her practice explores the evolving nature of photography in an era shaped by digital simulation, approaching the image as a site of instability where images mediate memory and presence.
Beginning with performative self-portraits, Yuhan explored the tension between indexicality and representation, positioning herself as both subject and operator to question the construction of identity within visual culture. Her current work centers on material-based processes—particularly image transfers onto bamboo—through which she investigates themes of loss, fragmentation, and the collapse of referential truth. She is also developing experimental techniques that incorporate found images and organic materials, expanding her inquiry into the relationship between materiality, memory, and impermanence.
Phone:4168339241
Email:its.hanzyh@gmail.com
Exhibition
Prolonged: Translating a Distance (Duo Exhibition)
G44 Production Gallery, Toronto, ON Apr 4 - Jul 5, 2025
GradEx 108: The Indexicality of the Inauthentic
Inkjet print mounted on aluminum dibond
OCAD University, Toronto, ON May 3-7, 2023
Bibliography
Mott, Avalon. “Round and Full, 2021: Yuhan Zheng.”
Public Art Billboard, Critical Distance Centre for Curators - Aug, 2023
Achievement
Recipient, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography Residency, 2023 - 2024