Qian Cheng is an artist based in Vancouver, BC. Drawing is at the centre of Cheng’s practice as a way of working through uncertainty, testing, rearranging, and sitting with what remains unresolved. Through repetition, tracing, and layering, her drawings hold space for shifting perspectives where agency is slowly pieced together and images accumulate into an insistence on forming meaning, whether as belief, desire, or possibility. 

She holds a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2016) and has participated in residencies and fellowships at Tentacles, Bangkok (2018), and M:ST Performative Arts, Calgary (2021). A recipient of support from the BC Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts, Cheng has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally, with recent presentations at Afternoon Projects, Vancouver (2025), Surrey Art Gallery (2025), darkZone, New Jersey (2024), and Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (2023). Her work has been featured in Canadian Art, Akimbo, Art Viewer, and Peripheral Review. In addition to her solo practice, Cheng has co-founded and contributed to artist-run initiatives including nap gallery, This Useful Time Machine, and People.

contact: qqianchengg@gmail.com