DANNI ZHENG

Danni Zheng is a London-based new media artist and Royal College of Art alumna. Her multidisciplinary practice, deeply rooted in spatial design, explores the intersection between physical environments and virtual realms through various mediums including 3D animation, installation, immersive experience and live performance. She has extensive experience managing and executing large-scale projects, integrating complex visual narratives into immersive experiences.

Initially focused on transforming physical spaces and conceptualising future living environments, Zheng’s practice has evolved into exploring dialogues between tangible spaces and digital contexts. Her research-based projects investigate hidden infrastructures underlying contemporary technology, exploring themes of digital materiality, resource consumption, and the complex industrial systems behind them. In parallel, her visual and experiential projects emphasise speculative world-building by blending natural elements, synthetic structures, and human interventions, fostering reflections on environmental sustainability and potential future scenarios.

She has collaborated with prominent international brands and institutions, including Lancôme and Beijing Poly Art, and has contributed to the visual production and laser design of Max Cooper’s tours. She has participated in residencies including SIM Gallery in Iceland. Her artworks have been exhibited widely across notable venues in London, Shanghai, Miami, Hong Kong, Reykjavík, Brighton, and Madrid.

EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE & SCREENING
2025
Seasonscape, Dinghall, Chengdu, China
2024
Poly Art Digital Art Exhibtion, Shanghai K11, Shanghai Kerry Center, Jianghan Road, Wuhan, China
DIGITAL ART IN THE CITY, MMMAD Festival, Madrid, Spain
RNCM Spotlight: Green Soundscapes, RNCM, Manchester, UK
D’arc Award, Fabric, London, UK
Irresistible, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
Enchanted Realms: Artists’ Film, Science Gallery, London, UK
2023
LANCÔME THE ART OF ABSOLUE, CSSC Pavilion, Shanghai, China
Rainbowoasiiis x Superblue Chroma Film Festival, Superblue Miami, US
Future Tense, Tomorrow Maybe, Hong Kong
2022
BOTH SIDES NOW VII, Videotage, Online
BOTH SIDES NOW VII Screening: Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, UK, Phoenix, Leicester, UK, HART, Hong Kong, Royal College of Art, UK
Another World or Not Visual Concert, Willesden Gallery, London, UK
2021
Post-epidemic Era, No Space, Online
In Limine, Wormwood Scrubs Park, London, UK
Graduate Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
BEEP BEEP, Menier Gallery, London, UK
London Design Festival & Planted Cities – GREEN GRADS, Samsung KX, London, UK
2019
Rare Known, Dyson Gallery, London, UK

AWARD
2024
Postmodern Serendipity, Finalist, I’m feeling lucky, MMMAD Art, Madrid, Spain
2023
Mineral Wasteland, Rainbowoasiiis x Superblue Chroma Film Festival, Miami, US, Selected Film
Mineral Wasteland, FutureTense Award 2022, Hong Kong, Top 10 Digital Art Category
Submerge, FutureTense Award 2022, Hong Kong, Top 10 Digital Art Category
2021
Mineral Wasteland, Post-digital Landscapes, MMMAD Art, Madrid, Spain, Finalist

EDUCATION
Royal College of Art
MA Information Experience Design
2019 – 2021
MIT Media Lab Short Course
Beyond Smart Cities: Emerging Design and Technology
2020
Beijing University of Technology
BA Environment Design
2015 – 2019