About ZII

Our Story

Between Individual and Public

Between Classic and Subculture

Between Value and Values

Between Time and Moment

ZII was established in 2022 in London, by Ms. Binglin Zheng and Dr. Zuoyi Zhao, as the subsidiary brand of ZHENG Art & Culture.

 

ZII is dedicated to creating a pioneering academic art space while focusing on developing contemporary business models that cater to the art markets in the UK, East Asia, and Europe. The brand is committed to promoting and discovering emerging young artistic talent as its development focus.

 

ZII Art Space will connect the cross-cultural characteristics of communities, serving as a catalyst among cross-cultural artist groups. The brand has established an academic department composed of researchers, integrating art exhibitions with synchronised commercial activities and art and cultural research, fostering multifaceted brand development. Through a series of artistic activities and published critiques, ZII aims to create a brand atmosphere that embraces academic rigour with cultural vitality, cultivating an active community and brand discourse.

 

ZII is also actively seeking commercial collaborations between brands and individual artists, expanding its influence in education, publishing, collecting, product design and other fields. This approach provides richer opportunities for young art practitioners in the future and promotes the evolution of new art forms and intercultural dynamics between East Asia and the West.

Fostering Transcultural Artistic Dialogue 

People

Ivy BingLin Zheng

Founder

Binglin Zheng is the founder and director of ZII Gallery in the UK. Established in 2022, the gallery showcases innovative and thought-provoking contemporary art, representing a diverse group of emerging and established artists from around the world. ZII Gallery hopes to provide a platform for these artists and to foster a community of art enthusiasts, collectors, and scholars.

 

Beyond her contributions to the art sector, Ms. Zheng has been proactively involved in the fields of real estate and participation investments since 2020. She also founded WHEAT HENRY LIMITED, thereby further expanding her professional portfolio.

Dr Zoe Zhao

Founder

Dr. Zuoyi ZHAO is an ardent art enthusiast. With both a Medical degree and a PhD, she firmly believes that art embodies the creativity of humanity and the desire for expression. She asserts that art possesses the profound ability to connect people and heal the psyche, especially in an era dominated by AI and media. 

Neo Jiapu Gao

Art director

Neo (Jiapu) Gao is an art ethnographic researcher and paralleled practised as a transdisciplinary artist, his practices encompassed writing, sculpture, sound installation, moving images and performance. His artistic motives are usually cultivated by autobiographical poetic writing, where he may be self-empowered to re-narrate the identity politics and histories in archival objects. He collages the dislocated cultures of the foreign and the local through the lens of contemporary migrants, reproducing mythological transpositions and individual life narratives through various materials. His recent research focuses on pan-East Asian oral histories of migration, geo-ethnography, characteristics and changes in social noise in post-millennial. 

 

2024 Postgraduate in Royal College of Arts, MRes Arts and Humanities.2021 Undergraduate in Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.

Mel

Marketing and Public Relations Executive

Mel is an alumna of University College London, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in English Literature. She has previous experience in Chinese financial newsrooms and the UK's real estate sector. Currently, she oversees Marketing and Public Relations for ZII Gallery.

Xin Shao

Editor

Xin Shao obtained a Master's degree in Art Museum and Gallery Studies from the University of Leicester in the year 2024. Her professional background encompasses nine years of engagement in the domain of marketing, alongside her endeavors as a creative writer. Ms. Shao harbors a deep-seated passion for the sphere of contemporary art, and she has actively participated in the curation and organization of multiple exhibitions through collaborative efforts.

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