Liu Zheng 刘铮 (born in 1969 Hebei province, China). He started his career in the 1990s as a photojournalist and has become a highly acclaimed artist in the world of Chinese photography.

1969                     Born in Wuqiang, Hebei Province
1973                     Moved with family to Datong, Shanxi Province
1987 – 1991     Studied Precision Instruments at the Department of Engineering Optics, Beijing Institute of Technology
1991                     Journalist at Workers’ Daily Photography Department
1997                     Present Works as an independent artist residing in Beijing
1991 – 1997     Took numerous domestic news photographs as a photojournalist
1994 – 2002     Photographed The Chinese in northern China, published by Steidl press, Germany in 2003
1996 – 1997     Completed conceptual photography work “Three Realms” and founded “New Photography” independent magazine to promote and introduce conceptual art photography in China
2003                     Created “Four Beauties” and “Survivors”
2003 – 2008     Created “Dream Shock”
2009                     Studied wet plate photography techniques and created “Military Uniform”
2010                     Created “Under the Sun”
2012 – 2023     Started landscape photography, completed “Qu Yang │ The Stories of Immortals” and “Yan Yun │The Lost Land Once” in “The Historial Landscape”
2014                     Created online artwork “Selfies” collecting over 500 personal photos
2014 – 2024     Founded Butterfly Effect Art Institution and collaborated with Zhejiang Photography press to edit and publish monographs “China Contemporary Photography Catalogue”, with 100 volumes published to date