Zheng Lianjie was born in Beijing, China in 1962. He began to practise traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy at a very young age and turned to a new, experimental ink painting in the 1980s. He has also explored other art forms: performance, video, installation, sculpture, conceptual photography, etc. He is most famous for his performance pieces such as "Binding the Lost Souls: Huge Explosion" (1993) and "Subzero New York" (1998). He lives and works in Beijing, China and New York. [View]