Ivan Cheng, born in 1991 in Sydney, works with genres, languages, and their readings. Interested in the ambient and implicit, his performance work incorporates the site of presentation into a system for formatting text and historical references, often using the video camera as a structuring device. His work was, among others, recently presented at Monash University Museum of Art and the Australian Centre for Moving Image (both in Melbourne). Ivan Cheng is the recipient of The Mondrian Prize 2025.
Ivan Cheng
Is This Good Enough for You?
Ivan Cheng’s performances serve as enigmatic riddles, gesturing towards unthought portals of presence, embodiment, and subjectivity.
Interview by Jocelyn Yan
25 Apr, 2021
Photo by Nikola Lamburov
Photo by Nikola Lamburov
Photo by Nikola Lamburov
Photo by Nikola Lamburov