International artistic collaborations
Collaboration begins with an artistic idea. Partnerships and invitations from museums, universities, cultural institutions, art spaces, design studios and brands are welcome.
Based in New York, working internationally.
An exhibition shaped around a clear artistic idea, with its narrative, works and spatial experience developed together. For museums, galleries and art spaces seeking a distinctive response to a theme, collection or place.
Threads · Exhibition ↗︎Huaxi Cross-Stitch · Exhibition ↗︎The Unwritten Book · Permanent museum exhibition ↗︎Discuss a curatorial collaboration ↗︎Talks and participatory workshops that open a conversation about patterns, cultural memory and human creativity. Drawing on sustained fieldwork and artistic practice, each invitation can be shaped for its audience and setting.
University of Houston & past sessions ↗︎Invite a talk or workshop ↗︎An invitation to develop participatory art with cultural institutions, artists and communities. Projects begin with the memories and experiences people bring, creating a setting for exchange and shared authorship.
Discuss a public project ↗︎Original visual, product and spatial work grounded in cultural research and an independent artistic language. As founder of Miao’s Tales and Annagain, she works with design studios and brands through artistic commissions, co-creation and creative direction.
Pattern Origins · Contemporary work ↗︎Discuss a design collaboration ↗︎In development
For collaboration inquiries, please introduce your organization, company or practice and your idea for working together.
zengliwork@gmail.com ↗︎Collaboration may begin with an artist-led idea or an invitation from an institution or brand. Together, we define the artistic direction, audience, scope and roles.
A brief introduction is enough to begin: your organization, proposed project, audience, location and timing. Please include a budget range or available resources if known.