Peikwen Cheng, born 1975, studied product design at Stanford University, graduating in 1997. He is a self-taught photographer who has exhibited his work in Cambodia, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Syria, United Kingdom and United States. Before turning his focus to art, he was a designer and was awarded with a United States
Lost and Found texte Eileen Seifert Deutscher Kunstverlag Mars 2012 Old-time carriages and big flashy cars, huge letters, rocking horses, and worn-out sofas. Silhouettes of people wander through the dust. Are these images real? Chinese photographer Peikwen Cheng leaves the big-city lights behind and moves deep into the Black Rock desert, documenting with black and white
Awards and distinctions : 2012 National Geographic Award, Eddie Adams Workshop, 25th Anniversary Class 2011 Talents 2011, C/O Berlin Renaissance Photography Prize, Shortlisted: Lamp Mobile, Free on the Range 2010 LOOKbetween Photographer, Look3 – Festival of the Photograph 2009 Selected Winner, Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2009, Magenta Foundation 2008 International Photography Awards, Non-Professional:
2013 Talents: Four Featured Artists of 2012 by C/O Berlin, en conjonction avec Deutsche Börse, Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg 2012 Fotofever Brussels, Charlet Photographies, Brussell, Belgium Talents 26, Lost and Found, juried by Felix Hoffmann, Anne-Marie Beckmann, David Elliott, Anton Corbijn, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2011 Counterpoint 2011, Journey to the
