Jingqi Wang Steinhiser
Jingqi Steinhiser (b. 1997, Beijing, China) is a painter based in Chicago, USA. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, as well as mixed media painting, she is best known for her large-scale works that explore the animal body as both a traditional and contemporary symbol. Through these forms, Steinhiser examines how animals are depicted, translated, and commodified within visual culture, using allegory to reflect on displacement and the shifting meanings that emerge across cultural contexts.
Her practice is rooted in process-driven experimentation—dying, layering, spraying, covering, and wiping out—to construct imagined spaces that underscore the absurdity of alienation. These dynamic surfaces question histories of migration, self-recognition, and the power structures embedded in systems of representation and commodification. Steinhiser’s work has been exhibited at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago (Spotlight Series), Heaven Gallery (“Creature Reverie”), and the Embassy of Mongolia in China (“Spirituality,” Beijing). Her work is held in the collections of the Embassy of Mongolia and the U.S. Department of War, and she has participated in numerous artist residencies, including Vermont Studio Center, MASS MoCA, and ChaNorth.
