Xin Cheng (b. 1983, China; lives in Auckland, New Zealand) is fascinated by the ingenuity of makeshift creations, the small wonders of daily life and the humility of being alive. She studied ecology, psychology and fine arts at the University of Auckland and was a co-director of RM project http://rm103.org (2007-2012).

She has tramped in remote corners of Aotearoa for endangered plant and bird research, helped to build an education trail at Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity, Cambodia (2013), lead a village ramble at Stazione di Topolo, Italy (2013), and designed temporary furniture for Tokyo Art Book Fair, Japan (2012). Previous residencies include NKD, Norway (2008) and Enjoy, Wellington (2014).

Recently Xin has been collaborating with Chris Berthelsen and companions on savouring the simple pleasures of play with resources at hand and the environment as a given. They are currently working on re-vitalising a suburban park in Auckland. More about Xin Cheng at http://xin-cheng.info and http://making-doing.info. Follow her activities during Pisaot residency at http://makeshift.xin-cheng.info.

Xin Cheng's residency with Sa Sa Art Projects is generously supported by the Asia New Zealand Foundation http://asianz.org.nz.