Zhangxinan Wu

Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安 (she/her) is a Beijing-born, New York-based interdisciplinary artist-researcher whose work traverses the fields of dance improvisation, videography, and performance poetry. Her practice often delves into performance as a daily ritual, seeking to create spaces for contemplation, recycling, and communal possibilities. She is the founder of Kine Studio, and the co-founder of Thursday Afternoon Lab, a practice-oriented performance group. She is also an instructor, editor, and research facilitator at Beijing Contact Improvisation (BJCI), and has served as Research Director for Contact Sharing & Gathering 2023.

Wu holds a BA and an MA in English from Peking University, alongside an MA in Experimental Humanities from New York University.

A photo of Zhangxinan standing on a wooden floor against a wall with writings on it. She interacts with a green ribbon-like tape that spirals around her body, one end attached to the wall. She is wearing a loose-fitting light-pink shirt and peach-colored trousers, with her face obscured by the raised arm. Photo by Yongxin Fu.
ID: A photo of Zhangxinan standing on a wooden floor against a wall with writings on it. She interacts with a green ribbon-like tape that spirals around her body, one end attached to the wall. She is wearing a loose-fitting light-pink shirt and peach-colored trousers, with her face obscured by the raised arm. Photo by Yongxin Fu.