Haining Wang

Haining Wang was born in New York and works in Beijing. She received a B.A. from Yale University in Ethics, Politics, and Economics and an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in Contemporary Art Practice. Influenced by her previous career in investment banking and private equity, Haining’s work considers the politics of power, hierarchy, and desire in the context of global capitalism.

Haining’s practice incorporates the absurdity and contradiction in her business experience to reexamine the roles of consumers and producers in the contemporary arenas of exchange. Her work engages with the politics of commodity culture with a focus on material surface – the intersection between subjects and objects, commodities and bodies, intimacy and trace.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Saatchi Gallery and Tate Modern as part of Tate Lates. She is the 2023 Global winner and Asia winner of the Saatchi Art for Change Prize. Her work is included in important personal collections, such as the Uli Sigg Collection.

Selected Exhibitions

2025        

Day to Night, Today x Wangshikuo Foundation Public Art Project, 

Today Museum, Beijing 

Z Generation of Third Culture, Soul Art Center, Beijing 

Art Basel Hong Kong, DonGallery Booth, Hong Kong 

2024         

To the Things Themselves, Don Gallery HAI500 Space, Shanghai

Palai Penang, The Homestead Residency, Penang

Art for Change Prize Finalists Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London