1992年生于中国江西九江，于2017年获得匹兹堡大学数学与统计理学学士双学位，并于2021年及2023年分别取得芝加哥艺术学院绘画学士后及纯艺硕士学位。目前生活和工作于美国纽约。
丁至将脆弱、忧郁和怀旧的瞬间凝聚在她的绘画作品中，唤起了她个人生命历程中的碎片经历以及她这一代人的共同回忆。她的作品中，错综复杂的符号和叙事相交辉映，将神秘意象与内省、渴望和表征等主题交织在一起，深刻触及了个人与社会关系之间纷繁复杂的关联。她画面中人物以卡通化的风格呈现，既带有天真童趣又透露着深邃沉思之意。在丁至的笔下，富有戏剧性而梦幻的场景呈现出动态与静止、渴望与内向、真实身份与假想角色之间的张力，在暧昧诗意的绘画手法的衬托中，集体经验、情感与历史的错综光谱层层显现。
Born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China in 1992, she obtained her BS in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017, her Post-Baccin Painting and Drawing from the School ofthe Art institution of Chicago in 2021, and her MFA in Painting andDrawing from the School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. Currently lives and works in New York, US.
Ding Zhi distills moments of vulnerability, melancholy, and nostalgia in herpaintings, reflecting fragmented experiences from her personal journey and the shared recollections of hergeneration in China. Offering a complex tableau of symbols and narratives, herworks intertwine enigmaticimagery with themes of contemplation, aspiration, and the notion of visibility, dissecting the intricate webs ofpersonal and societal bonds. The characters in her works, rendered with a deceptive simplicity through car-toonish lines, carry both innocence and introspective complexity. Often set in dramatic, dreamlike theatricalscenes, her works play with the tension between motion and stillness, longing and introspection, as well as trueidentity and perceived roles. With a delicate and poetic painting approach, Ding probes the layered spectrum ofthe collective human experiences, emotions, and histories.
