Ruiqi Zhang (b. 1994, Liaoyang) is a visual artist and educator working with moving images, CGI animation, and game simulation. His practice uses computational processes to construct cross-media narratives that reconfigure real-world structures into perceptual experiences. He holds an MFA in Kinetic Imaging from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA in Visual Communication from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Digital Storytelling at the University of Missouri and is based in Columbia, Missouri.

His work has been exhibited at venues such as 130 Gallery at the University of Mississippi; INSTINC, Singapore; Times Art Museum, Chengdu; Imaginary Z Gallery, Hangzhou; Stove Works, Chattanooga; CICA Museum, Gimpo-si; The Anderson, Richmond; Towson University, Baltimore; and Thatalright Art Space, Taipei. His videos have been screened at the West Virginia Mountaineers Short Film Festival (West Virginia University); Odds and Ends Film Festival, Charlottesville; Immerse Festival, Orlando; and Performance in Flux, Orlando.

He has attended residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2025) and Pedvāle Art Park, Latvia (2023).

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