Geng Jianyi (born 1962, Zhengzhou) graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, in 1985. He was an early member of the pioneering avant-garde group the Pond Society and works with diverse media including oil painting, installation, and ink drawing. Geng is best known for works that represent ambivalent notions of identity and its relation to the larger world. He lives and works in Hangzhou.