Jingqi Wang Steinhiser is a multi-media painter born in China and raised in Mongolia. Jingqi received her MFA in painting at Rhode Island School of Design(RISD) and BFA in painting at School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC). 

With mixed media paintings, Jingqi navigates the complexities of identity, belonging, and cultural evolution. Through her childhood, animals became the symbols of hope and refuge amidst the nomadic expanse of the desert. Immersed in the influences of mongolian Shamanism, the concept of animism deepened her fascination with animal totems. 

She investigates the animal body as a traditional and modern symbol, questioning how humans depict them in culture, translation and as commodities. These animal allegories provide context to her displacement, examining the variations through visual culture cues. Through dying, layering, spraying, covering, and wiping out, Jingqi highlights the absurdity of alienation. Her work constructs imagined spaces that question the history of migration, self-recognition, and the power structure behind scenarios in commodification.