Born in Beijing and raised in Singapore, Jingna Zhang is a fashion and fine art photographer and art director working in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Inspired by Pre-Raphaelites and anime, Jingna’s photography carries a painterly quality that interweaves Asian aesthetics with western art styles, creating lasting images that have appeared in the pages of Vogue China, Vogue Japan, Time Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter.

Her works have been exhibited globally with brands including Clé de Peau Beauté, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and PhotoVogue. Her clientele spans Mercedes Benz, Lancôme, Montblanc, Canon, and Team Liquid. She speaking and mentorship engagements include companies and institutions such as Square Enix Japan, Mozilla, Canon, School of Visual Arts, and Monterrey Institute of Technology.

Prior to photography, Jingna was a national athlete representing Team Singapore at World Cups and Commonwealth Games, founded an esports team in StarCraft II, and represented illustrators with clients that included LucasArts, Amazon Publishing, and Sony Music Japan.

Alongside her creative work, Jingna is an advocate for artists’ rights and responsible AI development. She is the founder of Cara, a social and portfolio platform for creatives that filters out generative AI and has over 1 million users, and has spoken on copyright, AI issues, and generative AI’s impact on creative industries at conferences including TechCrunch Disrupt and NeurIPS.

Jingna was named to Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list for Art & Style in 2018. She is an alumna of Stanford Ignite.