CO-FOUNDER & CEO
MINGZHU NERVAL, Shanghai | Paris

Landscape architecture & engineering company expert in conceiving complex, artistic vertical garden projects, worldwide.

• Design, installation and maintenance of some of the world’s largest vertical garden projects for clients like ICBC Bank of China, Estee Lauder, Apple, Alibaba, with architects like BIG, Zaha Hadid, KPF, MAD, in Asia, United Stated and Europe;
• Supervising R&D programs representing a total budget of 25M€, with public funds support in France (BPI France) and China (China Academy of Sciences);
• Design and set-up of a bioclimatic, passive 5000m2 nursery greenhouse in Zhuhai, China; currently setting-up a similar facility in Bretagne, France: producing 100,000 plants annually, without chemical products, GMOs, nor fossil energy;
• Constitution of one of the world’s largest privately-owned botanical collection : more that 2000 botanical species are available at Mingzhu Nerval’s catalogue;
• Mingzhu Nerval in 2022: 16 M€ global revenue, 40+ employees of eight different nationalities.

EDUCATION

Art History
Ecole du Louvre in Paris
2020–Today 

Agricultural Engineering Diploma
Agro ParisTech in Paris, France
2003–2006 

Intensive Chinese Language Courses
Université de Tsinghua in Beijing, China
2006–2007

EXPERIENCE

CO-FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MINGZHU NERVAL, Shanghai | Paris

Landscape architecture & engineering company expert in conceiving complex, artistic vertical garden projects, worldwide.

• Design, installation and maintenance of some of the world’s largest vertical garden projects for clients like ICBC Bank of China, Estee Lauder, Apple, Alibaba, with architects like BIG, Zaha Hadid, KPF, MAD, in Asia, United Stated and Europe;
• Supervising R&D programs representing a total budget of 25M€, with public funds support in France (BPI France) and China (China Academy of Sciences);
• Design and set-up of a bioclimatic, passive 5000m2 nursery greenhouse in Zhuhai, China; currently setting-up a similar facility in Bretagne, France: producing 100,000 plants annually, without chemical products, GMOs, nor fossil energy;
• Constitution of one of the world’s largest privately-owned botanical collection : more that 2000 botanical species are available at Mingzhu Nerval’s catalogue;
• Mingzhu Nerval in 2022: 16 M€ global revenue, 40+ employees of eight different nationalities.

Fashion Designer
ICICLE | Shanghai, China, 2007–2011
Co-lead to the design of women’s collections; followed production at the company’s factory

Junior Assistant for John Galliano’s Team
DIOR | Paris, France, 2003
Production of drawings and sketches for John Galliano’s creative team

EDUCATION

Art History
Ecole du Louvre in Paris
2020–Today 

Fashion Design M.A.
Tsinghua University in Beijing, China
2005–2007 

Fine Arts Diploma
Nanjing University in Nanjing, China
2000–2004