生于河北文安县。自幼受其父影响酷爱绘画，毕业于中央工艺美院。郑山麓对东西传统和现代诸流派艺术颇有研究和借鉴，擅长水墨山水、人物画。其作品大气磅礴又灵空飘逸，气韵生动。
近几年，郑山麓赴法国、德国、奥地利进行考察及艺术交流；到澳大利亚、新西兰办个展；1999年底，应美国中国艺术学会的邀请，赴美国洛杉矶举办展览引起轰动，《世界日报》《国际日报》《星岛日报》《中国日报》《侨报》《天天日报》《中华之声》电台都作了专题报道，被蒙特利花园市文化委员会誉为“画坛新秀，名扬美洲”，洛杉矶郡行政长官授予郑山麓荣誉艺术家及荣誉状。1999年为迎接澳门回归，郑山麓与其父共同创作巨幅作品《九九腾飞大展宏图》赠于澳门特首，并受到何厚铧先生的接见。
2002年5月国画作品《松泉图》有全国政协主席李瑞环赠与英国英中贸易协会主席鲍伟尔。9月应中央电视台夕阳红栏目邀请做绘画讲座。.
现为，北京美术家协会理事、中国美术家协会会员。

Be born at Heibei article to install a county. From a child suffers its father influence to love brushwork, be graduated from central craft beautiful courtyard. Zheng the foot of a mountain sends art to have quite to thing tradition and contemporary Zhu Liu consider and draw lessons from, be good at landscape of water Chinese ink, character drawing. Its work atmosphere is boundless clever sky is elegant, gas charm is vivid.
In last few years, zheng the foot of a mountain goes to France, Germany, Austria to undertake making an on-the-spot investigation reaching art communication; Do to Australia, New Zealand exhibit; By 1999, should the invitation that American China art learns, go to American los angeles to hold an exhibition to cause sensation, " world daily " " international daily " " astral island daily " " China Daily " " live abroad signs up for " " day the sky and the sun signs up for " " the sound of China " broadcasting station made special subject report, by Mengteli committee of garden city culture praise for " picture world new show, renown raise America " , commissioner awards los angeles county artist of honor of Zheng the foot of a mountain and honorary account. Returned to to receive Macao 1999, zheng the foot of a mountain and its father are created jointly gigantic a work " 99 fly to postpone great plan greatly " give at Macao spy head, get of Mr He Houhua interview.
In May 2002 work of traditional Chinese painting " Songquantu " have Li Rui of chairman of countrywide the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference annulus is donative Er of Bao Wei of chairman of association of the trade in British flower. Answered in September red column of CCTV the setting sun invites make painterly chair. .
It is now, academician of artist of director of Beijing artist association, China.