Ren Hui
Ren HuiRen Hui was born in Nanjing, China in 1957. From 1977 to 1989, he created poetry, some of which were published in Asian Chinese literary magazines. Since 1990, he has turned to art creation, including paper-cutting, woodcut, ink painting, and oil painting. He began sculptural creation in 2013. In addition to holding personal art exhibitions, he has also participated in international art fairs (Germany, China, USA, Austria, Spain, Portugal). From 1995 to 2011, Ren Hui's artistic creation was based in Songzhuang, Beijing, and his studio is still preserved. Before 2015, Ren Hui worked and lived in Ottawa, Canada for four years; now he resides in Guangzhou, China. Ren Hui's artworks are collected by many private and public art institutions, including the Morgan Stanley investment bank in the United States and the capital city government of Canada.
Education:1986-1989 Correspondence program in library science at Beijing University, Nanjing
Artistic Development:
1985 Participated in the independent literature magazine "They" founded by Han Dong, Yu Jian and others
1991 – present Paper-cutting
1996 – present Woodcut
2004 – present Ink Painting
2006 – present Oil Painting
2013 – present Sculpture
2016 – present Installation
Exhibitions (partial):
2017 Group exhibition "On Paper - Supreme", Guangzhou Xinzhao Contemporary Art Center, Guangzhou
2017 First Shanghai International Paper Art Invitation Exhibition, Shanghai
2017 Group exhibition "Contemporary, Academic, Youth, Fashion", Hong Art Museum, Guangzhou
2016 Group exhibition "On Site - Deep", Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zhongjie Art Museum, Beijing; Hainan Biennale, Sanya
2015 Solo exhibition "Direct", Pagoda Red Gallery, USA, Chicago
2014 Solo exhibition "My Red, My Gold", IDO Gallery, Canada, Toronto
2014 Solo exhibition "Point to Point", Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre, Canada, Ottawa
2013 Solo exhibition "Contact", Colborne Gallery, Canada, Ontario
2011 "After", Kun Gallery, Shanghai
2010 Nord Art 10, Kunst in der Carlshutte (Germany)
2009 Solo exhibition "Relax", Siheyuan Gallery (Beijing)
2008 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery (Zurich), Maeght Gallery (Paris)
2007 Solo exhibition "It's Me", Siheyuan Gallery (Beijing), Kunsthaus Schoene (Germany), Castle Arenfels (Germany), Kashya Hildebrand Gallery (Zurich)
2007 Group exhibition "Sky Light and Cloud Shadow", Shangshang Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing
2006 Beijing Ziyunxuan Gallery, Beijing Art File Warehouse, Cologne Art Room 22, Gallery Erhard Witzel, Museum Villa Haiss (Germany)
2004 Furtwangen Art Association (Germany)
2003 Magdeburger Kunstverein (Germany)
2002 Witzel Gallery (Wiesbaden, Germany); Riemer Gallery (Gießen, Germany) Bretzenheim City Government Gallery (Germany), Gallery Medienhaus Mainz (Germany)
2001 Alles Kuenstlich Gallery (Frankfurt, Germany)
2000 Brigitte Knyrim Gallery, Regensburg, Germany; „Out of BoxⅡ“, Hong Kong
1999 Art Scene China
1998 Brigitte Knyrim Gallery, Ost West Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
1996 Hongling Gallery, Beijing
1994 Duyunxuan Gallery, Shanghai
1993 Nanjing Gulou Art Hall
1991 Beijing Concert Hall Gallery
Participated in International Art Fairs:
2008 Beijing International Contemporary Art Fair
2007 Saint-Fort International Art Fair, USA, Shanghai International Art Fair, China
2005 San Francisco International Art Fair, Germany Karlsruhe Art Fair, San Francisco International Art Fair, Austria Bodensee International Art Fair
2004 San Francisco International Art Fair, Spain Madrid International Expo, Austria Bodensee International Art Fair, Germany Karlsruhe Art Fair, China International Galleries Expo
2003 Frankfurt International Art Fair, USA Saint-Fort International Art Fair, Austria Bodensee International Art Fair, Portugal Lisbon International Art Fair
2002 Frankfurt International Art Fair, Austria Bodensee International Art Fair, Austria Vienna International Art Fair, Germany Darmstadt International Art Fair
2001 Germany Darmstadt International Art Fair
1998 Beijing China International Art Fair
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