Ren Hui

Ren Hui
Personal Profile

      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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